Table 2.
Comparison of postoperative cup abduction angle and “safe zone” placement in the conventional free-hand group and smartphone application groups
| Parameters |
Conventional free-hand group
(Control group) |
Smartphone application group
(Study group) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of patients (n) | 30 | 30 | - |
| Mean Cup Abduction Angle | 48°±5.0° | 43.5°±4.8° | 0.0008 |
| Mean Cup Anteversion angle | 8.4°±5.3° | 7.4°±3.7° | 0.40 |
| Number (%) of cups within the safe zone of abduction | 19 (63) | 27 (93) | <0.001 |
Data presented as mean ± standard deviation (range) or as number (%).
p <0.05 considered as statistically significant (bold)