Abstract:Objective To compare the clinical application and therapeutic effect of laparoscopic/open surgery on patients with portal hypertension complicated with splenic aneurysm undergoing proximal and distal splenic aneurysm isolation, splenectomy and portal azygous devascularization.Methods Clinical data of 28 patients diagnosed as portal hypertension, hypersplenism complicated with splenic aneurysm from January 2013 to December 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. All the cases were treated by laparoscopic or open surgery at the same time with the surgical method of proximal and distal isolation of splenic aneurysm+splenectomy+portal azygous devascularization. Patients underwent comprehensive blood analysis, abdominal enhanced computed tomography (CT) + CT angiography (CTA), color doppler ultrasound and gastroscope preoperatively in order to evaluate the liver function, the level of splenomegaly, the degree of hypersplenism, the level of esophageal gastric varices, and the location, size, shape and adjacent to the relations with the surrounding organs of the splenic aneurysm. They also underwent postoperative routine review of blood analysis, C-reactive protein (CRP), liver function. One to three months after operation, each patient was informed to return to the clinic, and abdominal enhanced CTA was performed. Outpatient telephone follow-up lasted from 7 to 84 months.Results All the 28 patients recovered without any postoperative complications such as abdominal effusion, infection, deep abscess, hemorrhage and pancreatic fistula, and no deaths occurred during perioperative and follow-up periods. The operation time and postoperative hospital stay of the laparoscopic surgery group were shorter than those of the open surgery group, and the intraoperative blood loss and postoperative abdominal water volume at 3 d were less than those of the open surgery group, the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). Blood analysis, CRP and liver function were reviewed 3 days after surgery. The results showed that the white blood cell (WBC) and glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT) in the laparoscopic surgery group were significantly lower than those in the open surgery group, while the platelet (PLT) and albumin (ALB) in the laparoscopic surgery group were significantly higher than those in the open surgery group, with statistical significance (P < 0.05). After the operation, 21 patients had different degrees of PLT and other manifestations of spleen function loss, and no vascular-related complications occurred after oral treatment with persantin.Conclusion Simultaneous splenic aneurysm isolation + splenectomy + portal azygous devascularization can safely and effectively treat portal hypertension complicated with splenic aneurysm. Laparoscopic simultaneous surgery is less invasive and patients are more likely to recover quickly. Compared with traditional open surgery, this method can reduce the intraoperative trauma and shorten the average length of hospital stay significantly, and has better clinical efficacy, which is worthy of wide clinical application.