In this issue of the American Journal of Surgery, Balentine et al. report on their evaluation of
postoperative outcomes among more than 97,000 Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality …

Meier et al1 report a large retrospective analysis of Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality
Improvement Program evaluating the benefits of local anesthesia for open repair vs …

Background Inguinal hernia repair is the most common general surgery procedure and can
be performed under local or general anesthesia. We hypothesized that using local rather …

The results of many retrospective reviews, even from prospective databases, are often
criticized because of the inherent bias associated with such studies. However, these …

Our comments were stimulated by a recent manuscript in PLOS ONE by Wongyingsinn et al.
addressing the various types of anesthesia [Local (LA), regional (RA), and general (GA)] for …

My comments were stimulated by the manuscript recently published in Hernia “Limited use
of local anesthesia for open inguinal hernia repair: a qualitative study” by Olsen et al.[1]. This …

Introduction There is a dearth of data about the benefits of local anesthesia (LA) and spinal
anesthesia (SA) compared to general anesthesia (GA) in patients undergoing repair of …

Background Local anesthesia (LA) for open inguinal hernia repair (OIHR) is not widely used
in the United States. An LA program for OIHR was initiated at the Dallas Veteran Affairs …

Irving Lichtenstein pioneered tension-free hernioplasty and radically changed the patient's
experience by introducing the concepts of early ambulation, short hospital stay, and local …

Purpose In 2003, randomized trials demonstrated potentially improved outcomes when local
instead of general anesthesia is used for inguinal hernia repair. Our study aimed to evaluate …