WALANT Technique Improves Patient Outcomes and Experience
May 29, 2018
May 29, 2018
BROOKLYN, New York, May 29 -- The New York City Health and Hospitals issued the following news release:
Steven M. Koehler, MD, director of Orthopedic Hand Surgery at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County, has become one of the first doctors in New York City, and likely the first in Brooklyn, to use an innovative method of hand surgery that allows patients to be awake during the outpatient procedure. Known as WALANT (an acronym for Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet), the surgic . . .
Steven M. Koehler, MD, director of Orthopedic Hand Surgery at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County, has become one of the first doctors in New York City, and likely the first in Brooklyn, to use an innovative method of hand surgery that allows patients to be awake during the outpatient procedure. Known as WALANT (an acronym for Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet), the surgic . . .