Background: The wide-awake local anesthesia with no tourniquet (WALANT) technique has
become popularized for various hand/upper extremity procedures. Before surgery, patients …

Carpal tunnel release (CTR) surgery continues to evolve. Carpal tunnel syndrome remains a
primarily clinical diagnosis, although ultrasound has supplemented electrodiagnostic testing …

Aims We hypothesized that the wide-awake local anaesthesia with no tourniquet (WALANT)
technique is cost-effective, easy to use, safe, and reproducible, with a low learning curve …

Hypothesis Wide awake local anesthesia with no tourniquet (WALANT) and office-based
procedures are used in hand surgery. There are limited literature data on patient satisfaction …

As surgical management of carpal tunnel release (CTR) becomes ever more common,
extensive research has emerged to optimize the contextualization of this procedure. In …

Background: The use of minor field sterility in hand/upper extremity cases has been shown
to improve workflow efficiency while maintaining patient safety. As this finding has been …

Background Wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) technique has emerged
among hand surgeons with other indications. Surgeries involving pedicled flap and …

Distal upper limb surgery is performed under WALANT (Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No
Tourniquet) in many outpatient centers because the benefits are numerous: simple, low-cost …

Purpose Wide-awake local anesthesia with no tourniquet has dramatically changed hand
surgery practice. Using lidocaine with epinephrine and no tourniquet has allowed many …

Purpose The annual high volume of carpal tunnel releases (CTRs) has a large financial
impact on the health care system. Validating the cost drivers related to CTR in a large …