Table 5.

Univariate analysis of the correlation between preoperative variables and perioperative and overall postsplenectomy survival in 223 patients with MMM

Preoperative variable Perioperative survivalOverall postsplenectomy survival
Type of MMM  .66 .55  
Indication for surgery  .55  .16  
Red cell-transfusion requirement  .99  .77  
Hemoglobin <90 g/L .13  .78  
Platelet count <100 × 109/L .07  .05  
Platelet count <50 × 109/L .02  .0001  
Presence of circulating blasts  .83  .70 
White blood cell count  .43  .97  
Leukemic transformation NA  .79  
Bone marrow cellularity  .004  .006 
Bone marrow blast count  .61  .55  
Fibrosis on reticulin staining  .67  .55  
Presplenectomy cytogenetic findings .20  .14  
Splenic mass  .84  .74  
Dupriez prognostic score5-150 NA  .86 
Preoperative variable Perioperative survivalOverall postsplenectomy survival
Type of MMM  .66 .55  
Indication for surgery  .55  .16  
Red cell-transfusion requirement  .99  .77  
Hemoglobin <90 g/L .13  .78  
Platelet count <100 × 109/L .07  .05  
Platelet count <50 × 109/L .02  .0001  
Presence of circulating blasts  .83  .70 
White blood cell count  .43  .97  
Leukemic transformation NA  .79  
Bone marrow cellularity  .004  .006 
Bone marrow blast count  .61  .55  
Fibrosis on reticulin staining  .67  .55  
Presplenectomy cytogenetic findings .20  .14  
Splenic mass  .84  .74  
Dupriez prognostic score5-150 NA  .86 

All values are P values. NA indicates not applicable.

F5-150

See Table 1.

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