Day case hernia repair under local versus general anaesthesia: Patient preferences

Ambulatory Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 227-229

  Gnanalingham, Kanna K ^a   Budhoo, Misra ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Day case surgery; General anaesthesia and patient views; Hernia repair; Local anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TASTE PREFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031728185     PISSN: 09666532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6532(98)00036-5     Document Type: Article

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