Comparison of the wide-awake local anesthesia with no tourniquet (WALANT) technique with local anesthesia in chest tube placement procedures
Aim: Wide-awake local anesthesia with no tourniquet (WALANT) is increasingly used in surgical practice due to its safety profile, reduced resource requirements, and elimination of sedation. Although widely studied in hand surgery, its role in emergency thoracic procedures remains unclear. This study aimed to compare th...