Keywords
hernioplasty
frail patient.
Abstract
Introduction: Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most performed surgical procedures each year and the incidence is reported to be up to 60 % of moderate to severe postoperative pain, which is why, one would expect to perform this type of surgery with minimal anesthetic risks, rapid recovery and prompt medical discharge, ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric block is a safe anesthetic option for fragile patients with multiple cardiopulmonary comorbidities and anatomical alterations that difficulty neuraxial anesthetic techniques. Case presentation: We present the clinical case of an 88-year-old adult patient ASA III, for elective inguinal hernioplasty, under regional anesthesia: Ilioinguinal-Iliohypogastric block under ultrasound guidance plus sedation, complementary analgesic management with paracetamol and anti-inflammatory drugs, discharge from outpatient surgery to his home and postoperative control without complications. Discussion: Inguinal herniorrhaphy is undoubtedly one of the most frequent surgical procedures in any hospital, increasingly required in fragile adult patients, so it is very important to choose an individualized anesthetic technique that allows early recovery and good postoperative pain control, regional anesthesia: Ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric block offers such advantages, in addition to being part of the strategy to provide multimodal analgesia with other adjuvants as we have demonstrated in this case report and as described in the current literature, compared to general or neuraxial anesthesia. Conclusion: Inguinal hernioplasty with regional anesthesia using ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric block is a safe and effective technique, which makes it ideal for patients in the geriatric age group considered fragile due to their multiple pathologies and polymedication and should be increasingly considered for this type of patient, especially with the objective of avoiding perioperative complications and better pain control postoperative.References
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