Our results suggested that pretreatment with i.v. 15 and 30 mg ketorolac reduces pain following propofol injection. Moreover, pretreatment with i.v. ketorolac 10 mg with venous occlusion for 120 s achieves the same pain relief effect.

Locally applied gentamicin is equivalent to intravenous gentamicin in preventing SSSI post primary inguinal hernioplasty.

Octreotide and long-acting lanreotide are useful palliative treatments for the control of symptoms in patients with non-resectable carcinoid tumours but there is no evidence of tumour stasis.

Mesh repair of inguinal hernia is effective. Trainees easily acquire this skill and it becomes their preferred method of repair.

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