… have compared anesthesia type for primary inguinal hernia repair, little data exists analyzing
outcomes based on anesthesia type for open surgical repair of recurrent groin hernias. …

… open groin hernia repairs in local anesthesia, regional anesthesia, or general anesthesia.
The … for covariates was higher after both general anesthesia (adjusted odds ratio = 1.64, 95% …

… general anesthesia versus 15%-20% using local anesthesia, … to benefit from avoiding
general anesthesia, this presumed … of local over general anesthesia for inguinal hernia repair …

… There was one long-term-follow-up study after Shouldice repair under local anaesthesia
performed by trainees with a recurrence rate of 2.88 per cent after 18 years (80 per cent follow-…

… with other anesthesia types [3, 5, 6]. Recurrence rates are higher after primary direct inguinal
hernia repair in local anesthesia, but trained surgeons can perform the operation without …

… received local anesthesia as the primary anesthesia modality for their inguinal hernia repair…
During the period we studied, the use of local anesthesia for inguinal hernia repair steadily …

… In essence, we found that a 65-year old patient who has a hernia repair under local
anesthesia will have the same risk of postoperative complications as a 35-year old who has the …

… criteria for patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair. Only unilateral, primary, elective,
open inguinal hernia repairs were included in this study. UHR = umbilical hernia repair. …

… Further, this theoretical increase in pain could be alleviated by infiltration intra-operatively
of newer ultra-long acting local anaesthetic agents such as liposomal bupivacaine which has …

… use of local anesthesia for open inguinal hernia repair … inguinal hernias repaired under
local anesthesia. Further, we hypothesized that the use of local rather than general anesthesia …