Splenectomy During Whole Liver Transplantation

Civil Hospices of Lyon

Status

Completed

Conditions

End Stage Liver Disease

Treatments

Procedure: Splenectomy

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03609411

CRC_GHN_2018_002

Details and patient eligibility

About

Indications for splenectomy during whole liver transplantation remain controversial and splenectomy is often avoided because of common complications. The objective is to evaluate specific complications of these combined procedures.

Full description

Data on patients who underwent splenectomy during liver transplantation were retrospectively analyzed . Participants underwent splenectomy as part of routine medical care. Patients undergoing simultaneous liver transplantation and splenectomy were matched to a non-splenectomy group.

Enrollment

141 patients

Sex

All

Ages

16+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients undergoing liver transplantation between 1994 and 2013

Exclusion criteria

Data from living donor patients, split liver transplantation, patients with pre- or post-operative splenectomy in medical history, and patients under 16 years were excluded from analysis