. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 15.

Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012 Jan 11;59(1):100–104. doi: 10.1002/pbc.24057

Table I.

Baseline characteristics for patients undergoing splenectomy.

		Total splenectomy, n=15	Partial splenectomy, n=9
Gender, Male		9 (60)	6 (67)
Age, years		7.4±4.1	5.9±5.0
Weight, kilogram		30.4±17.7	28.2±20.5
SCD genotype	SS	10 (67)	1 (11)
	SS on hydroxyurea	2 (13)	1 (11)
	SC	1 (7)	5 (56)
	SC on hydroxyurea	2 (13)	0
	Sβ⁺ thalassemia	0	1 (11)
	Sβ⁰ thalassemia	0	1 (11)
Indication for splenectomy	Chronic hypersplenism	1 (7)	2 (22)
Indication for splenectomy	Splenic sequestration	14 (93)	7 (78)
History of any transfusion for splenic sequestration		14 (93)	6 (67)
Preoperative transfusions to prevent recurrent sequestration		8 (53)	3 (33)
Preoperative spleen volume, cm³		206.7±72.4	391.3 ±376.0

Data are presented as n, % within each procedure group, and mean ± standard deviation. There was no significant difference between baseline characteristics of age, gender and weight at a p-value of 0.05.