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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: The incision length, blood loss, perioperative transfusion, and 100 - mm visual analogue pain scale (VAS) score at the first 24 hours of the anterolateral approach group were (7. 49 + / - 0. 86) cm, (376. 18 + / - 168. 30) ml, (410. 09 + / - 136. 46) ml, and (30. 76 + / - 21. 77) respectively, all significantly shorter, less, or lower than those of the standard posterolateral approach group [(15. 2 + / - 1. 8) cm, (605. 0 + / - 225. 1) ml, (629. 5 + / - 232. 9) ml, and (50. 3 + / - 13. 7) respectively, all P < 0. 01].