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Mateusz Gładysz

Glossary Procedure

Tendon transfer

An operation that restores a lost movement by moving a working tendon, with its muscle, to take over the job of one that no longer works. The tension of the transfer is set during the operation. Under WALANT the patient can move the hand before the skin is closed, so the surgeon can check and adjust it.

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  1. Clinician education

    Hand surgery under local anaesthesia (WALANT)

    How wide-awake local anaesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) works for hand surgery, what the evidence shows, its limits, and who it may suit.

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