Table 1.

Patients' Data

	Study Group (Preoperative Platelet Count ≤30,000/μL)	Control Group (Preoperative Platelet Count >30,000/μL)
No. patients	22	18
Mean age, y (range)	30.18 (19–50)	29.56 (17–45)
Sex ratio (M/F)	11/11	7/11
Open/laparoscopic splenectomies	8/14	12/6
Mean preoperative platelet count, μL (range)	15,954/μL (8000–30,000)	55,833/μL (34,000–90,000)
Mean postoperative platelet count, μL at 1 year (range)	300,364/μL (22,000–750,000)	221,333/μL (24,000–600,000)
Rate of response to splenectomy	90.9%	72.2%