Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Splenectomy indication: | Trauma (n = 35) |
Non-trauma (n = 71) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Age, mean ± SD [range] |
50 ± 19 [18–89] |
53 ± 16 [19–80] |
NS |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 26 (74%) | 30 (42%) | 0.0019 |
| Female | 9 (26%) | 41 (58%) | |
| Surgical approach | |||
| Open | 35 (100%) | 36 (51%) | 0.0001 |
| Laparoscopic | 35 (49%) | ||
| Length of stay, days, median with interquartile range | 12 (6–27) | 8 (4–13) | 0.0039 |
| Complications during procedure | 3 (9%) | 5 (7%) | NS |
| Complications following procedure | 16 (46%) | 14 (20%) | 0.0052 |
| Vaccinations administered: | |||
| None | 7 (20%) | 21 (30%) | 0.0002 |
| Preoperatively | 1 (3%) | 25 (35%) | |
| Post-operatively | 22 (63%) | 20 (28%) | |
| Unknown | 5 (14%) | 5 (7%) | |
| Infection within 5 years | 5 (14%) | 30 (42%) | 0.0040 |