Evaluation of Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet Technique for Extremity Surgeries | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||
| Article 167, Volume 91, Issue 1, April 2023, Pages 4837-4840 PDF (229.63 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2023.300799 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohammad Reda Ahmad; Mohamed Hassan Mohamed Abdel-Aal; Hesham Ahmed Sakr | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: A wide-awake local anesthesia with no tourniquet (WALANT) technique is introduced for treating an elective and selected hand trauma cases in the outpatient setting. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and benefits of WALANT technique. Patients and methods: Seventy patients were managed in Zagazig University Hospital, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department. The patients were divided according to the type of anesthesia into; group 1 included 36 cases used tumescent, and group 2 included 34 cases used traditional anesthesia. Results: There was no significant difference as regard age and the duration of surgery between both groups. There was a significant difference between the studied groups in pain measurement scale as well as in hospital stay (P < 0.001). Conclusion: The WALANT approach is effectively allowing the procedure to be performed without the need for anesthetic recovery or hospitalization. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Extremity Surgeries; Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet | ||
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