Aim Today, in inguinal hernia repair, postoperative pain and costs are regarded as equally
important issues as technique and recurrence rates. Postoperative pain is thought to vary …

Background: With established protocols lacking, the choice of anesthetic technique remains
arbitrary in inguinal hernia repair. Well-designed studies in this subject are important …

Background: Hernias are among the oldest known afflictions of human kind and elective
inguinal hernia repair is commonly performed operation in general surgery. General or …

Objective: To compare local, spinal, and general anaesthesia for inguinal herniorraphy in
otherwise healthy patients with respect to duration of operation, time in operating room …

Background Inguinal hernias are a significant cause of morbidity. The purpose of this
systematic review and meta-analysis is to determine the totality of evidence regarding the …

Study objective Comparison of local anesthetic infiltration (LAI), spinal anesthesia (SPIN)
and total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) for open inguinal herniorrhaphy. We hypothesized …

A prospective randomized study in 92 adult male patients was done to compare the local
anaesthesia with conventional spinal & general anaesthesia for elective unilateral inguinal …

Background Local anesthesia (LA) has been reported to be the best choice for elective open
inguinal hernia repair because it is cost efficient, with less post-operative pain and enables …

OBJECTIVE. The authors introduce a simple six-step infiltration technique that results in
satisfactory local anesthesia and prolonged postoperative analgesia, requiring a maximum …

Inguinal herniorrhaphy is one of the most frequent operations and can be successfully
performed using general, regional, or local anesthesia. Epidemiological data from both …