Table 3 Clinical outcomes according to suture type of THA patients.

Largest Hb drop during the hospital days (g/dl, mean ± SD)

− 2.5 ± 1.3

− 2.6 ± 1.5

0.37^a

Hb level in preoperative status (g/dl, mean ± SD)

12.8 ± 2.0

13.1 ± 1.8

0.12^a

Hb level in postoperative 6 weeks (g/dl, mean ± SD)

13.5 ± 1.6

13.4 ± 1.4

0.60^a

Cases with blood transfusion (n, %)

No

109 (86.51%)

154 (77.78%)

Yes

17 (13.49%)

44 (22.22%)

0.07^b

Total

126 (100%)

198 (100%)

Improvement in VAS (mean ± SD)

− 0.4 ± 0.9

− 0.3 ± 0.7

0.07^a