Correlation of postoperative splenic volume increase with prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma after curative hepatectomy

Previous studies have reported a close connection between the spleen and hepatic tumours. We investigated the prognostic value of postoperative splenic volume increase (PSVI) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after curative hepatectomy.This was a retrospective study of adult patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent hepatectomy between January 2007 and May 2013. We categorized patients into 2 groups according to the cut-off...