Hand surgery performed with wide-awake anesthesia plus “Lean and Green” surgical packs in an office-based procedure room may be safe, cost effective and more environmentally friendly, as well as ...

Eric Taris, MD, a hand surgeon at Appalachian Orthopedics in Johnson City, Tenn., is structuring part of his week entirely around wide-awake, local-anesthesia, no-tourniquet — known as WALANT — ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have a hand issue that's affecting my work. I’ve heard some hand surgeries can be done in the clinic without anesthesia or an operating room. Can you tell me more about them?

NORWALK, Conn. (WTNH) — When a hand or finger hurts and surgery is the only option to fix it, some people choose to live with the pain because they are afraid of going under anesthesia. A Connecticut ...

Anesthesia awareness, or accidental awareness, is the rare but possible experience of regaining consciousness while under an anesthetic. Some people may experience a general awareness, while others ...

MAC stands for monitored anesthesia care. It involves administering drugs to help people feel comfortable during outpatient procedures that check for or treat disease. After receiving MAC, a person ...