Abstract:Objective To investigate the difference of clinical efficacy between hand-assisted laparoscopic splenectomy (HALS) and open splenectomy (OS) for the patients with splenomegaly. Methods Relevant literature was retrieved from databases including CNKI, CBM, Wanfang database, VIP, PubMed and Cochrane Library. All the relevant trials were collected for comparison of the clinical efficacy of HALS and OS on splenomegaly in the patients with randomized controlled trials (RCT) or non-RCT documents, the eligible literature and data in the literature were extracted according to a proposed standard. Then, Rev Man 5.3 software was used for statistical analysis and the statistical results were expounded. Results A total of 258 relevant papers were retrieved and 8 articles were included in the analysis. Meta-analysis results showed that the intraoperative blood loss [WMD = -135.437 (95% CI: -251.405, -19.469), P < 0.05], the surgery time [WMD = 41.097 (95% CI: 18.036, 64.159), P < 0.05], the postoperative intestinal exhaust time [WMD = 0.927 (95% CI: -1.401, -0.452), P < 0.05], and the postoperative hospitalization time [WMD = -2.557 (95% CI: -3.200, -1.914), P < 0.05] were significantly different between the HALS group and the OS group, but there was no statistically significant difference in the incidence of postoperative complications between the two groups [O^R = 0.555 (95% CI: 0.289, 1.064), P > 0.05]. Conclusions In the treatment of patients with splenomegaly, compared with OS, HALS has the advantages of less intraoperative blood loss, shorter postoperative intestinal exhaust time and shorter postoperative hospitalization time, so it is a reasonable and effective surgical method.