Table 3.

Inoperative injuries and postoperative complications of the LSKS-SRLA and LSLA-SRLA groups.

Variable	LSKS-SRLA	LSLA-SRLA	P
Total inoperative injury	6	16	0.405
Splenic vascular injury	2	4
Spleen injury	1	3
Adrenal injury	0	2
Colon injury	0	3
Pancreatic injury	3	4
Total postoperative complications	15	43	0.320
I–II complication	10	28
III–IV complication	2	9
V (death)	3	6
Anastomotic leakage	2	5
Pancreatic fistula	1	4
Abdominal infection	1	4
Intra-abdominal bleeding	1	2
Lymphatic leakage	3	5
Spleen torsion	0	1
Spleen infarction	1	2
Intestinal obstruction	1	6
Incision infection	1	5
Pulmonary infection	3	7
Myocardial infarction	1	0

LSKS-SRLA = laparoscopic splenic regional lymphadenectomy with spleen kept in situ; LSLA-SRLA = laparotomy with spleen lifted out of the abdomen.