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Objective To investigate and to compare the clinical curative efficacies of local anaesthesia and epidural block anaesthesia in tension-free hemioplasties. Methods 89 patients hospitalized were randomly divided in-to two groups, with each of them respectively adopting the two types of anaesthesia methods (local anaesthesia and epidural anaesthesia) to cure inguinal hernia,operation methods is tension-free hernioplasties. Results The results show that in terms of duration of operation, early-phase activities after operation, time of hospitalization, post-opera-tion pains,early-phase complication after operation and treatment expenses etc, local anaesthesia is undoubtedly supe-rior to epidural block anaesthesia. Conclusion Tensioa-free hernioplasties under local anaesthesia is worth clinical promotion to benefit all the patients.