How long can you live after cutting the spleen in cirrhosis?

After splenectomy for severe cirrhosis such as decompensated cirrhosis, the survival time is about 10 years, and for mild cirrhosis such as compensated cirrhosis with good recovery, the survival time will be further prolonged. Patients with cirrhosis need to undergo splenectomy if they are combined with hypersplenism and splenomegaly. Splenectomy in cirrhotic patients can improve their liver function to a certain extent, which helps to improve their survival time. In severe cirrhosis, such as decompensated cirrhosis, the survival time after splenectomy is about 10 years, and the survival time will be prolonged if the cirrhosis is treated actively, such as liver transplantation, artificial liver, and so on. Mild cirrhosis patients such as compensated cirrhosis after splenectomy, if the same active treatment for the cause of cirrhosis, in this case the survival time is generally more than ten years or even decades, during the period to maintain a healthy lifestyle. How long can you live with cirrhosis after splenectomy needs to be judged in combination with the degree of cirrhosis and postoperative recovery, and it is recommended to judge it with the symptoms under the guidance of the doctor.