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Abstract Summary and conclusion Summary Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most common surgical procedures performed, and post‑ operative pain may be moderate‑ to‑ severe. It is associated with delayed return to normal daily activities and may also be related to persistent post‑ surgical pain (affecting between 0% and 43% of patients). Various modalities available to control pain after hernia surgery include pharmacological methods, topical analgesics, peripheral local anesthetics, epidural analgesia and non‑ pharmacological approaches; however, optimal evidence‑ based pain therapy remains unknown. The transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is a novel, rapidly expanding regional anesthesia technique that provides analgesia to the parietal peritoneum as well as the skin and muscles of the anterior abdominal wall following abdominal surgery. It has become increasingly popular worldwide because of its relative simplicity and efficacy. Iliohypogastric/ilioinguinal nerve block (IH/IN) is mainly administered for inguinal herniorrhaphy in addition to procedures such as orchiopexy, hydrocelectomy, cesarean section, circumcision, varicocelectomy alone or in combination with other blocks such as genitofemoral nerve block. This prospective randomized blind study aimed to compare the analgesic effect of ultrasound-guided ilio inguinal and ilio hypo |