ArticleBMC surgery2012
Feasibility of inguinal hernioplasty under local anaesthesia in elderly patients.
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- Mode of anesthesia, mortality and outcome in geriatric patients.Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2014Pooled it
- Local anesthesia for treatment of hernia in elder patients: Levobupicavaine or Bupivacaine?BMC surgery · 2013Trial
- Outcomes of inguinal hernia repair in octogenarians: A propensity score-matched analysis of the Herniamed Registry.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- Groin Hernia Surgery in Uganda: Caseloads and Practices at Hospitals Operating Within the Publicly Funded Healthcare Sector.World journal of surgery · 2020Article
- Emergency inguinal hernia repair under local anesthesia: a 5-year experience in a teaching hospital.BMC anesthesiology · 2016Article
- Totally extraperitoneal (TEP) endoscopic hernia repair in elderly patients.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2015Article
- Transabdominal pre-peritoneal mesh in inguinal hernia repair in elderly: end point of our experience.BMC surgery · 2013Article
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- Emergency groin hernia repair: implications in elderly.BMC surgery · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and the safety of hernioplasty under local anaesthesia in elderly patients with significant comorbidity.
methodsA total of 218 patients underwent inguinal hernia repair with mesh between June 2009 and July 2012. Presence of comorbid conditions and complications were compared between patients younger and older than 70 years.
resultsHernia repair in older patients were more likely associated with comorbid conditions than in their younger counterparts ( hypertension: 25% vs 8.16%; cardiovascular diseases: 50% vs 22%; benign prostatic hypertrophy 60% vs 30%). The most common postoperative complications in both groups were recurrence, wound infection, urinary retention. There was a slightly higher rate of complication in elderly group.
conclusionsInguinal hernia repair with local anaesthesia is quite safe and results in a good success rate in elderly patients despite a higher rate of comorbidity typical of this kind of patient.
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