Comparison of Clinical Outcomes of Distal Radius Fractures Treated Surgically With WALANT and Peripheral Nerve Block

Comparison of Patients With Distal Radius Fracture Who Underwent Surgery With WALANT Technique or Peripheral Nerve Block Anesthesia Methods in Terms of Patient Satisfaction and Functional Results in the Postoperative Period

WALANT anesthesia technique has been frequently preferred in hand and upper extremity surgery in recent years. WALANT technique; It stands out with its advantages such as lack of pre-operative anesthesia preparation process, reduction in test and examination requests, reduction in unnecessary hospitalizations and high patient satisfaction. There are studies with a high level of evidence showing that the WALANT technique has such advantages in soft tissue and smallmedium bone fracture surgery. In large bone fractures (radius, etc.), surgical treatment is performed with the WALANT technique and positive results have been reported. Although there is a study comparing WALANT and general anesthesia in the surgical treatment of distal radius fractures, there is no study comparing the peripheral nerve block technique.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients older than 18 years of age
• Patients who had acute distal radius fracture which underwent surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with open fractures
• Additional injuries in the same extremity, peripheral vascular disease, and local anesthetic allergy at the time of first admission
• Patients who are switched to general anesthesia after both techniques
• Patients who underwent a second surgery on the same extremity due to any complication
• Patients who had lacked follow-up examination information