Clinical Study

Early Clinical and Radiographic Results of Minimally Invasive Anterior Approach Hip Arthroplasty

Table 1

Comparison of intraoperative and postoperative data for first ten unilateral versus last ten unilateral hip cases.

First 10 casesLast 10 cases

Surgical time (average minutes)229.5
(range, 165–315)
139
(range, 100–170)
Intraoperative blood loss (average milliliters)2180
(range, 600–2600)
500
(range, 250–900)
Hospital stay (average days)4.5
(range, 2–8)
4.4
(range, 3–9)
Complications43