Inguinal Hernia Repair With Local Anesthesia In The Outpatient
For the shouldice non mesh inguinal hernia repair we almost exclusively perform the repair under local anesthesia with minimal iv sedation.
Inguinal hernia repair with local anesthesia in the outpatient. Traditional surgery requires regional or general anesthesia and the risk of anesthesia is high especially in those with advanced age and poor cardiopulmonary function. Milone m 1 di minno mn musella m maietta p salvatore g iacovazzo c milone f. Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most common surgical treatments performed worldwide. Inguinal hernia repair under local anesthesia without admittance its safety efficacy and the short learning cur ve for the beginner general surgery resident.
Recent international guidelines suggest that local anesthesia with iv sedation for inguinal hernia repair leads to the best outcomes in patients. General anesthesia is extraordinarily safe with today s precise administration and monitoring. Among the 910 patients who underwent inguinal hernia repair ponv occurred in 68 patients 7 5. Local anesthetic infiltration performed by the surgeon in any cases has been supported by and analgo sedation with remifentanil in 740 patients.
Inguinal hernia repairs can be performed with regional anesthesia general anesthesia or local anesthesia depending on the preference and comfort level of each anesthesia provider and surgeon. Fentanyl was used in 96 cases and the last 74 underwent deep sedation with propofol. Methods we analyzed medical records of 454 patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair with local anesthesia on an outpatient basis between november 2004 and. Local anesthesia intravenous sedation local anesthesia is only required for the surgical site and the safety is higher than regional and general anesthesia.
However if there are complications you may have to remain in the hospital until. While open hernia repair may be done under general regional spinal or even local anesthesia with sedation laparoscopic hernia repair is always done under general anesthesia. This means you can go home the same day as the surgery. Outpatient inguinal hernia repair under local anaesthesia.
The standardization and reproducibility of the inguinal herniorraphy technique the low surgical impact the short post operative course and the suitability of local anesthesia have justified the outpatient management of inguinal hernias. Epub 2012 nov 16. We prospectively eva luated 1186 patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair under local anesthesia on an outpatient basis between november 2004 and march 2014. To demonstrate the feasibility of inguinal hernia repair with local anesthesia in an out patient regime withsafety efficacy and short learning curve.