Infection Rate Comparison during Transition from Hospital to Office WALANT Enabled by Virtual Reality

Background:. We transitioned our hand practice from the operating room (OR) to our office-based procedure room (OPR) to offer wide-awake, local anesthesia, no tourniquet (WALANT). We have established that using wide-awake virtual reality improves patient comfort and anxiety during wide-awake procedu...

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Main Authors: Tannur C. Oakes, MD, Karren C. Wong, MD, Kyle J. Schank, MD, Pam Haan, BSN, Stephanie M. Bray, MD, MS, James H. W. Clarkson, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2022-05-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000004285