Chapter 17 Finger and Ray Amputation
10.1055/b-0037-142188 Chapter 17 Finger and Ray Amputation Donald H. Lalonde ADVANTAGES OF WALANT VERSUS SEDATION AND TOURNIQUET FOR FINGER AND RAY AMPUTATION Losing a finger is a major event in…
Chapter 16 Minor Procedure Room Setup
10.1055/b-0037-142187 Chapter 16 Minor Procedure Room Setup Donald H. Lalonde, Geoff Cook With the advent of WALANT and field sterility, we perform most of our hand surgery in minor procedure…
Chapter 15 Integrating Hand Therapists Into Walant
10.1055/b-0037-142186 Chapter 15 Integrating Hand Therapists Into Walant Susan Kean, Amanda Higgins, Donald H. Lalonde INCORPORATING HAND THERAPISTS INTO YOUR HAND SURGERY CLINIC If you do not presently have hand…
Chapter 8 Talking With Patients During Surgery Saves Time
10.1055/b-0037-142179 Chapter 8 Talking With Patients During Surgery Saves Time Donald H. Lalonde, Duncan McGrouther During the years when we performed hand surgery with sedation, there was no point in…
Chapter 7 Tips on Talking to Your Patients About Walant
10.1055/b-0037-142178 Chapter 7 Tips on Talking to Your Patients About Walant Nik Jagodzinski, Alistair Phillips, Donald H. Lalonde MANAGING PATIENT EXPECTATIONS BEFORE SURGERY For patients, fear of the unknown and…
Chapter 9 Walant Hand Surgery in Infants and Children
10.1055/b-0037-142180 Chapter 9 Walant Hand Surgery in Infants and Children Donald H. Lalonde HOW TO EXPLAIN WALANT TO CHILDREN BEFORE YOU INJECT THE LOCAL ANESTHETIC Children do very well with…
Chapter 6 Dealing With Systemic Adverse Reactions to Lidocaine and Epinephrine
10.1055/b-0037-142177 Chapter 6 Dealing With Systemic Adverse Reactions to Lidocaine and Epinephrine Donald H. Lalonde THE SAFETY OF SYSTEMIC LIDOCAINE AND EPINEPHRINE INJECTION The only drugs required for most hand…
Chapter 10 Field Sterility for Simple Cases Makes Sense
10.1055/b-0037-142181 Chapter 10 Field Sterility for Simple Cases Makes Sense Donald H. Lalonde FIELD STERILITY VERSUS FULL STERILITY In this book, field sterility, as shown below, means creating a localized…
Chapter 14 Scheduling Fifteen or More Hand Surgery Cases per Day
10.1055/b-0037-142185 Chapter 14 Scheduling Fifteen or More Hand Surgery Cases per Day Donald H. Lalonde HOW TO BOOK A DAY OF FIFTEEN OR MORE ELECTIVE CASES With good planning and…
Chapter 5 How to Inject Local Anesthetic With Minimal Pain
10.1055/b-0037-142176 Chapter 5 How to Inject Local Anesthetic With Minimal Pain Donald H. Lalonde, Nik Jagodzinski, Alistair Phillips LOCAL ANESTHESIA DOES NOT HAVE TO HURT We easily teach all of…
