Carpal tunnel release under wide awake local anesthesia with no tourniquet in hemodialysis patients with arteriovenous shunt - 23/04/23
, Sung Gul Kim, Hyojune Kim, Won Sik Choy
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Abstract |
Introduction |
Long-term hemodialysis patients experience many hand diseases caused by dialysis-related amyloidosis (DRA), with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) being the most common. For the patients with arteriovenous (AV) shunt, surgical decompression remains challenging because of the contraindications of a tourniquet. A technique called wide-awake local anesthesia with no tourniquet (WALANT), in which epinephrine provides hemostasis instead of the tourniquet, can be a good option for hemodialysis patients. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of CTS and related factors in hemodialysis patients, and to establish the efficacy and safety of WALANT on hemodialysis patients with AV shunt.
Materials and methods |
This prospective study included 275 hemodialysis patients between March 2013 and July 2019. 43 patients were diagnosed with CTS, involving surgical treatment on 70 wrists. We performed mini-open carpal tunnel release using WALANT on the AV shunt arm (defined as the WALANT group), while using lidocaine and a tourniquet on the arm without an AV shunt (defined as the tourniquet group). The operative time, surgical field bleeding (blood loss and hemostasis score), surgical pain (injection pain and tourniquet pain), outcomes, complications, and satisfaction were compared between the two groups.
Results |
The incidence of CTS in hemodialysis patients was 15.6%. Longer dialysis durations were related to higher proportions of patients with CTS. There was no significant difference in blood loss (p=0.184) and hemostasis score (p=0.165) between the two groups. Clinical symptoms improved in all patients, and there were no severe complications. The WALANT group had a significantly longer preparation time of approximately 20minutes, but they had low injection pain and no tourniquet pain. There was also no significant difference in terms of satisfaction levels (p=0.212).
Discussion |
CTS is a very common disease among hemodialysis patients. WALANT provided sufficient hemostasis without a tourniquet, despite the patients’ high bleeding tendency. The technique also had the advantages of low injection pain, no tourniquet pain, and no major complications. In this respect, WALANT can be a good choice for hemodialysis patients with AV shunt.
Level of evidence |
II.
El texto completo de este artículo está disponible en PDF.Keywords : WALANT, Carpal tunnel syndrome, Arteriovenous (AV) shunts
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