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This study aimed to compare clinical and radiological outcomes, including perioperative blood loss and hospital discharge timing, between the MMV and MPP approaches. A total of 99 patients with advanced osteoarthritis who underwent primary TKA between 2013 and 2019 were prospectively analyzed. Patients were divided into MMV (n\u2009=\u200950) and MPP (n\u2009=\u200949) groups. All surgeries were performed by the same experienced surgeon using the same prosthetic system and perioperative protocols. Clinical outcomes included hemoglobin (Hb), hematocrit (Hct), discharge timing, range of motion (ROM), Visual Analog Scale (VAS), and Oxford Knee Score (OKS). Radiological outcomes included alignment and component positioning. Statistical analysis was conducted with significance set at p\u2009&lt;\u20090.05. There were no significant differences between groups in demographic characteristics, surgical duration, alignment parameters (mechanical medial proximal tibial angle, mechanical lateral distal femoral angle, component tibial angle, component femoral angle), VAS, OKS, or final ROM. Postoperative (day 0 and day 3) Hb and Hct values did not differ significantly, and no blood transfusions were required in either group. However, same-day discharge was significantly more common in the MMV group (p\u2009=\u20090.02). One wound complication occurred in the MPP group; one patient from each group required postoperative manipulation under anesthesia. While both surgical approaches provided comparable clinical and radiological outcomes with no differences in blood loss, the MMV approach was associated with a higher rate of same-day discharge, suggesting an advantage in early recovery and reduced hospital stay.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-2796-8160","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,28]],"date-time":"2026-02-28T01:40:08Z","timestamp":1772242808000},"page":"567-574","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Is the Mini-Midvastus Approach for Total Knee Arthroplasty Any Better in Reducing Blood Loss and Hospital Stay?"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"39","author":[{"given":"Ahmet Can","family":"Erdem","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Bezmialem Vakif University, \u0130stanbul, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mehmet","family":"Erdem","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Private Practice, Bursa, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4994-5059","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Necmettin","family":"Turgut","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Ba\u015fkent University, Adana Turgut Noyan Training and Research Center, Adana, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Levent","family":"Bayam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fevzi","family":"Sa\u011flam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Muhammed Fatih","family":"Sertta\u015f","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Kocaeli City Hospital, Kocaeli, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,27]]},"reference":[{"issue":"07","key":"ref1","first-page":"1487","article-title":"Prevalence of primary and revision total hip and knee arthroplasty in the United States from 1990 through 2002","volume":"87","author":"S Kurtz","year":"2005","journal-title":"J Bone Joint Surg Am"},{"issue":"01","key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"130","DOI":"10.1302\/0301-620X.92B1.22654","article-title":"Temporal trends in hip and knee replacement in the United Kingdom: 1991 to 2006","volume":"92","author":"D J Culliford","year":"2010","journal-title":"J Bone Joint Surg Br"},{"issue":"08","key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1076","DOI":"10.1302\/0301-620X.97B8.35170","article-title":"The epidemiology of revision total knee and hip arthroplasty in England and Wales: A comparative analysis with projections for the United States. 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