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Postoperative analgesia for day‐case herniorrhaphy patients
Author(s) -
WOOD G.J.,
LLOYD J.W.,
BULLINGHAM R.E.S.,
BRITTON B.J.,
FINCH D.R.A.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1981.tb10324.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bupivacaine , anesthesia , sedation , analgesic , surgery , local anaesthetic , epidural block , nerve block , pain relief , postoperative pain
Summary Patients were admitted as day‐cases for inguinal herniorrhaphy under epidural anaesthesia and chlormethiazole sedation. The patients were given oral analgesia, and in addition, some were given either a paravertebral block with a dextran/bupivacaine mixture or cryoanalgesia of the ilio‐inguinal nerve for postoperative pain relief. These anaesthetic and analgesic techniques are discussed in relation to day‐case herniorrhaphy.