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Table 3 Type of anesthesia for herniorrhaphy and day surgery distribution in both groups

From: Incidence of pain after inguinal hernia repair in the elderly. A retrospective historical cohort evaluation of 18-years’ experience with a mesh & plug inguinal hernia repair method on about 3000 patients

 

Group A <65 yrs.

(1795 pts.)

Group B >65 yrs.

(1107 pts.)

Local Anesthesia

1775 (98.8%)

1081 (97.5%)

Spinal Anesthesia

0

11 (1%)

General Anesthesia

20 (1.2%)

16 (~1.5%)

Day Surgery

1730 (96.4%)

889 (80.3%)

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