Global anaesthesia practice using inguinal hernia surgery as a tracer condition: a secondary analysis of an international prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Restoration of surgical capacity is essential to post-COVID-19 recovery. This study explored the use and safety of anaesthesia options for inguinal hernia surgery, a common tracer condition, to describe current global practice and highlight opportunities to build the capacity of health systems.

Methods

This is a secondary analysis of an international prospective cohort study of consecutive patients who underwent elective inguinal hernia surgery. We used a consensus process to define generalisable outcomes to measure patient selection, utilisation of hospital capacity and peri-operative safety in patients who received locoregional, spinal or general anaesthesia for their surgery.

Results

In total, 16,554 patients from 83 countries were included. Locoregion

SUBMITTER: NIHR Global Health Research Group on Environmentally Sustainable Hospitals in Low‐ and Middle‐income Countries 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12519944 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature