Office Based Hand Surgery Using WALANT (Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet): Outcomes and Cost Savings Analysis
- Conditions
- Surgery
- Registration Number
- NCT02807571
- Lead Sponsor
- Spectrum Health Hospitals
- Brief Summary
This study is aimed at determining if office based surgery is an effective way of cutting health care cost while maintaining patient safety and satisfaction.
- Detailed Description
The study is a retrospective chart review with prospective patient satisfaction and functional outcome surveys.
Patients that have had office based procedures that otherwise could be performed in the outpatient surgical setting from January 1, 2015 to December 4, 2015 will be contacted for study enrollment. Patient satisfaction and functional outcome surveys will be administered to those patients that consent to the research study.
The data to be collected will include but is not limited to: age gender limb dominance, complications and co-morbidities.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- WITHDRAWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
- Patients seen for office based procedures that otherwise would be performed in the outpatient surgical setting from January 1, 2015 to December 4, 2015
- K-wire hardware removal
- Closed reductions
- Patients receiving antibiotics at the time of the procedure
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Complication Rates 2 months Collect the incidence of complications.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Cost savings 2 months Compare the costs of the WALANT procedure with similar procedures done at an ASC or as an outpatient.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Spectrum Health
🇺🇸Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States