Trigger Finger Release Using Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet Versus Local Anesthesia With a Tourniquet: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Trigger finger release (TFR) is a common hand surgery, historically performed using a tourniquet. Recently, wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) has gained popularity due to ostensible advantages such as improved patient pain, satisfaction, lower rate of complications, and decreased cost. This systematic review compares outcomes of WALANT for TFR with local anesthesia with a tourniquet (LAWT). MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and ClinicalTrials.gov were searched. All English-language peer-reviewed randomized and observational studies assessing TFR in adults were included. Quality of evidence was assessed with the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system. Eleven studies (4 randomiz

SUBMITTER: Levit T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11571369 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature