Wide-awake Anesthesia No Tourniquet Trapeziometacarpal Joint Prosthesis Implantation

Camillo Theo Müller, MD; Thierry Christen, MD; Paul I. Heidekruger, MD; Jessie Lamouille, MD; Wassim Raffoul, MD; Daniel McKee, MD; Donald H. Lalonde, MD; Sébastien Durand, MD, PhD

doi:10.1097/GOX.0000000000001714

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open (Apr 2018)

Wide-awake Anesthesia No Tourniquet Trapeziometacarpal Joint Prosthesis Implantation

Camillo Theo Müller, MD,
Thierry Christen, MD,
Paul I. Heidekruger, MD,
Jessie Lamouille, MD,
Wassim Raffoul, MD,
Daniel McKee, MD,
Donald H. Lalonde, MD,
Sébastien Durand, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Camillo Theo Müller, MD: From the *Department of the Musculoskeletal System, Hand and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
Thierry Christen, MD: From the *Department of the Musculoskeletal System, Hand and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
Paul I. Heidekruger, MD: †Centre of Plastic, Aesthetic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Regensburg, Germany
Jessie Lamouille, MD: From the *Department of the Musculoskeletal System, Hand and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
Wassim Raffoul, MD: From the *Department of the Musculoskeletal System, Hand and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
Daniel McKee, MD: ‡Plastic Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
Donald H. Lalonde, MD: ‡Plastic Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
Sébastien Durand, MD, PhD: From the *Department of the Musculoskeletal System, Hand and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001714
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 4
p. e1714

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Summary:. Wide awake local anesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) hand surgery is a rapidly growing in popularity. WALANT has been used by hand surgeons when operating on bones, tendons, ligaments, nerve entrapments. We offer a case report of the first case in the literature describing WALANT technique when performing trapeziometacarpal joint arthroplasty with prosthesis implantation. We offer technical points on how to perform this procedure and the advantages that are associated with using WALANT for prosthesis arthroplasty.

Published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open

ISSN: 2169-7574 (Online)
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
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