[Loco-regional anesthesia in the surgery of inguinal and crural hernias. The authors' own experience with 1730 treated cases].

The authors report their experience with the use of loco-regional anaesthesia for the surgical treatment of inguinal and femoral hernias. Their series includes 1730 operations, 235 of which for hernia relapses, performed exclusively in the outpatient department. In the authors opinion, with loco-regional anaesthesia it is possible to treat any type of inguinal-femoral hernia, reducing the risks related to total anaesthesia and the complications arising from bedrid.

[Recurrence of inguinal and crural hernias].

The main problem in inguinal and femoral hernia repair is the risk of recurrence. In this study the Authors analyze possible causes of recurrence on the basis of their own experience (123 cases of recurrences) and literature review. They classify factors influencing recurrence in: preoperative, depending on patient's features, intraoperative, the most important ones, depending on the surgical technics used and postoperative, essentially due to complications.