… Furthermore, the use of local anaesthesia permits the operation to be done in a day care …
bilateral repair of inguinal hernias using local anaesthesia is as effective as sequential repair, …

… and subsequently for all primary hernia repairs. We have based primary inguinal hernia
repair on this technique, performing it as a day case operation under local anesthesia. [8] …

… 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-…

… Local anesthetic hernia repair has been shown to be less painful than its general anaesthetic
… 300 patients from our unit undergoing inguinal hernia repair between January 1997 and …

… 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 …

… operations and suture repair were significant risk factors but local anaesthesia reduced the
… be taken into account and minimized in efforts to improve the quality of groin hernia repair. …

… pain 1year after elective day-case open groin hernia repair under local anaesthesia. … groin
hernia repair is well documented1,2. Although late or chronic pain after inguinal hernia repair …

… The following terms were used for inclusion: Open inguinal hernia repairs, use of local
anesthesia, direct comparison of local anesthesia to another form of anesthesia and randomized …

… All chronically incarcerated and three strangulated groin hernias were operated on under
local anaesthesia. Two patients, aged 93 and 87 years, with serious cardiopulmonary disease …

… that local anesthesia is superior to spinal anesthesia in inguinal hernia repair performed by
… In conclusion, local anesthesia in primary, inguinal hernia repairs should be considered as …