Table 2 Complications of GA and LA group
From: Emergency inguinal hernia repair under local anesthesia: a 5-year experience in a teaching hospital
LA (n = 32) | GA (n = 58) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
Time in hospital | 4.31 ± 1.575 | 5.88 ± 2.816 | 0.001* |
Time in ICU | 0.03 ± 0.177 | 0.34 ± 1.085 | 0.035* |
Time to eat | 1.28 ± 0.581 | 2.28 ± 1.121 | 0.000* |
Time to ambulation | 2.03 ± 1.031 | 3.26 ± 1.528 | 0.000* |
Total cost | 8836.59 ± 2436.673 | 13236.43 ± 5461.154 | 0.000* |
Wound infection | 4 (12.5 %) | 9 (15.5 %) | 0.765 |
Urinary retention | 1 (3.1 %) | 6 (10.3 %) | 0.414 |
Postoperative hydrocoele | 2 (6.3 %) | 6 (10.3 %) | 1.000 |
Respiratory complications | 2 (6.3 %) | 14 (24.1 %) | 0.044* |
Cardiovascular complications | 1 (3.1 %) | 12 (20.7 %) | 0.027* |
MODS | 0 (0 %) | 1 (1.7 %) | 1.000 |
Death in 30 days | 0 (0 %) | 1 (1.7 %) | 1.000 |