Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03609411
Splenectomy During Whole Liver Transplantation
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 141 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 16 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- —
Summary
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.
Detailed 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.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Splenectomy | Splenectomy was performed after hepatectomy, in an extra-hilar manner with manual ligation of splenic vessels. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2015-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2017-01-01
- Completion
- 2017-01-01
- First posted
- 2018-08-01
- Last updated
- 2018-08-01
Locations
1 site across 1 country: France
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03609411. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.