Oida T, Mimatsu K, Kano H, Kawasaki A, Kuboi Y, Fukino N, Amano S. Post-gastrectomy spleen enlargement and esophageal varices: Distal
vs total gastrectomy.
World J Gastroenterol 2010;
16:2801-5. [PMID:
20533601 PMCID:
PMC2883137 DOI:
10.3748/wjg.v16.i22.2801]
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Abstract
AIM: To study the relationship between platelet count-to-spleen diameter ratio and post-gastrectomy esophageal varices (EVs) development in patients without liver cirrhosis or hepatitis.
METHODS: We retrospectively studied 92 patients who underwent gastrectomy. They were divided into 2 groups on the basis of the surgical treatment: the distal gastrectomy (DG) group and total gastrectomy (TG) group. The incidence of EVs was determined and postoperative platelet counts, spleen diameters, and platelet count-to-spleen diameter ratios were compared between the 2 groups.
RESULTS: EVs were not detected during the first 6 mo after surgery in either group; however, at 12 mo after surgery, EVs were detected in 2 patients (3%) in the DG group and in 1 patient (3.6%) in the TG group; their mean platelet count-to-spleen diameter ratio was 2628 ± 409, and 2604 ± 360, respectively.
CONCLUSION: Endoscopy should be performed to detect EVs when the platelet count-to-spleen diameter ratio is < 2600.
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