ArticleActa ortopedica brasileira
BENEFITS OF THE WALANT TECHNIQUE AGAINST THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
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- Randomized Prospective Study Comparing Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet (WALANT) and Locoregional Anesthesia in Minimally Invasive Hallux Valgus Surgery: Preliminary Results.Foot & ankle orthopaedics · 2026Article
- Economic benefits of WALANT anaesthesia in metacarpal and phalangeal fracture surgery.The Journal of hand surgery, European volume · 2026Article
- Comparing Complication Rates in Procedures Performed in the Operating Room Versus In-Office: A Cohort Study.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- IMPLEMENTATION OF WALANT ANESTHESIA FOR HAND AND WRIST SURGERIES IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL: PILOT STUDY.Acta ortopedica brasileira · 2025Article
- Is WALANT Really Necessary in Outpatient Surgery?Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- Wide-Awake Hand Surgery Has Its Benefits: A Study of 1,011 Patients.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2022Article
- Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia, No Tourniquet Surgery in the Philippines.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2022Review
- Wide-awake local anesthesia for open rotator cuff repair: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveEvaluate the experience of private and public health services with the WALANT procedure in the COVID-19 pandemic.
methodsThis is a retrospective, multicenter longitudinal study gathering cases of hand surgery subjected to the WALANT technique in the Hospitals Dr. Radamés Nardini and IFOR during the COVID-19 pandemic (August 2020). As a parameter, the verbal numerical rating scale for twenty patients referring to the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative periods was applied.
resultsThe patients did not feel any pain during surgery, which showed the efficiency of the anesthetic technique in its purpose.
conclusionThe results indicate the WALANT technique as beneficial when facing the COVID-19 pandemic, as the main differential of the technique is that it is applied by a well-trained orthopedic hand surgeon.
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