title: Wide-awake trapeziectomy: video detailing local anesthetic injection and surgery.
abstract: The use of local anesthesia with epinephrine and no tourniquet/no sedation is becoming an excellent alternative for hand surgeries. This wide-awake approach is the most commonly used method of anesthesia for carpal tunnel release in Canada. The purpose of this paper is to provide a video detailing this technique for trapeziectomy for trapeziometacarpal joint osteoarthritis.
  
  
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authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dalhousie University, Hilyard Place, 600 Main Street, Suite C204, Saint John, NB E2K 1J5 Canada.
authors.forename: Hana
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Farhangkhoee
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lalonde
authors.forename: Donald H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lalonde