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All publications by 'Bamal R'



Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust – St Helens & Knowsley Staff

Use of volar distal radius plate dorsally for wrist arthrodesis in patients with upper limb spasticity: A retrospective

Summary Standard wrist arthrodesis implants are generally designed for adult joints with arthritis. They are often too big for patients with limb spasticity who generally tend to have osteopenic and smaller bones for their age, resulting in high complication rates. We previously described the novel use of volar distal radius..

Published: 07/05/2023
Authors: Bamal R, Sultan R, Cappuyns L, Hassan Z, McArthur P

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Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet (WALANT) for Flexor Tendon Repairs...

Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic forced many changes. In our unit, there was a significant shift from traditional anesthesia (TA) which included general or regional anesthesia, to Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet (WALANT) for the treatment of flexor tendon injuries. Zones I and II injuries have always been a..

Published: 15/03/2023
Authors: Bamal R, Bastouros E, Nolan G, Griffiths S, Bell D

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1350 Wide-Awake Local Anaesthetic No Tourniquet (WALANT) Vs General/Regional Anaesthetic for Flexor Tendon Injuries: A Single-Centre, Retrospective Cohort Study

Aim Flexor tendon repairs are commonly performed under general/regional anaesthesia. Wide-awake local anaesthetic no tourniquet (WALANT) has potential advantages including the ability to test the repair intra-operatively; removal of the risks of general anaesthesia; no aerosol generation, thus reducing COVID-19 transmission risk. An ongoing systematic review identified no comparative..

Published: 12/10/2021
Authors: Greasley L, Nolan G, Bamal R, Bell D

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Novel use of distal radius plates for wrist arthrodesis in upper limb spasticity

Abstract Wrist arthrodesis is commonly performed to improve wrist position, flexion crease hygiene and appearance in patients with spastic upper limbs. These patients often have smaller bones and large commercially available implants lead to complications such as prominence of plate, pain and periprosthetic fractures. Authors hypothesized that Medartis® distal radius..

Published: 12/01/2021
Authors: Bamal R, McArthur P

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