Dissection and ligation of the lateral circumflex femoral artery is not necessary when using the direct anterior approach for total hip arthroplasty

Table 1 Demographics¹ of patients in both groups

	Group A	Control B	t-test	P value
Age (yr)	71 (9)	71 (9)	0.447	0.657
Male, n (%)	11 (37)	8 (27)	-
BMI (kg/m2)	24.0 (2.6)	24.0 (2.5)	0.092	0.927

¹Values are presented as mean ± SD. BMI: Body mass index.

Table 2 Comparison of group outcomes¹

	Group A	Group B	t-test	P value
Decrease in Hgb (g/L)	20.9 (7.0)	21.2 (4.9)	0.248	0.805
Actual blood loss (mL)	784 (125)	722 (153)	1.829	0.078
Estimated blood loss (mL)	344 (88)	346 (73)	0.147	0.883
Hematoma rate2	7%	13%	-	0.238
Re-bleeding rate2	13%	20%	-	0.216
Transfusion rate2	10%	7%	-	0.323

¹Values are presented as mean ± SD.

²Fisher’s exact test.