Below-knee Amputation with Minimally Painful Injection of Tumescent Local Anesthesia
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2023Author
Admani, Asif
Sherman, Imraan
Jani, Pankaj
Mwamuye, Arnold
Sepehripour, Sarvnaz
Lalonde, Donald
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We successfully performed minimally painful injection of tumescent local anesthesia to eliminate the need for the tourniquet and sedation for a below-knee amputation in a frail patient with multiple medical comorbidities in Mombasa, Kenya. Minimal pain injection of WALANT (wide awake local anesthesia no tourniquet) pure local anesthesia can be a good alternative for lower limb amputation in frail patients when safe sedation services are unavailable or unaffordable in many countries.
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Admani A, Sherman I, Jani P, Mwamuye A, Sepehripour S, Lalonde D. Below-knee Amputation with Minimally Painful Injection of Tumescent Local Anesthesia. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2023 Jul 25;11(7):e5164. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005164. PMID: 37496983; PMCID: PMC10368383.Publisher
University of Nairobi
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