Awake During Hand Surgery?

<p>Drs. Anthony Parrino and Joel Ferreira, <a href='https://health.uconn.edu/orthopedics-sports-medicine/specialties/hand-and-wrist/'>UConn Health hand, wrist and elbow surgeons</a>, offer an approach to hand surgery that is not widely available in American health care. They can repair problems like trigger finger and carpal tunnel syndrome using a local anesthetic, enabling the patient to remain awake and test the repair during the procedure. They join Carolyn and Chris to explain the advantages of this technique, known as "wide-awake hand surgery."</p> <p>(Dr. Anthony Parrino, Dr. Joel Ferreira, Carolyn Pennington, Chris DeFrancesco, October 2020)</p>