Preservation of the lateral femoral circumflex artery in total hip arthroplasty using the bikini-type direct anterior approach : effect on muscle status and clinical outcomes.

In contrast, in hips where the a-LFCA was ligated, TFL fatty infiltration showed a near-significant difference in distribution between the operated hip and the contralateral hip (p = 0.090, chi-squared test) ( Figure 7 ).

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