Prospective Evaluation of Surgical and Anesthetic Technique of Carpal Tunnel Release in an Orthopedic Practice
The goal of this study was to determine whether the type of anesthesia (monitored anesthesia care [MAC] vs wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet technique [WALANT]) or the surgical technique (mini-open vs endoscopic) would affect patient satisfaction with postoperative pain control, postoperative pain, or opioid use after carpal tunnel release (CTR). The hypothesis was that endoscopic and open CTR surgery would have the same patient satisfaction with postoperative pain control, postoperative pain, and opioid use, but WALANT surgery would have higher patient satisfaction with postoperative pain control, postoperative pain, and opioid use than MAC.
Source: The Journal of Hand Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Hannah Aultman, Cameron A. Roth, John Curran, Jovito Angeles, Daniel Mass, Jennifer Moriatis Wolf, Megan Conti Mica Tags: Scientific Article Source Type: research
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