Abstract
Background: Wide-awake hand surgery has allowed many hand procedures to be moved out of the operating room and into minor procedure rooms while increasing efficiency, maintaining safety, and reducing both patient and hospital costs. The goal of this study was to evaluate patient satisfaction and postoperative complications of wide-awake local anesthesia with no tourniquet procedures performed in a community-based hospital procedure room. Methods: A total of 786 patients underwent 948 elective hand procedures in a hospital procedure room. At the conclusion of their surgeries, the patients were surveyed regarding their satisfaction. Following surgery, patients were evaluated for postoperative complications including infections. The trend in postoperative infection rates across 8 age groups was analyzed using a Cochran-Armitage test in R. Results: The overall infection rate was 6.2% (n = 59). All infections were superficial. Carpal tunnel had the highest number of infections (n = 25), followed by trigger finger (n = 8), and the combination trigger finger with carpal tunnel (n = 7). All infections were managed with antibiotics and/or soaks. Three patients did require a return to the operating room for irrigation and debridement. Ninety-nine percent of patients said the procedure room experience was better or the same as going to the dentist, would recommend wide-awake anesthesia to a friend or family member, and would undergo the procedure again. Conclusion: Wide-awake procedures performed in a hospital procedure room have low infection rates with high patient satisfaction.
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