BACKGROUND:Chronic pain or discomfort after hernia surgery is nowadays a more challenging concern than recurrence. This study aimed to evaluate the long-term impact of local anaesthetic repair (LA) on pain, discomfort, paraesthesia and functional outcome after Lichtenstein hernia repair as compared to locoregional (LRA) and general anaesthesia (GA)...
Verstraete, L., Becaus, N., Swannet, H., Ceelen, W., Duchateau, L., & Speybroeck, N. (2015). Long term outcome after lichtenstein hernia repair using general, locoregional or local anaesthesia. Acta Chirurgica Belgica, 115(2), 136-141. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/76239 (Original work published 2015)