Postoperative analgesia for day‐case herniorrhaphy patients

Abstract

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.