The posterolateral approach reported the lowest value for the surgical duration .
The posterolateral approach reported the shortest hospitalization length .
The posterolateral approach reported shorter surgical duration and hospitalization length .
Concerning the analysis of total estimated blood loss , no significant result was obtained .
Despite the numerous studies , there is no consensus concerning the best approach for  total hip arthroplasty ( THA )  , and debates are ongoing .
The purpose of this study was to perform a Bayesian network meta- analysis ( NMA ) comparing several approaches for primary THA .
The focus was on peri-operative outcomes : surgical duration , total estimated blood loss , and length of the hospitalization .
Patient’s perspective on direct anterior versus posterior approach total hip arthroplasty
Purpose Total hip arthroplasty approach comparison focused on patient ’s perspective . The direct anterior approach ( DAA ) has gained immense popularity in the last decade and is widely advocated as a superior approach in terms of quicker recovery and better overall outcome . However , the question if the level of DAA promotion is justified seems to be rarely posed . Methods A single-surgeon consecutive series of patients who underwent bilateral THA , one in DAA and the other in posterior approach ( PA ) .  The same implant design and same component sizes were used for the both sides . All the operations were performed by a single surgeon under the same pre- and post-operative care protocol . Results Twenty-one patients underwent bilateral THA , mean age 60.09 years .  Oxford Hip Score ( OHS ) was used for functional outcome assessment . There were no statistically significant differences between two approaches in terms of functional outcome ( mean OHS for DAA series was 42.95 and that for the PA was 43.38 , p 0.07 at an alpha level of 0.05 ) . Fifteen patients gave the advantage to PA , and six patients favoured DAA . Conclusion By study design , we tried to reduce the biases and acquire approach appraisal from patient ’s perspective . We anticipated the outcome in favour of DAA , but the results favoring PA came as a surprise . Future prospect i ve r and omized studies on evaluation of DAA and other approaches not only from surgeon ’s or industry ’s point of view , performed on a larger and more uniform groups , are warranted to further explore the subjective differences between DAA and PA
The posterolateral approach reported the lowest value for the surgical duration .
The posterolateral approach reported the shortest hospitalization length .
The posterolateral approach reported shorter surgical duration and hospitalization length .
Concerning the analysis of total estimated blood loss , no significant result was obtained .
Despite the numerous studies , there is no consensus concerning the best approach for  total hip arthroplasty ( THA )  , and debates are ongoing .
The purpose of this study was to perform a Bayesian network meta- analysis ( NMA ) comparing several approaches for primary THA .
The focus was on peri-operative outcomes : surgical duration , total estimated blood loss , and length of the hospitalization .