Other Surgery
Below are some surgeries which can be performed without a General Anaesthetic. Either a regional local anaethetic block or local anaesthetic infiltration around the surgical site can allow “Wide Awake Surgery”.
Elbow
- Tennis Elbow (Recalcitrant to Non-Op Treatment)
- Impingement from spurs or osteoarthritis
- Loose bodies
- Ligament Instabilty
Wrist
- Ulnar sided wrist pain including ulno-carpal abutment
- TFCC Tears
- Ligamentous Instability including SL ligament tears
- Distal Radius Fractures
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (ECTR/Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release)
- Ganglions (Arthroscopic Excision)
Hand
- Osteoarthritis of the hand (Pyrocarbon Joint Replacement)
- Ganglions
- Trigger Finger/Thumb Release
- Mallet Fingers
- Tendon Injuries (Repair or Transfers)
- Dupuytren’s Disease
Microsurgery
- Nerve and Artery Repair