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Tips to Successful Flexor Tendon Repair and Reconstruction with WALANT
Donald H Lalonde1, Sarvnaz Sepehripour2
1Dalhousie University, Suite C204, 600 Main Street, Saint John, NB E2K 1J5, Canada.
Hand Clinics
|April 20, 2023
Abstract:
WALANT has generated many changes that have improved flexor tendon repair and reconstruction in the last 10 years. Seeing awake unsedated educable patients move repaired reconstructed tendons during the surgery has changed how we do surgery and therapy in many ways for the better. This article offers many tips on how to get better results in using these new techniques with the help of WALANT.
Keywords:
Intraoperative patient educationPulley venting A2 and A4WALANT flexor tendon surgeryWALANT one stage tendon graftingWALANT tendon graftingWALANT tenolysis
