12/15/2017
Patients Gain Easier Access to Hand Surgery // WALANT
As a leader within the outpatient surgery community, Belmont/Harlem Surgery we are making a newly available surgical procedure that allows patients to participate in a cost-saving, time efficient, and minimally invasive procedure, thus reducing pain and improving outcomes. This innovative wide-awake hand procedure allows patients to experience accelerated recovery times, as well as avoid sedation or general anesthesia.
Using the Wide Awake and Wrist Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet, or WALANT method, provides a possibility for hand surgery procedures to be performed at our outpatient surgery center under local anesthesia, without the need for sedation.
WALANT can be useful for performing various outpatient services including carpal tunnel release, trigger finger release, tendon repair, or excisional biopsy procedures.
Larger procedures including wrist fracture and some elbow procedures can be performed with regional block anesthesia while the patient remains awake. Patients who prefer to receive anesthesia for their procedure will still be given this option, but for those who may have high-risk conditions, WALANT offers a solution.
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