Audit of patient experience of day-case inguinal hernia repair

Hernia

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-82

  Jaffer, U ^a   Elmghrbee, A ^b   Wilding, R ^b   Cameron, A E P ^b  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Day case; Inguinal hernia; Local anaesthetic; Pain

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PRILOCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL WOUND; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 39049164806     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-007-0291-7     Document Type: Article

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