An interventional study of Wide awake local anaesthesia no tourniquet technique in Safety Issues, Post Operative Pain and Local Anesthetic Complication, sponsored by Ali Lari. Recruiting at 1 site in Kuwait. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-10-03.
Sponsored by Ali Lari · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
Safety and efficacy of wide awake local anesthesia no torniquet technique (WALANT) in ankle surgery. Studying risks and benefits from WALANT compared to general anesthesia . WALANT expected to decrease in intraoperative/post operative pain at the surgical site and decrease hospital time .
Exclusion Criteria:
Patient awake with no form of sedation or analgesia A mixture of lidocaine, adrenaline, normal saline, bicarbonate is used to get 40-50ml solution Injection is performed around incision site - superficial to deep including periosteum Incision is performed in the normal fashion Plate and screws are removed and incision is closed
Procedure: Wide awake local anaesthesia no tourniquet technique
The surgery is performed in the standard fashion. The patient received general anesthesia The surgery is performed normally and the plate/screws are removed
Procedure: Wide awake local anaesthesia no tourniquet technique
Patient awake with no form of sedation or analgesia * A mixture of lidocaine, adrenaline, normal saline, bicarbonate is used to get 40-50ml solution * Injection is performed around incision site - superficial to deep including periosteum * Incision is performed in the normal fashion * Plate and screws are removed and incision is closed
Evaluation of the patient's maximum pain intraoperatively at the surgical site
Visual analogue pain scale - VAS
Time frame: Intraoperative
Blood loss
Amount cc
Time frame: Intraoperative
Plan to share: Undecided
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