WAFER trial: a study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial comparing wide-awake local anaesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) to general and regional anaesthesia with tourniquet for flexor tendon repair.

Muholan KanapathyRyan FaderaniJuliette BrayHakim-Moulay DehbiMonica PancaCecilia Vindrola-PadrosAnjana PrasadNicola BurrNorman R WilliamsYazan Al-AjamWaseem BhatJason WongAfshin MosahebiDariush Nikkhah

Published in: BMJ open (2023)

ISRCTN identifier: 15052559.

Keyphrases

study protocol
randomized controlled trial
phase iii
clinical trial
phase ii
deep brain stimulation
open label
double blind