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.
Ahmad, M. R., Abdel-Aal, M. H. M., & Sakr, H. A. (2023). Evaluation of Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet Technique for Extremity Surgeries. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 91(1), 4837-4840. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2023.300799
MLA
Mohammad Reda Ahmad; Mohamed Hassan Mohamed Abdel-Aal; Hesham Ahmed Sakr. "Evaluation of Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet Technique for Extremity Surgeries", The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 91, 1, 2023, 4837-4840. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2023.300799
HARVARD
Ahmad, M. R., Abdel-Aal, M. H. M., Sakr, H. A. (2023). 'Evaluation of Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet Technique for Extremity Surgeries', The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 91(1), pp. 4837-4840. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2023.300799
VANCOUVER
Ahmad, M. R., Abdel-Aal, M. H. M., Sakr, H. A. Evaluation of Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet Technique for Extremity Surgeries. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2023; 91(1): 4837-4840. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2023.300799
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