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Objective:To study the impact of simultaneous ligation of splenic artery on prognosis of patients with severe hypersplenism in liver transplantation.Methods:A retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical data of 206 patients who underwent liver transplantation in the Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital from December 2016 to February 2019. There were 180 males and 26 females, aged (51.0±9.0) years old. Fifty-one patients underwent splenic artery ligation during liver transplantation and they were enrolled into the observation group, and 155 patients without splenic artery ligation were enrolled into the control group. The changes in white blood cells (WBC), platelets, alanine aminotransferase, total bilirubin and serum creatinine as well as the incidence of postoperative complications were compared between the two groups.Results:The platelet count of the observation group was significantly lower than those of the control group before operation and on days 1, 3, 7, 30 and 90 after operation, (all P<0.05). The WBC counts in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group before operation and on days 1 and 3 after operation (all P<0.05). However, there were no significant differences in the WBC counts between the two groups on days 5, 7, 30 and 90 after operation (all P>0.05). There were also no significant differences in alanine aminotransferase and total bilirubin indexes between the two groups after surgery (all P>0.05), but the serum creatinine levels in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group on days 3, 5, 7 and 30 after surgery (all P<0.05). There were no significant differences in the rates of infection, severe acute rejection, biliary tract complications, arterial/portal thrombosis and mental complications between the two groups (all P>0.05). The rate of renal replacement therapy for acute kidney injury in the observation group (9.8%, 5/55) was significantly higher than that in the control group (1.3%, 2/155) ( P<0.05). Conclusion:Ligation of splenic artery during liver transplantation was safe and it had a significant advantage in the early postoperative recovery of WBC count and creatinine without increasing the incidence of complications in patients with severe hypersplenism.
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Objective To investigate the effectiveness and feasibility of laparoscopic splenic artery ligation in the treatment of hypersplenism and thrombocytopenia in children. Methods From August 2014 to December 2014, four children with hypersplenism and three children with ITP (idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura) were treated in our hospital.Laparoscopic splenic artery ligation was performed in all the patients.During the operation, the gastric colon ligament was cut with an ultrasonic knife, and the gastric wall was suspended to expose the pancreas and the spleen.The splenic artery was ligated at the upper edge of pancreas closing to the splenic hilum.The splenic venous branches were dissected and ligated at the splenic hilum by using the Hem-o-lok, which leaded to an area of splenic infarction more than 50%. Results The laparoscopic splenic artery ligation was successfully performed in all the patients, without conversion to open surgery.The operative time was 120-150 min ( mean, 126 min) , and the intraoperative blood loss was 10-20 ml ( mean, 15 ml) .No patient underwent blood transfusion.The length of postoperative hospital stay varied from 4 to 11 days (mean, 6.6 days).The splenic length significantly decreased postoperatively [(13.6 ±2.6) cm vs.(15.1 ±1.7) cm, t=3.199, P=0.049], and so was the splenic thickness [(3.8 ±1.0) cm vs.(4.1 ±0.8) cm, t =3.703, P=0.034].Partial splenic infarction and decreased splenic blood flow were found in the 7 patients by postoperative ultrasound.After surgery, four children suffered from fever, which were 38.8 ℃, 39.0 ℃, 38.6 ℃, and 39.2 ℃, with the duration of fever of 2, 4, 8, and 5 days, respectively.All the patients were followed-up for 6 -10 months (mean, 8.4 months).The complete blood cell count was within normal range. Conclusion The laparoscopic splenic artery ligation is an effective treatment for hypersplenism and thrombocytopenia in children.
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Objective To evaluate the efficacy and security of splenic artery ligation for severe hypersplenism during liver transplantation.Method Thirty-two liver transplant patients with preoperative hypersplenism were selected,including 17 cases (ligation group) treated by splenic artery ligation during liver transplantation,and rest 15 patients as non-ligation group.The fluctuation of white blood cells,platelets and volume of spleen were compared between these two groups.At the same time,splenic infarction,postoperative infection,recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding,splenic artery steal syndrome and other complications were observed in these two groups.Result All recipients were followed up for over 6 months.One recipient in ligation group died of multiple organ dysfunction caused by delayed recovery of liver donor with the survival rate being 94.1％ (16/17).The survival rate in non-ligation group was 93.3 ％ (14/15) (one recipient died of respiratory failure caused by pulmonary infection).There was no statistically significant difference in survival rate between these two groups (P＞0.05).Splenic necrosis wasn't detected in the ligation group.The splenic volume in ligation group was significantly less than that in non-ligation group (P＜0.01).The products of splenic maximum length and wide diameter shrunk 33.17-± 8.26 cm2 and 22.47 ± 7.25 cm2 in ligation group and non-ligation group,respectively.The platelet counts of ligation group were significantly greater than those of non-ligation group in all the observation points within 6 postoperative months (P＜0.01).The white blood cell counts of ligation group were greater than those of non-ligation group at the first week postoperatively (P＜0.01),whereas,there was no statistically significant difference between these two groups from then on (P＞0.05).The infection incidence of ligation group was lower than that of non-ligation group within 6 postoperative months (P ＜0.05).Statistically significant differences in recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding and splenic artery steal syndrome weren't found between these two groups (P＞0.05).Conclusion Splenic artery ligation in liver transplantation is safe and effective.It can rapidly increase the counts of platelet and white blood cell in the earlier postoperative time,which is beneficial to patient's recovery.Besides,it adds no correlative complication.