“Beware What You Say: Discussing Talking to Patients under Local Anaesthesia” with Jean Paul Brutus MD and Donald Lalonde MD

In this episode of the PRS Global Open Keynotes podcast, Dr. Jean Paul Brutus and Dr. Donald Lalonde discuss what you should and shouldn't say not only during surgery under local anaesthesia, but also before and after surgery.  Plastic surgery procedures performed under local anaesthesia have demonstrated improved efficiency, cost-effectiveness and patient satisfaction. But having a wide-awake patient hearing everything going on the operating room certainly changes the dynamic of the conversations being had.   This episode discusses the following PRS Global Open article: “Words to Avoid During Wide-awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet Surgery to Enhance Patient Experience” by Jean Paul Brutus, Natasha Barone, Kira Stolberg, Patricia Russell, and Donald H. Lalonde, Read it for free on PRSGlobalOpen.com: https://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/2025/01000/words_to_avoid_during_wide_awake_local_anesthesia.45.aspx Dr. Jean Paul Brutus is plastic surgeon specializing in hand surgery in Montreal Canada. Dr. Don Lalonde is a Professor in the Division of Plastic Surgery at Dalhousie University and plastic surgeon in Saint John Canada. Your host, Dr. Damian Marucci, is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Sydney in Australia. #PRSGlobalOpen; #KeynotesPodcast; #PlasticSurgery; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery- Global Open

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Keeping up to date with the latest breakthroughs in plastic and reconstructive surgery can be hard. PRS Global Open has made it a whole lot easier by interviewing global Plastic Surgery giants of today and leaders of tomorrow about their research, their techniques and what the future may bring in this exciting field of medicine. Whether you're a patient, physician, plastic surgery resident or experienced attending surgeon, this is the podcast for you. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery—Global Open is the official open access, peer reviewed journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. It can be read for free on PRSGlobalOpen.com.