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Wide Awake Tendon Transfers in Leprosy Patients in India.
- Source :
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Hand clinics [Hand Clin] 2019 Feb; Vol. 35 (1), pp. 67-84. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Dr Akbar Khan began using the wide awake local anesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) technique for leprosy tendon transfers in the summer of 2015 at the Damien Foundation Hospital in Nellore, India. This article summarizes his first 18 months of experience and describes 5 of his operations. He found that WALANT provides effective anesthesia with good visibility for leprosy tendon transfers. WALANT permits economically disadvantaged leprosy patients to afford the surgery. All of the leprosy patients who have undergone WALANT tendon transfers in this series would like the same technique for their next tendon transfers.<br /> (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Anesthetics, Local administration & dosage
Epinephrine administration & dosage
Female
Humans
India
Lidocaine administration & dosage
Male
Middle Aged
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases etiology
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases surgery
Vasoconstrictor Agents administration & dosage
Young Adult
Ambulatory Surgical Procedures
Anesthesia, Local
Hand surgery
Leprosy complications
Tendon Transfer methods
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1558-1969
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Hand clinics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30470333
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hcl.2018.09.001