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

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.