Efficient and Effective Hand Surgery: Part 2 of 2: WALANT Surgery

• Donald Lalonde, MD (Dalhousie University) discusses Wide-Awake-Local-Anesthesia-No-Tourniquet (WALANT) surgery. (18 minutes)

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Efficient and Effective Hand Surgery: Part 1 of 2: Field Sterility

• Donald Lalonde, MD (Dalhousie University) discusses the use of field sterility in hand surgery. (11 minutes)

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• Lalonde DH. Evidence-based medicine: Carpal tunnel syndrome. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014 May;133(5):1234-40. PMID: 24776554