Total hip arthroplasty, touted as operation of the century [1], refers to the surgical replacement of both the components of the hip joint, acetabulum and the proximal femur, using synthetic implants of varied design and composition with varied surgical approaches and techniques to give the patient a new well–functioning, painless, mobile and stable hip. Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is one of the most commonly performed and successful operations in orthopaedic surgery in terms of clinical outcome implant survivorship, and cost–effectiveness. This has been verified in numerous long–term studies that have reported clinical success rates in excess of 90% after a minimum of 10 years‘ follow–up. These studies used surrogates for clinical success rates that included patient satisfaction, pain reduction, functional improvement, and the absence of further surgery.[2,3,4,5]