Comparison between wide-awake local anaesthesia no tourniquet surgery and traditional local anaesthesia surgery for limb operations
Background: In traditional local anaesthesia surgeries, tourniquets are used to reduce blood loss. However, it may induce tourniquet pain. If a long tourniquet time is anticipated, regional or general anaesthesia may be required. Wide-awake local anaesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) surgery suggests b...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2023-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/22104917221144706 |