Wide-awake local anesthesia surgery with no tourniquet, or WALANT, has become popular in surgery, especially among hand surgeons. With the increasing number of surgeons performing office-based procedures, this article provides guidelines that may be used in the office setting to help transition more traditional hospital operating room-based procedures to the office setting. This article outlines the benefits of performing office-based wide-awake local anesthesia surgery with no tourniquet and provides a step-by-step guide to performing procedures that can be easily incorporated into any hand surgeon's practice successfully and safely.
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