From: Acetabular cup orientation and postoperative leg length discrepancy in patients undergoing elective total hip arthroplasty via a direct anterior and anterolateral approaches
ALA (n = 94)
DAA (n = 64)
p-value
Mean anteversion Angle (°) (SD)
11.3 (6.6)
15 (5.5)
< 0.001
Mean Abduction Angle (°) (SD)
36.5 (5.9)
38.3 (6.1)
0. 069
Mean absolute LLD (mm) (SD)
2.4 (3.1)
0.9 (1.4)
0.001