Anaesthesia for Hand Surgery

There are various ways that patients for hand surgery can be anaesthetised. There are few hand surgery procedures which require general anaesthesia. Regional or local anaesthesia can be used very effectively.

Various techniques are in use around the world and only a few are covered here. In many cases these systems also use non-pharmacological methods for patient calming. These can be relatively low tech, such as music and/or conversation from a support worker. Higher tech, and cost, options include virtual reality headsets or tablet computers playing film or television content as a distraction.

This area of the website will introduce regional anaesthesia systems and WALANT (wide awake local anaesthesia no tourniquet). We hope you will find it helpful and useful for providing high quality care to your patients.