Inguinal hernia repair: Local or general anaesthesia?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 497-503

  Sanjay, P ^a   Woodward, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

District general hospital; Inguinal hernia; Local anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; JOB SATISFACTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTAL MAIL; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE RETENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34447536743     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X202056     Document Type: Review

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