Background Lidocaine administration produces pain due to its acidic pH. Objectives The
objective of this review was to determine if adjusting the pH of lidocaine had any effect on …

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 …

INTRODUCTION Specialist hernia centres and public hospitals with a dedicated hernia
service (Plymouth Hernia Service) have achieved remarkable results for inguinal hernia …

Objective/background Endovenous thermal ablation (EVTA) is the recommended first line
intervention for superficial venous incompetence (SVI). While the infiltration of perivenous …

Background The inguinal hernia is one of the most common diseases in the elderly.
Treatment of this type of pathology is exclusively surgical and relies almost always on the …

Background and purpose Local infiltration anaesthesia is frequently painful due to low pH of
the used anaesthetics, such as lidocaine. Usually pH of the solution is near 4.0, which …

Results: Intraoperative Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) value was lower in Group S, whereas
the 6 th-h VAS value was lower in Group ESP (P< 0.05). There was no significant difference …

Background Inguinal hernia repair under local anesthesia (LA) has many advantages and is
associated with high patient satisfaction. However, there are concerns of exceeding the …

Background: The use of local anaesthetic for open inguinal hernia surgery has long been
restricted to specialist centres. This study aimed to compare the efficacy of spinal …

Objective A randomized, double-blind, prospective, controlled study to determine the lowest
concentration of lidocaine that provides satisfactory anaesthesia and analgesia for inguinal …