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Ex vivo Mechanical Loading of Tendon
Published on: May 28, 2007
Wide Awake Tendon Transfers in Leprosy Patients in India
Akbar Khan Mohammed1, Donald H Lalonde2
1Orthopedics, Damien Foundation Hospital, Bhakthavatsala Nagar, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh 524004, India.
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.
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