Table 2.

Results comparing age, operating room time, length of stay, estimated blood loss, transfusion and rate of splenic infarction between the splenic vessel preservation (SVP) and splenic vessel division (SVD) groups

Parameter, medians	SVP group (n = 5)	SVD group (n = 4)	P-value
Age	81 years	81 years	0.336
Operating room time	140 min	170 min	0.915
Length of stay	4.3 days	9.3 days	0.053
Estimated blood loss	200 ml	100 ml	0.091
Splenic volume	69.0 cm3	59.2 cm3	0.201
Blood transfusion	1 unit	0 units	0.429
Splenic infarction, patients, n	0/5	4/4	0.002

The rate of splenic infarction was significantly associated with splenic vessel division; length of stay was longer in the SVD group, but the difference did not reach statistical significance because of the small sample size.