WALANT Thumb CMC Joint Denervation Under Field Sterility: A Case Report and Description of Technique.

Alexander Platt, Merry Faye Graff, Brett Ponich, Aaron Knox

Abstract readCase Reports

In one paragraph

Article in Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

0citing papers in PubMed

–field-weighted citation impact

1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Alexander PlattCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2493-1737

Merry Faye GraffDepartment of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6861-5759

Brett PonichCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2444-4183

Aaron KnoxCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) osteoarthritis is a common condition that can affect a patient's ability to function normally in daily life. Surgical CMC denervation of the thumb has emerged as a less invasive option for patients who want to recover and return to activity sooner. Here, we report the use of the Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet technique for first CMC denervation under field sterility.

Indexed as

hand surgeryselective denervationthumb carpometacarpal jointthumb osteoarthritisWide-Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet

Identifiers

PMID41969331

DOI10.1177/22925503261436369

PMCPMC13065628

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata

LicenceCC BY

Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.