Safety and Efficacy of Wide Awake Local Anesthesia no Tourniquet Technique (WALANT) in Ankle Removal of Implant Surgery

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Safety Issues; Post Operative Pain; Local Anesthetic Complication

• Registration Number: NCT05864664
• Lead Sponsor: Ali Lari

Brief Summary

Safety and efficacy of wide awake local anesthesia no torniquet technique (WALANT) in ankle surgery. Studying risks and benefits from WALANT compared to general anesthesia . WALANT expected to decrease in intraoperative/post operative pain at the surgical site and decrease hospital time .

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-04-01
• Study First Submitted: 2022-08-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-05-16
• Study First Posted: 2023-05-18
• Status Verified: 2023-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-10-02
• Last Update Posted: 2023-10-03
• Primary Completion: 2023-11-01
• Study Completion: 2023-11-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• Age: >18
• Previous ORIF for:
• Unimalleolar fractures
• Bimalleolar fractures
• Trimalleolar fractures

Exclusion Criteria

• Allergy to local anesthesia
• Psychiatric diagnosis including: affect disorders, uncooperative
• Severe cardiovascular disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Evaluation of the patient's maximum pain intraoperatively at the surgical site	Intraoperative	Visual analogue pain scale - VAS
Blood loss	Intraoperative	Amount cc

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

AlRazi Orthopedic Hospital; 🇰🇼 Kuwait, Kuwait