In an effort to identify those patients that would obtain optimal increased functional abilities and significant pain control postoperative. The importance placed on the selection of patients and the education those patients receive prior to surgery is stressed to produce the high satisfaction rates from total hip arthroplasty (THA). Those patients that report prior to surgery that their quality of life has decreased significantly, and that most of the blame for that decline is due to significant pain, perform best postoperatively with the highest postoperative satisfaction rates. One of the most important recent advancements post THA is the progression of decreased nausea and pain rates, along with early ambulation after THA.
