Worldwide Dr Prof Don Lalonde from Canada must be credited with the promotion of wide awake hand surgery. Please read the abstract to one of his latest publications here. He summarises the potential wide awake advantage as follows: "Patients spend less time and money and get to speak to their surgeon and receive education during the surgery itself. Improvements in operations such as flexor tendon repair have happened, because surgeons can see movement during the case and make adjustments before the skin is closed. Surgeons can perform more cases in the same amount of time with fewer personnel. The cost of the surgery is decreased, as all expenses surrounding the provision of sedation are removed."
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