From: Comparison of different methods of splenic hilar lymph node dissection for advanced upper- and/or middle-third gastric cancer
Pvalue*
In situ vs splenectomy
In situ vs Ex situ
Splenectomy vs Ex situ
No. of harvested SHLNs
0.154
0.015
0.755
Postoperative hospital stay
0.002
0.832
<0.001
Blood loss volume
0.058
0.388
0.007
Postoperative complication rate
0.047
0.239
0.005