Table 1: Pre-operative characteristics and clinical features of children who underwent LASS.
| Patient | Gender | Age (years) | Preoperative transfusions (preceding 12 months) |
Preoperative hemoglobin (g/dl) | Preoperative reticulocyte (promille) | Splenic volume By CT calculated (cubic cm) |
| 1 | Female | 9 | 4 | 10.4 | 230 | 310 |
| 2 | Male | 7 | 3 | 8.1 | 180 | 576 |
| 3 | Male | 5 | 2 | 9.2 | 210 | 288 |
| 4 | Female | 6 | 3 | 9.1 | 140 | 360 |
| 5 | Male | 4 | 2 | 8.6 | 90 | 310 |