Skip to main content
Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 4 Hb values: preoperative, first and third postoperative days (Hb g/dL ± SD)

From: Comparison of primary total hip replacements performed with a direct anterior approach versus the standard lateral approach: perioperative findings

 

Group A

Group B

P

Preoperative

13.3 ± 1.3 (13.1–13.5)

13.7 ± 1.4 (13.5–13.9)

0.001

Day 1

9.7 ± 1.3 (9.5–9.9)

10.6 ± 1.3 (10.4–10.8)

<0.0005

Day3

9.7 ± 1.0 (9.6–9.8)

10.1 ± 1.3 (9.9–10.3)

0.001

Δ (Hb PRE − Hb1)

3.5 ± 1.0 (3.4–3.6)

3.1 ± 0.9 (3.0–3.2)

<0.0005

  1. Statistical analysis: independent samples t test
Back to article page