Postoperative Patient-reported Pain and Opioid Consumption After Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Comparison of the Direct Anterior and Posterior Approaches.

The DAA was associated with slightly lower patient-reported pain. Furthermore, statistical analysis did not provide the necessary evidence to reject the null hypothesis, which was that there would be no difference in opioid utilization between the two approaches. Other perioperative factors may be more important to opioid use reduction than the surgical approach alone.