A Trial of Local Anaesthesia Versus Local Anaesthesia and Conscious Sedation for Hernioplasty
Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
2016-12-01
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Summary
The aim of this RCT is to compare patient outcomes of inguinal hernioplasty under Local
Anaesthesia alone versus Local Anaesthesia and Conscious Sedation
Specific study objectives are to determine the effect of conscious sedation on:
(i) patient satisfaction (ii) postoperative pain (iii) time to discharge (iv) intraoperative
complications (v) postoperative functional status (vi) short-term postoperative complications
(vii) long-term postoperative complications