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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Intraoperative data, prosthesis position, and complications in the two groups

From: Patient-reported results of simultaneous direct anterior approach and posterolateral approach total hip arthroplasties performed in the same patients

Parameter

DAA-THA

PLA-THA

p-Value

Operative time (min)

62.4 ± 9.9 (46–85)

53.2 ± 8.9 (42–69)

0.004

Length of incision (cm)

10.3 ± 1.3 (9–12)

12.9 ± 1.6 (11–17)

 < 0.001

Intraoperative blood loss (mL)

167.4 ± 41.2 (99–254)

150.0 ± 24.4 (115–205)

0.112

Cup orientation (o)

   

 Abduction

41.7 ± 5.1 (28–47)

40.7 ± 4.6 (31–46)

0.519

 Anteversion

19.0 ± 3.8 (15–28)

19.8 ± 3.5 (15–29)

0.493

Stem orientation (n)

   

 Valgus/neutral/varus

0/17/3

3/16/1

0.133

Complication (n)

1

0

1.000

 Intraoperative fracture

1

0

 

 Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve damage

0

  

 Incision problem

0

0

 

 Dislocation

0

0

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