Cette page a été traduite automatiquement et l'exactitude de la traduction n'est pas garantie. Veuillez vous référer au version anglaise pour un texte source.

WALANT Versus Local Anesthesia With Tourniquet for Carpal Tunnel Decompression (WALANT vs LA-T)

23 mai 2026 mis à jour par: Mohamed Ahmed Tolba Abdelsalam, Misr University for Science and Technology

Intraoperative Pain During Carpal Tunnel Release: Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet Versus Local Anesthesia and Tourniquet - A Randomized Controlled Trial

This multicenter, randomized, double-blinded controlled trial compared two local anesthetic techniques for open carpal tunnel decompression in adults. The wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) technique uses lidocaine with epinephrine and no tourniquet, whereas the conventional technique uses lidocaine only with a pneumatic tourniquet (LA-T). One hundred adults with carpal tunnel syndrome were randomized 1:1 to WALANT or LA-T at two tertiary university hospitals in Egypt. The primary objective was to compare intraoperative pain during surgery. Secondary objectives included pain during infiltration, tourniquet pain (LA-T only), operative time, patient satisfaction, and intraoperative complications.

Aperçu de l'étude

Statut

Complété

Les conditions

Intervention / Traitement

Description détaillée

Carpal tunnel decompression (CTD) is one of the most frequently performed hand procedures, and the optimal anesthetic technique remains debated. Traditionally, CTD has been performed under local anesthesia with a pneumatic tourniquet (LA-T), regional block, or general anesthesia; these approaches may cause tourniquet pain, require sedation, and increase resource use. Wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT), using lidocaine with epinephrine infiltrated directly into the operative field, avoids the tourniquet and sedation while allowing intraoperative assessment of hand function. We conducted a multicenter, prospective, double-blinded randomized controlled trial comparing WALANT to LA-T for open CTD at two academic tertiary centers (an orthopedic surgery department in Giza and a neurosurgery department in Cairo) between December 2024 and December 2025. Adults with clinically and electrophysiologically confirmed carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), ASA I-II, and eligible for surgical treatment were randomized 1:1 to WALANT (lidocaine with epinephrine, no tourniquet) or LA-T (lidocaine only with tourniquet). The primary outcome was overall intraoperative pain scored on a visual analog scale (VAS, 0-10). Secondary outcomes were pain during anesthetic infiltration, tourniquet pain (LA-T only), operative time, global patient satisfaction with the operating room experience, and intraoperative complications. Blinded assessors collected outcome data using standardized questionnaires immediately after surgery. A total of 100 patients were randomized (50 per group). The study adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki and CONSORT 2025 guidelines and received prior institutional ethics committee approval.

Type d'étude

Interventionnel

Inscription (Réel)

100

Phase

  • N'est pas applicable

Contacts et emplacements

Cette section fournit les coordonnées de ceux qui mènent l'étude et des informations sur le lieu où cette étude est menée.

Lieux d'étude

  • Egypte
      • Cairo, Egypte
        • Al-Azhar University Hospital (Neurosurgery Department)
      • Giza, Egypte
        • Misr University for Science and Technology Hospital (Orthopedic Surgery Department)

Critères de participation

Les chercheurs recherchent des personnes qui correspondent à une certaine description, appelée critères d'éligibilité. Certains exemples de ces critères sont l'état de santé général d'une personne ou des traitements antérieurs.

Critère d'éligibilité

Âges éligibles pour étudier

  • Adulte
  • Adulte plus âgé

Accepte les volontaires sains

Non

La description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adults (≥18 years) with clinically and electrophysiologically confirmed carpal tunnel syndrome.

Candidate for surgical treatment with open carpal tunnel decompression.

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I or II.

Able and willing to provide written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Surgery-related anxiety requiring sedation or general anesthesia.

Known contraindication or allergy to lidocaine or epinephrine.

Active local or systemic infection at or near the surgical site.

ASA physical status III or higher.

Pregnancy or breastfeeding.

Any condition preventing reliable pain scoring or follow-up according to investigator judgment.

Plan d'étude

Cette section fournit des détails sur le plan d'étude, y compris la façon dont l'étude est conçue et ce que l'étude mesure.

Comment l'étude est-elle conçue ?

Détails de conception

  • Objectif principal: Traitement
  • Répartition: Randomisé
  • Modèle interventionnel: Affectation parallèle
  • Masquage: Double

Armes et Interventions

Groupe de participants / Bras
Intervention / Traitement
Expérimental: WALANT (Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet)
"Patients received wide-awake local anesthesia with epinephrine infiltration in the operative field, without arm tourniquet or routine sedation, for open carpal tunnel decompression."
Procédure: WALANT technique for carpal tunnel decompression
"Twenty milliliters of 1% lidocaine (200 mg) with epinephrine 1:100,000, buffered with 8.4% sodium bicarbonate at a 10:1 ratio, were infiltrated into the operative field approximately 20 minutes before incision. No tourniquet was applied. A mini-open CTD through a 2-3 cm incision was performed in a minor procedure room under full aseptic technique. Hemostasis relied on epinephrine-mediated vasoconstriction and meticulous surgery."
Comparateur actif: Local Anesthesia With Tourniquet (LA-T)
"Patients received buffered lidocaine without epinephrine and an upper-arm pneumatic tourniquet for open carpal tunnel decompression."
Procédure: Local anesthesia with tourniquet for carpal tunnel decompression
"Twenty milliliters of 1% lidocaine (200 mg) buffered identically to the WALANT solution but without epinephrine were infiltrated approximately 5 minutes before incision in the operating room. A blood pressure cuff tourniquet was placed above the elbow, inflated to 100 mmHg above systolic pressure after arm elevation and draping, and released after wound closure. Mini-open CTD was performed through a 2-3 cm incision under standard aseptic conditions."

Que mesure l'étude ?

Principaux critères de jugement

Mesure des résultats
Description de la mesure
Délai
Intraoperative Pain (VAS)
Délai: Intraoperative.
"Overall intraoperative pain scored by the patient using a visual analog scale (VAS) from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst imaginable pain). The patient rated the overall pain experienced during surgery on a standardized questionnaire administered by a blinded assessor."
Intraoperative.

Mesures de résultats secondaires

Mesure des résultats
Description de la mesure
Délai
Infiltration Pain (VAS)
Délai: Perioperative " During local anesthetic injection, assessed immediately after infiltration."
"Pain at the time of local anesthetic infiltration, scored on a VAS 0-10."
Perioperative " During local anesthetic injection, assessed immediately after infiltration."
Tourniquet Pain (VAS) - LA-T Group Only
Délai: Perioperative " During tourniquet inflation, assessed after the primary intraoperative pain rating."
"Tourniquet-specific pain in the LA-T group, scored on VAS 0-10, recorded separately from overall intraoperative pain."
Perioperative " During tourniquet inflation, assessed after the primary intraoperative pain rating."
Operative Time
Délai: Intraoperative (from first skin incision to final skin closure).
"Operative time in minutes, recorded from incision to completion of skin closure."
Intraoperative (from first skin incision to final skin closure).
Patient Satisfaction With Operating Room Experience
Délai: Day 1 Postoperative
"Global patient satisfaction with the operating room experience, assessed using a numeric rating scale from 0 (not satisfied) to 10 (fully satisfied)."
Day 1 Postoperative
Intraoperative Complications
Délai: Baseline up to 30 days postoperatively.
"Any deviation from the normal operative course, including bleeding requiring intervention, nerve injury, or other intraoperative adverse events, captured on the standardized operative record and postoperative questionnaire."
Baseline up to 30 days postoperatively.

Collaborateurs et enquêteurs

C'est ici que vous trouverez les personnes et les organisations impliquées dans cette étude.

Parrainer

Misr University for Science and Technology

Les enquêteurs

  • Chercheur principal: Mohammed S.K. Hamza, MD, PhD, Faculty of Medicine, Misr University for Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt

Dates d'enregistrement des études

Ces dates suivent la progression des dossiers d'étude et des soumissions de résultats sommaires à ClinicalTrials.gov. Les dossiers d'étude et les résultats rapportés sont examinés par la Bibliothèque nationale de médecine (NLM) pour s'assurer qu'ils répondent à des normes de contrôle de qualité spécifiques avant d'être publiés sur le site Web public.

Dates principales de l'étude

Début de l'étude (Réel)

1 septembre 2024

Achèvement primaire (Réel)

13 décembre 2025

Achèvement de l'étude (Réel)

15 décembre 2025

Dates d'inscription aux études

Première soumission

17 mai 2026

Première soumission répondant aux critères de contrôle qualité

23 mai 2026

Première publication (Réel)

1 juin 2026

Mises à jour des dossiers d'étude

Dernière mise à jour publiée (Réel)

1 juin 2026

Dernière mise à jour soumise répondant aux critères de contrôle qualité

23 mai 2026

Dernière vérification

1 mai 2026

Plus d'information

Termes liés à cette étude

Mots clés

Termes MeSH pertinents supplémentaires

Autres numéros d'identification d'étude

  • WALANTvsLAT-CTD-RCT-01

Plan pour les données individuelles des participants (IPD)

Prévoyez-vous de partager les données individuelles des participants (DPI) ?

NON

Description du régime IPD

"There is no plan to share individual participant data (IPD) from this study outside the study team."

Informations sur les médicaments et les dispositifs, documents d'étude

Étudie un produit pharmaceutique réglementé par la FDA américaine

Non

Étudie un produit d'appareil réglementé par la FDA américaine

Non

produit fabriqué et exporté des États-Unis.

Non

Ces informations ont été extraites directement du site Web clinicaltrials.gov sans aucune modification. Si vous avez des demandes de modification, de suppression ou de mise à jour des détails de votre étude, veuillez contacter register@clinicaltrials.gov. Dès qu'un changement est mis en œuvre sur clinicaltrials.gov, il sera également mis à jour automatiquement sur notre site Web .

S'abonner