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Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia No-Tourniquet (WALANT) Procedures
Sponsor: Carilion Clinic
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a standardized preoperative educational video improves expectation management and the patient experience in adults undergoing Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet (WALANT) hand surgery. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Does watching a preoperative educational video help patients better understand what to expect from their WALANT surgical experience? 2. Does watching the video impact anxiety scores, pain scores, overall satisfaction, and patient-reported functional outcomes? Researchers will compare patients who receive traditional preoperative counseling plus the educational video with patients who receive traditional preoperative counseling alone to determine whether the video improves the patient experience. Participants will: * Complete questionnaires about their expectations, anxiety, pain, hand function, and satisfaction before, during, and after their WALANT procedure. * If assigned to the video group, watch a standardized educational video explaining what to expect before, during, and after WALANT surgery. * Complete their final study questionnaires at their 2-week postoperative follow-up visit.
Official title: Improving Patient Experience Through Preoperative Video Education: A Study of Video-Based Intervention in Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia No-Tourniquet (WALANT) Procedures
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
100
Start Date
2026-10
Completion Date
2028-01
Last Updated
2026-09-22
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Preoperative WALANT Educational Video
A standardized preoperative educational video designed to prepare patients for their WALANT surgical experience. The video provides information about preparation for surgery, administration of the local anesthetic injection, the treatment room environment, sensations patients may experience while awake during surgery, options for interacting with or observing the procedure, postoperative recovery, and other expectations surrounding the WALANT experience.
Traditional Preoperative Counseling
Standard preoperative counseling provided by the treating physician as part of routine clinical care for patients undergoing WALANT hand surgery.
Locations (1)
Carilion Clinic Institute for Orthopaedics and Neurosciences (ION)
Roanoke, Virginia, United States