Review of GLP-1 drug implications for common hand procedures covers wound healing effects, anesthesia considerations, and perioperative management for this growing patient population.
Key findingReview of GLP-1 drug implications for common hand procedures covers wound healing effects, anesthesi
What the researchers found
Review of GLP-1 drug implications for common hand procedures covers wound healing effects, anesthesia considerations, and perioperative management for this growing patient population.
Why it matters
Relevant to peptide therapeutics.
The numbers in context
Study evaluated complications, readmissions, and reoperations following common hand procedures in GLP-1 users versus non-users.
How the study worked
In publication.
Who was studied
Patients undergoing common hand procedures with or without preoperative GLP-1 drug use
What this study cannot tell us
In publication.
How to read the evidence
Based on study design.
When this study was published
Published in 2025.
The bigger picture
Advances peptide therapeutic knowledge.
Questions still open
- Long-term implications?
- Comparison to evidence?
- Next research?
Common questions
What does this mean?
How reliable?
Read the original research
Glucagon-like peptide-1 Agonists and Common Hand Procedures: Perioperative and Postoperative Risks and Complications.
The Journal of hand surgery, 50(11), 1297-1303
Citation
Amen, Troy B; Ibrahim, Lina I; Gillinov, Stephen M; Torabian, Kaveh A; Dean, Michael C; Liimakka, Adriana; Lee, Steve K. (2025). Glucagon-like peptide-1 Agonists and Common Hand Procedures: Perioperative and Postoperative Risks and Complications.. The Journal of hand surgery, 50(11), 1297-1303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsa.2025.08.004