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Patients with splenectomy.
| Variable | 1972–1992 (n = 306) | 1993–2014 (n = 69) | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Overall complications | 34 | 11.1 | 15 | 22.7 | 0.005 |
| Major surgical complications | 72 | 23.5 | 27 | 40.9 | 0.016 |
| Anastomotic leak | 17 | 5.6 | 6 | 9.1 | 0.267 |
| Missing data | 0 | 3 | |||
p values in bold type indicate statistical significance.
