DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2013.v01i06.0063

Pages: 934-936

Today inguinal hernia repair, using any technique is considered under day care surgery where local anaesthesia can be superior to regional or general anaesthesia in terms of patient’s co-operation on Table, assessment of quality of herniorraphy /hernioplasty done, time save in surgery and to the delight of the surgeon watching patient walking out of operation room on his feet. The comparative study of Lichtenstein tension free hernioplasty under local anaesthesia versus spinal anaesthesia was conducted in the department of general surgery at PBM Hospital, Bikaner in order to compare feasibility of infiltration anaesthesia, cost of anaesthesia, time saved in surgery, patient’s co-operation on table assessment of hernioplasty by asking patient’s to cough, immiediate postoperative pain and postural stability.