Status:

COMPLETED

WALANT in Distal Radius Fracture Osteosynthesis

Lead Sponsor:

Hospital Arnau de Vilanova

Collaborating Sponsors:

Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida

Conditions:

Radius Fracture Distal

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the applicability and potential benefits of Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet (WALANT) or Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet ("LANT) versus locoregional anes...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients who attended our hospital from December 2020th to December 2021 with DRF requiring surgical treatment who provided written informed consent and did not have any of the following excluding conditions described below

Exclusion

  • Unsigned informed consent
  • 17 years old or younger
  • Associated fractures in which additional osteosynthesis was required: scaphoid fracture, ulnar fracture (ulnar styloid osteosynthesis included), bifocal radius fractures, etc
  • Open fractures
  • Polytrauma patients
  • Requiring more than a standard volar DRF approach and/or other than a volar plate.
  • DRF with \>30 days or DRF malunions Contraindications to the use of ischemia
  • a. Peripheral vascular disease b. Extensive soft tissue injury c. Peripheral neuropathy d. Severe infection e. Thromboembolic disease in the extremity f. Poor skin conditions g. Arteriovenous fistula h. Sickle cell hemoglobinopathy
  • Contraindications for proximal blocking:
  • Existence of previous trauma or anatomical distortion of the area that prevents the abduction of the arm
  • Active presence of infection at the locoregional anesthesia puncture site
  • Previous axillary lymphadenopathy
  • Previous history of local anesthetic allergy
  • Severe coagulopathy
  • Severe pre-existing neurological diseases in the upper extremity
  • Contraindications for WALANT anesthetic technique
  • Documented hypersensitivity to lidocaine
  • Compromised peripheral circulation
  • Patients with previous vascular pathology, a history of vasculitis, Buerger's disease, and scleroderma
  • Patients with infection of the area surrounding the injection

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 20 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 31 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

27 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05421000

Start Date

December 20 2020

End Date

December 31 2021

Last Update

June 16 2022

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Hospital Arnau Vilanova

Lleida, Segria, Spain, 25198