One century ago, in his 1990 Annals of Surgery article, Cushing indicated that except for
children, all hernias can be repaired under local anesthesia [1]. Since then, local anesthesia …

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

Purpose The repair of groin hernias with local anesthesia has gained popularity. Two main
methods have been described for local anesthesia. This study was aimed at comparing …

Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most common procedures in general surgery. All
anesthetic methods can be used in inguinal hernia repairs. Local anesthesia for groin hernia …

This is a review of a large and long experience in one hospital with more than 100 000
elective inguinal hernia repairs using local anaesthesia and emphasising the advantages of …

Discussion Infiltration of local anesthesia is arguably the least invasive and safest of all
anesthetics for hernia repair. Combined with appropriate intravenous sedation to remove …

Objective: To compare the effect of repeated boluses of local anaesthetics with an oral
analgesic for pain management after tension‐free inguinal hernia repair. Design …

Since February 1992 local anesthesia (LA) has been used routinely for repair of inguinal
hernias at our surgical department. All patients undergoing Shouldice repair of primary …

Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of local anesthesia and epidural anesthesia
in tension-free repair of inguinal hernia. Methods Between January 2004 and December …

In patients with a large inguinal hernia, surgeons are usually reluctant to use a local
anesthesia as described in the Shouldice technique. The purpose of this study was to …