Feasibility of inguinal hernioplasty under local anaesthesia in elderly patients
Open Access
- 1 January 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Surgery
- Vol. 12 (Suppl 1) , S2
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-12-s1-s2
Abstract
The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and the safety of hernioplasty under local anaesthesia in elderly patients with significant comorbidity.Keywords
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