Music in Wide Awake Hand Surgery

Music in Wide Awake Local Anesthesia no Tourniquet (WALANT) Hand Surgery: Prospective Randomized Control Trial

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04636463

Enrollment

Registered

2020-11-19

Start date

2020-11-30

Completion date

2021-11-30

Last updated

2020-11-19

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Conditions

Hand Surgery

Brief summary

Wide awake local anesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) surgery has emerged as a popular technique in hand surgery over the last decade. It is possible that the unfamiliar sounds of the operating room could contribute to intraoperative patient anxiety during WALANT surgery. This study intends to investigate whether utilizing noise cancelling headphones and listening to music intraoperatively during WALANT hand surgery has an effect on patient anxiety, pain, and satisfaction.

Interventions

PROCEDUREIntraoperative Music

Hand Surgery performed with the participant awake, using local anesthesia. Headphones will be worn by the participant and surgery will be performed while the participant is listening to music

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Age ≥ 18 years old * Already chose to undergo WALANT hand surgery with the participating surgeon

Exclusion criteria

\- Age \<18 years old

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Patient anxiety levels will be recorded on a 10 point VAS scale	3 hours	Participant Satisfaction

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026