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Table 1 Characteristics of the patients between the pain group and the no-pain group

From: Malalignment and distal contact of short tapered stems could be associated with postoperative thigh pain in primary total hip arthroplasty

Characteristic

Thigh pain group

No thigh pain group

p value

Patients (number)

64

166

 

Primary hips (number)

68

184

 

Average age (years)

59.7 (29~84)

61.2 (23~84)

.345

Gender

  

.519

 Male

18 (28.1%)

54 (32.5%)

 

 Female

46 (71.9%)

112 (67.5%)

 

Preoperative diagnosis

  

.802

 Osteoarthritis

23 (33.8%)

59 (32.1%)

 

 Acute fracture

16 (23.5%)

38 (20.7%)

 

 Developmental dysplasia

10 (14.7%)

32 (17.4%)

 

 Aseptic necrosis

9 (13.2%)

24 (13.0%)

 

 Avascular necrosis

8 (11.8%)

17 (9.2%)

 

 Drug-induced necrosis

2 (2.9%)

9 (4.9%)

 

 Post-traumatic arthritis

0

5 (2.7%)

 

Implant fit

  

.010

 Type I

62 (91.2%)

141 (76.6%)

 

 Type II

6 (8.8%)

43 (23.4%)