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. 2014 Oct 22;473(2):632–638. doi: 10.1007/s11999-014-3991-1

Table 2.

Proportion of cases performed with the anterior supine approach, stem use, and muscle damage scores by individual surgeon

Characteristic Surgeon 1 Surgeon 2 Surgeon 3 p value
Anterior approach cases before study period 16 1630 259
Approach type during study period < 0.001
 Anterior 51/259 (20%) 376/382 (98%) 172/183 (94%)
 MIS direct lateral 178/259 (69%) 4/382 (1%) 8/183 (4%)
 Direct lateral 30/259 (12%) 2/382 (<1%) 3/183 (2%)
Stem type < 0.001
 Short 3/183 (2%) 155/304 (51%) 26/90 (29%)
 Standard 0/27 (0%) 155/304 (51%) 64/90 (71%)
Tensor fascia lata damage score
 0 7/27 (26%) 117/304 (39%) 30/90 (33%) 0.322
 1 14/27 (52%) 135/304 (44%) 48/90 (53%) 0.284
 2 4/27 (15%) 48/304 (16%) 12/90 (13%) 0.849
 3 2/27 (7%) 3/304 (1%) 0/90 (0%) 0.007

MIS = minimally invasive surgery.