Outpatient management, patient comfort and satisfaction of 100 consecutiveinguinal hernias treated by Shouldice procedure with steel wire under local anaesthesia

This study evaluates postoperative patient comfort and satisfaction of 100 unilateral inguinal hernia repairs performed by Shouldice procedure with st eel wire and local anesthesia. The day surgery management of 78 % of patien ts, the low analgesic consumption, the resumption of normal activity after one week and a satisfaction index of nearly 100 % are the main results of t his study. The quality of these results is another argument confirming this technique as the "Gold Standard" of hernia repair.