Surgery
Conditions
Keywords
Hand
Brief summary
This study is aimed at determining if office based surgery is an effective way of cutting health care cost while maintaining patient safety and satisfaction.
Detailed description
The study is a retrospective chart review with prospective patient satisfaction and functional outcome surveys. Patients that have had office based procedures that otherwise could be performed in the outpatient surgical setting from January 1, 2015 to December 4, 2015 will be contacted for study enrollment. Patient satisfaction and functional outcome surveys will be administered to those patients that consent to the research study. The data to be collected will include but is not limited to: age gender limb dominance, complications and co-morbidities.
Interventions
PROCEDUREWide Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet
Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet for office based hand surgery.
Sponsors
Corewell Health West
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
OTHER
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients seen for office based procedures that otherwise would be performed in the outpatient surgical setting from January 1, 2015 to December 4, 2015
Exclusion criteria
* K-wire hardware removal * Closed reductions * Patients receiving antibiotics at the time of the procedure
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Complication Rates | 2 months | Collect the incidence of complications. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cost savings | 2 months | Compare the costs of the WALANT procedure with similar procedures done at an ASC or as an outpatient. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed