Wide-awake’ local anesthesia no tourniquet is noninferior to ultrasound-guided axillary block in patients undergoing carpal ...

A new study published in the journal of BMC Surgery found that for carpal tunnel release (CTR), WALANT (Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet) was a quick and efficient anesthetic method ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Monitored anesthesia care increased total facility costs by about $176 vs. a wide-awake technique. Personnel and ...

I finally took the plunge and had my carpal tunnel surgery last Monday morning. Carpal tunnel surgery involves the release of the ligament in the wrist that pushes against one of the nerves. I hope ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The AAOS released an updated clinical practice guideline for management of carpal tunnel syndrome. The guideline ...

This story first appeared in Healthy You - July 2024, The Gazette’s quarterly health publication. Carpal tunnel syndrome can cause persistent pain and discomfort that makes everyday activities a ...

Identifying the symptoms can help you steer patients to solutions, including a wrist brace, steroid injections and, in ...

If you’ve ever experienced numbness or tingling in your hand or wrist or an urge to “shake out” your hands, these are all common signs of carpal tunnel syndrome, which affects up to 5% of the ...

FOND DU LAC — Very few doctors conduct carpal tunnel surgery with minimal invasion and recovery time, but SSM Health Fond du Lac Regional Clinic plastic surgeon Richard Schaefer recently treated his 1 ...

Just as the wearer knows where the shoe bites, only the sufferer knows how the carpal tunnel syndrome hurts. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a compressive neuropathy condition, where the median nerve in the ...