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2023 Jan


J Hand Surg Glob Online


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Impact of WALANT Hand Surgery in a Secondary Care Hospital in Spain. Benefits to the Patient and the Health System.

Authors

Far-Riera AM, Perez-Uribarri C, Serrano EMJ, González RJM
J Hand Surg Glob Online. 2023 Jan; 5(1):73-79.
PMID: 36704374.

Abstract

The aim of this study is to compare patient benefits and economic costs of hand surgeries using the wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) technique versus a conventional major outpatient suite and review outcomes and complications in a series of cases of patients operated on using the WALANT technique.