Barriers to the Implementation of Local Anesthesia for Older Adults Undergoing Inguinal Hernia Repair
The findings serve as a roadmap for a multi-component plan to increase use of local anesthesia for inguinal hernia repair in older adults, with clear advantages for post-operative cognitive and functional recovery.
Authors
- Konstantinos I. Makris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0590-7125)
- Courtney J. Balentine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6161-8598)
- Thai Pham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6124-7678)
- Janet Baker
- Simon J. Craddock Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6345-1237)
- Don Mai
- Maria Luisa Machado Heredia
- Melissa Thornton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9638-4266)
- Cameron M. Macdonald
- C. Brown
- Nicole Lunardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2021-1086)
- Miles Berger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2386-5061)
- Elisa L. Marten
- C. Munro Cullum
- Benjamin A. Y. Cher
- Celette Sugg Skinner
Institutions
- Louisiana State University (US)
- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- University Medical Center New Orleans (US)
- VA North Texas Health Care System (US)
- Duke Medical Center (US)
- University of Kansas Medical Center (US)
- Clinical Research Consultants (United States) (US)
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital (US)
- Wisconsin Division of Public Health (US)
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2026-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.70402
- Primary Topic
- Hernia repair and management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00