ABSTRACT
Objective Through a prospective randomized controlled study , comparing the effects of three different anesthetic methods on the patients quality of recovery ( QoR ) score and surgical satisfaction after oblique inguinal hernia repair ( OIHR) .Methods Ninety patients who had underwent OIHR were divided into three groups:nerve block group(NB), spinal anesthesia group(SA) and combination of NB and single low-dose SA group(NB+SA). The first two were treated as control groups .Each group had equally thirty cases .The primary outcome was QoR score and surgical satisfaction , while the secondary outcomes included intraoperatively-adjuvant intravenous admin-istration, mean blood pressure (MBP) and heart rate (HR) during operation.Results The QoR score (median, interquartile range ) in NB+SA group was significantly higher than that of NB group and SA group in the first day af-ter surgery (P<0.05),which was NB group QoR 15(13,18),SA group QoR 16(15,17) and NB+SA group QoR 18(16,19)respectively.The second day after the surgery, the QoR score (median, interquartile range) in NB+SA group was still higher than that of SA group (P<0.05),which was correspondingly NB group QoR 18(15,20), SA group QoR 17(16,19) as well as NB+SA group QoR 20(18,20).As for surgical satisfaction, surgeons are more content with the method of NB+SA than that of SA and NB ( P<0.05 ) .In terms of adjuvant intravenous administra-tion, it was most common in NB group followed by NB +SA group and SA group ( P<0.05 ) .Conclusions Compared to NB and SA , patients with NB+SA have higher QoR and surgical satisfaction after surgery .