Plating Distal Radius Fractures Using Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet (WALANT) Versus General Anesthesia: A Cohort Study

• Main Authors: Yi, Liew Mei, Ahmad, Amir Adham, Ruslan, Shairil Rahayu, Abdullah, Shalimar, Ahmad, Abdul Rauf
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/25756/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsg.2020.09.003
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Purpose: This study compared outcomes of plating distal radius (DR) fractures using wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) versus general anesthesia (GA). Methods: From March 2018 to March 2019, 20 patients with DR fracture underwent plating using WALANT whereas 20 patients who underwent...