To determine whether laparoscopic splenectomy improved PHG in patients with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension ... Among 49 patients with PHG, 17 had severe PHG and 32 had mild PHG.

The prevalence of severe PHG at the beginning of our study was 24.2% and significantly reduced to 1.4% at 1 month after laparoscopic splenectomy. Recently, the indications for laparoscopic ...