DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2017.v05i03.004

Pages: 704-707

Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most commonly performed operations world-wide. Results of several studies indicate that local anesthesia provides the best clinical and economic benefits to patients. The present study was planned to study the outcomes of inguinal hernia repair under local anesthesia. The current retrospective study was conducted by the Department of General Surgery, SRMS Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly in February 2015. The outcome measures were type of anesthesia used, postoperative complications and recurrence. Hospital record of same cases were retrieved and analyzed. 5 patients in the age group of 18-40 year complained of anxiety which required intraoperative sedation with propofol, on the other hand one elderly patient aged 69 years required sedation with propofol. None of the study subject complained of intraoperative pain. All patients required 2 injections of analgesics like tramadol or diclofenac in the first 24 hrs. All patients were ambulated after 24 hrs. All patients were comfortable on oral analgesics from day 2 onwards. No patient complained of headache or hypotension in preoperative period. Two patients raised complaint of postoperative retention of urine.