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Wide-awake trapeziectomy: video detailing local anesthetic injection and surgery
Hana Farhangkhoee1, Jan Lalonde, Donald H Lalonde
1Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dalhousie University, Hilyard Place, 600 Main Street, Suite C204, Saint John, NB E2K 1J5 Canada.
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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.
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The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11552-011-9367-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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