Wide-awake Anesthesia No Tourniquet Trapeziometacarpal Joint Prosthesis Implantation.

Authors :: Müller CT
Christen T
Heidekruger PI
Lamouille J
Raffoul W
McKee D
Lalonde DH
Durand S
Source :: Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open [Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open] 2018 Apr 04; Vol. 6 (4), pp. e1714. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Apr 04 (Print Publication: 2018).
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: Wide awake local anesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) hand surgery is a rapidly growing in popularity. WALANT has been used by hand surgeons when operating on bones, tendons, ligaments, nerve entrapments. We offer a case report of the first case in the literature describing WALANT technique when performing trapeziometacarpal joint arthroplasty with prosthesis implantation. We offer technical points on how to perform this procedure and the advantages that are associated with using WALANT for prosthesis arthroplasty.

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