Postoperative pain after carpal tunnel or trigger digit release using local anaesthesia with tourniquet or WALANT

Sang Ho Kwak, Hyo Seok Jang, Dong Hee Kim, Sung Yoon Jung, Jung Yun Bae, Sang Hyun Lee

Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume): Journal of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand & Official Journal of the Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand

Published online on March 02, 2026

Abstract

Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume), Ahead of Print.
Introduction:Local anaesthesia with tourniquet (LA-T) and wide-awake local anaesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) are both commonly used in hand surgery. However, the differences in postoperative pain between these methods in various procedures are unclear....