The definitive multimedia resource on wide awake hand surgery from
renowned experts
WALANT (Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet) eliminates the need
for preoperative testing, sedation, intravenous insertion, and
monitoring in upper and lower limb surgery. Coupled with minimal pain
injection techniques using pure local anesthesia with lidocaine and
epinephrine, this technique has significantly improved hand surgery for
patients and surgeons in many ways. Wide Awake Hand Surgery and Therapy
Tips, Second Edition, provides readers with the best and latest WALANT
advances from Donald H. Lalonde and an impressive group of hand surgeons
from 15 countries that have incorporated this groundbreaking technique
into practice to benefit their patients. Each richly illustrated chapter
encompasses evidence-based benefits, step-by-step guidance, patient
education tips, detailed injection directions, surgery and therapy tips
and tricks, postsurgical management, and related videos.
WALANT produces better outcomes in flexor and extensor tendon repair,
tendon transfer, tenolysis, tendon grafts, and finger fracture surgery
because unsedated patients can easily move reconstructed parts during
surgery. This allows surgeons to make required adjustments and teach
patients uninterrupted while they are awake. Eliminating sedation also
decreases risks, increases patient safety, and reduces pain associated
with intravenous insertion. Simple surgeries such as trigger finger and
carpal tunnel release no longer require costly main operating rooms.
Instead, they can be performed in minor procedure rooms with
evidence-based sterility, resulting in lower costs and reduced waste.
New Features
- A three times larger video library with more than 500 videos, most of
which are new
- New chapters on upper and lower limb fracture plating of the wrist,
forearm, elbow, acromion, clavicle, tibia, fibula, ankle, and foot
- More than eight hours of video education covering ultrasound hand
diagnosis and ultrasoundguided surgery
- Innovative hand therapy techniques made possible by WALANT detailed
under Therapy Tips
- The use of pencil test and relative motion splinting to resolve
numerous hand problems
- New strategies to implement WALANT in hospitals
This must-have resource will help hand surgeons, hand therapists, and
allied nurses prevent unnecessary costs and risks, reduce complications,
and improve patient outcomes.
This book includes complimentary access to a digital copy on https:
//medone.thieme.com.
