Table 1 Medians, minima and maxima for the distribution of total HHS scores before and four, six, 12 weeks after posterior versus direct lateral THA; medians of the respective intraindividual changes' distributions (post - preoperative); p-values derived from two sample Wilcoxon test at each assessment time, respectively
total HHS score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
approach | preoperative | four weeks | six weeks | three months |
Posterior direct lateral p-value | 46 (29-64) 50 (29-76) 0.307 | 53 (44-59) 55 (35-72) 0.724 | 63 (58-77) 62 (44-80) 0.618 | 83 (68-89) 77 (65-82) 0.075 |
change in total HHS score (post - preoperative) | ||||
approach | four weeks | six weeks | three months | |
Posterior direct lateral p-value | 7 (-5;15) 10 (-6; 18) 0.967 | 18 (8; 27) 14 (3; 28) 0.451 | 30 (20; 48) 25 (15; 36) 0.115 | |