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<h2>What is WALANT surgery?</h2>
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<p>Wide awake hand surgery is a growing technique used for many types of hand surgery. &nbsp;It involves use of a numbing agent (lidocaine/novocaine) to numb the area for surgery. &nbsp;The technique also uses a medicine called epinephrine (adrenalin) which allows for less bleeding. &nbsp;Epinephrine allows the surgeon to perform the surgery without the use of a tourniquet. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<h2>What are some advantages of WALANT surgery?</h2>
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<ul><li><strong>Easily Communicate:&nbsp;</strong>By staying awake, patients can ask questions and communicate with the surgeon easier during and after the procedure</li><li><strong>Save Time:&nbsp;</strong>Patients save time both pre- and post-operatively. They may drive, arrive later for, and leave earlier from their surgeries</li><li><strong>Fewer Restrictions:&nbsp;</strong>Patients may eat and drink before surgery and have no fasting restrictions. &nbsp;There is also no need to discontinue or modify any daily home medications.</li><li><strong>Quicker Return to Work:&nbsp;</strong>Since no sedation or general anesthesia is used, patients in certain fields can return to work the same day.</li><li><strong>Fewer Side Effects:&nbsp;</strong>Commonly experienced side effects to general anesthesia and sedation medicines are avoided with the patient awake.</li><li><strong>Better Patient Safety:&nbsp;</strong>Avoiding the use of general anesthesia and sedation medicines improves patient safety.</li></ul>
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<h2>What are some common types of hand surgery done wide awake?</h2>
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<ul><li>Carpal Tunnel Release</li><li>Trigger finger</li><li>Ganglion cyst excision</li><li>Tendon repair</li><li>Tendon Transfer</li><li>Mass removal</li><li>Nail repair</li><li>DeQuervain’s Release</li><li>Some hand fractures</li><li>Foreign body removal</li><li>Infection surgery</li><li>Ligament Repair</li></ul>
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