Table II.

Surgical outcomes for patients after splenectomy.

		Total splenectomy N=15	Partial splenectomy n=9
Surgical approach	Open laparotomy	6 (40)	6 (67)
	Laparoscopic	8 (53)	1 (11)
	Conversion from laparoscopic to open	1 (7)	2 (22)
Estimated volume of spleen retained, %		0	15.0 ±5.3
Additional procedures	Cholecystectomy	0	1 (11)
	Liver biopsy	3 (20)	1 (11)*
	Port removal	0	1 (11)*
	Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy	1 (7)	0
Duration of surgical time, min		120 ±28	121±16^
Duration of anesthesia time, min		199 ±51	197 ±48#
Intra-operative blood transfusion, n		0	1 (11)**
Immediate postoperative blood transfusion, n		0	1 (11)**
Length of stay, days		2.4 ±1.2	4.1 ±1.7†

Data are presented as n, %, and mean ± standard deviation.

^*Additional procedures performed in same patient.

^**Transfusion given intraoperatively and postoperatively for the same patient with intraoperative bleeding.

^{^}p=0.97 by Student’s t-test.

^#p= 0.94 by Student’s t-test.

^†p=0.02 by Student’s t-test.