Putting It All Together

Abstract

Pain management in hand surgery can be achieved through regional blocks and wide-awake techniques that do not necessitate general anesthesia in an effort to improve safety, convenience, cost savings, and efficiency.

Wide-awake Anesthesia No Tourniquet Trapeziometacarpal Joint Prosthesis Implantation

“…Wide awake local anesthetic no tourniquet (WALANT) hand surgery or “wide-awake” hand surgery is growing in popularity globally. 1 Lidocaine with epinephrine local anesthetic is frequently used without concern in the hand and finger. 2 Initially, the technique was described for small procedures such as trigger finger release and carpal tunnel release; however, the spectrum of hand procedures offered using solely local anesthesia is fast growing.…”