Patient Demographics.

120 patients were enrolled in the study prospectively. Group assignment was done according to the criteria as mentioned above. There was no statistical difference in patient age, gender or distribution of joints in the groups. More women than men were enrolled in total and in all groups. There was a higher number of total hip arthroplasties (THA) than total knee arthroplasties (TKA) in the study population in all but the control group.