Wide-awake trapeziectomy: video detailing local anesthetic injection and surgery.
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Abstract
The use of local anesthesia with epinephrine and no tourniquet/no sedation is becoming an excellent alternative for hand surgeries. This wide-awake approach is the most commonly used method of anesthesia for carpal tunnel release in Canada. The purpose of this paper is to provide a video detailing this technique for trapeziectomy for trapeziometacarpal joint osteoarthritis. The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11552-011-9367-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.