Flexor tendon surgeries under local anesthesia

Use of wide awake local anesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) in flexor tendon surgeries compared to wide awake local anesthesia initially applied tourniquet (WALAIAT)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202006517094995

Enrollment

Registered

2020-06-24

Start date

2020-06-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Surgery Orthopaedics

Interventions

WALANT flexor tendon surgeries

WALAIAT flexor tendon surgeries

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients will be included in this study if they have hand injury with flexor tendon problem in need for repair (at time of trauma) or reconstruction (secondary flexor tendon procedures) Agree to do the operation under local anesthesia.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients who can’t withstand local anesthesia (young age) Patients who refuse doing the procedures under local anesthesia

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pre-operative time, Success of completing the surgical procedure under local anesthesia with the patient able to move his fingers intra-operative	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The time the patient can withstand the tourniquet intra-operative, the range of motion of the operated fingers three months post-operative	—

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public ContactOmar Shouman

head of plastic surgery department Mansoura university

omar2008hb@yahoo.com00201223164668

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026