Under 2$ hand anesthesia? Our first 800 cases with Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet (WALANT) in hand surgery.
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Digital ischemia
Hand surgery
Trigger finger
WALANT
Journal
Musculoskeletal surgery
ISSN: 2035-5114
Titre abrégé: Musculoskelet Surg
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 101498346
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 Jun 2024
07 Jun 2024
Historique:
received:
27
10
2023
accepted:
17
05
2024
medline:
7
6
2024
pubmed:
7
6
2024
entrez:
7
6
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
The Wide-Awake-Local-Anesthesia-No-Tourniquet (WALANT) technique is being used progressively more and more in hand surgery as it avoids tourniquet-related complications and saves money. In the present study, we analyzed our cases of carpal tunnel syndrome or trigger finger operated upon with this technique from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2022. We obtained 822 cases (426 carpal tunnel syndrome, 396 trigger finger) with an overall anesthesiologic efficacy (no need of additional anesthetic) of 97.8%. Patients were satisfied or very satisfied with the anesthetic choice in 99.8% of cases. We believe WALANT to be a safe and effective technique that every hand surgeon should have in his/her repertoire.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38848001
doi: 10.1007/s12306-024-00835-z
pii: 10.1007/s12306-024-00835-z
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli.
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