ABSTRACT
Since 1960 improvements in the technology and manufacturing
of prostheses combined with advances in surgical and anaesthetic
techniques have greatly increased the effectiveness of total hip
arthroplasty (THA). Hip replacement (Fig. 8.1) is currently the most
common orthopaedic operation, with patient-recorded outcome
measures indicating that it is arguably one of the most successful
medical or surgical interventions that is available [1-3].