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Despite extensive research, the management of CRPS remains complicated, highlighting the urgent need for effective prevention strategies. This scoping review aimed to consolidate current evidence surrounding the efficacy of perioperative anesthetic techniques in preventing new-onset or recurrent CRPS, focusing on the application of various anesthetic interventions. Through a comprehensive literature search, eight articles were identified, discussing a spectrum of techniques, including wide awake local anesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) and various regional blockade methods. This review revealed that the WALANT technique, with its simplicity and lower costs, exhibited promising results in preventing CRPS. Conversely, techniques involving intravenous regional and axillary plexus blocks showed variable efficacy, necessitating further investigation. The scarcity of high-quality evidence underscores the critical need for meticulously designed, large-scale randomized controlled trials to validate these findings and explore the potential of stellate ganglion block in the prevention of recurrent CRPS.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jpm14080825","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,5]],"date-time":"2024-08-05T15:45:22Z","timestamp":1722872722000},"page":"825","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["The Evidence for Perioperative Anesthetic Techniques in the Prevention of New-Onset or Recurrent Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in Hand Surgery"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0125-3424","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marcel","family":"Chua","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, The Alfred Centre, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia"},{"name":"Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Peninsula Health, 2 Hastings Road, Frankston, VIC 3199, Australia"},{"name":"Monash Doctors Workforce, Monash Health, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Avinassh","family":"Ratnagandhi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, The Alfred Centre, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia"},{"name":"Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Peninsula Health, 2 Hastings Road, Frankston, VIC 3199, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ishith","family":"Seth","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, The Alfred Centre, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia"},{"name":"Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Peninsula Health, 2 Hastings Road, Frankston, VIC 3199, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bryan","family":"Lim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, The Alfred Centre, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia"},{"name":"Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Peninsula Health, 2 Hastings Road, Frankston, VIC 3199, Australia"},{"name":"Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Western Health, 160 Gordon Street, Footscray, VIC 3011, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jevan","family":"Cevik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, The Alfred Centre, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia"},{"name":"Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Peninsula Health, 2 Hastings Road, Frankston, VIC 3199, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4092-182X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Warren M.","family":"Rozen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, The Alfred Centre, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia"},{"name":"Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Peninsula Health, 2 Hastings Road, Frankston, VIC 3199, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"11","article-title":"Post-traumatic complex regional pain syndrome: Clinical features and epidemiology","volume":"12","author":"Ratti","year":"2015","journal-title":"Clin. 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