Wide Awake Hand Surgery

Edited by Donald H. Lalonde, HonsBSc, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Professor, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

ATLAS OF TUMESCENT LOCAL ANESTHESIA WITH FOREARM, WRIST, HAND, AND FINGER INJECTIONS Atlas of Images of Local Anesthesia Diffusion Anatomy Donald H. Lalonde GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF WIDE AWAKE HAND SURGERY What Is Wide Awake Hand Surgery? Alistair Phillips, Nik Jagodzinski, and Donald H. Lalonde Safe Epinephrine in the Finger Means No Tourniquet Donald H. Lalonde Tumescent Local Anesthesia Donald H. Lalonde, Alistair Phillips, and Duncan McGrouther How to Inject Local Anesthetic with Minimal Pain Donald H. Lalonde, Nik Jagodzinski, and Alistair Phillips Dealing with Systemic Adverse Reactions to Lidocaine and Epinephrine Donald H. Lalonde Tips on Talking to Your Patients About WALANT Nik Jagodzinski, Alistair Phillips, and Donald H. Lalonde Talking with Patients during Surgery Saves Time Donald H. Lalonde and Duncan McGrouther WALANT Hand Surgery in Infants and Children Donald H. Lalonde Field Sterility for Simple Cases Makes Sense Donald H. Lalonde Revenues Increase and Costs Decrease with WALANT Donald H. Lalonde The "Buy-In": Administration, Anesthesiology, Nursing, and Payers Julie Adams, Michael Neumeister, Robert Van Demark, Jr., Carolyn L. Kerrigan, Peter Amadio, and Donald H. Lalonde Performing Your First Cases with WALANT Andrew Gurman, Robert Van Demark, Jr., Gunter Germann, Jason Wong, and Donald H. Lalonde Scheduling Fifteen or More Hand Surgery Cases Per Day Donald H. Lalonde Integrating Hand Therapists Into WALANT Susan Kean, Amanda Higgins, and Donald H. Lalonde Minor Procedure Room Setup Donald H. Lalonde and Geoff Cook SPECIFIC DETAILS OF HOW TO PERFORM WIDE AWAKE HAND SURGERY FOR COMMON OPERATIONS Finger and Ray Amputation Donald H. Lalonde Carpal Tunnel Decompression of the Median Nerve Carolyn L. Kerrigan, Donald H. Lalonde, Shu Guo Xing, and Jin Bo Tang Cubital Tunnel Decompression of the Ulnar Nerve Donald H. Lalonde and Alistair Phillips Lacertus Syndrome: Median Nerve Release at the Elbow Elizabet Hagert and Donald H. Lalonde Trigger Finger Donald H. Lalonde De Quervain Release Donald H. Lalonde and Alistair Phillips Dupuytren's Contracture Duncan McGrouther, Jason Wong, and Donald H. Lalonde Flexor Sheath Ganglion Donald H. Lalonde Small Soft Tissue Operations Donald H. Lalonde, Jason Wong, Shu Guo Xing, and Jin Bo Tang Arthroplasty of the Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Donald H. Lalonde Trapeziectomy With or Without Ligament Reconstruction for Thumb Basal Joint Arthritis Donald H. Lalonde, Peter Amadio, and Geoff Cook Thumb Metacarpophalangeal Joint Fusion and Ulnar Collateral Ligament Repair Donald H. Lalonde Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Fusion Donald H. Lalonde Wrist Arthroscopy Elizabet Hagert and Donald H. Lalonde Open Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Repair Elizabet Hagert and Donald H. Lalonde Flexor Tendon Repair of the Finger Jin Bo Tang, Shu Guo Xing, Duncan McGrouther, Jason Wong, Jeffrey Yao, and Donald H. Lalonde Flexor Tendon Repair of the Hand Donald H. Lalonde Flexor Tendon Repair of the Forearm Donald H. Lalonde Extensor Tendon Repair of the Finger Donald H. Lalonde Extensor Tendon Repair of the Hand Donald H. Lalonde and Geoff Cook Extensor Tendon Repair of the Forearm Donald H. Lalonde Tenolysis Jason Wong, Michael Sauerbier, Peter Amadio, and Donald H. Lalonde Tendon Transfers Donald H. Lalonde, Robert M. Szabo, and Mark Baratz Lacerated Nerves Donald H. Lalonde Finger Fractures Donald H. Lalonde Reduction and Internal Fixation of Metacarpal Fractures Shu Guo Xing, Jin Bo Tang, and Donald H. Lalonde COMPLEX RECONSTRUCTIONS Complex Reconstructions in Hand Surgery Donald H. Lalonde, Jason Wong, Alistair Phillips, and Nik Jagodzinski