The Association of Surgical Setting With Opioid Prescribing Patterns Following Wide-Awake Trigger Finger Release

Wide-awake and office-based hand surgeries are increasingly common. The association of these techniques with postoperative pain and pain control has garnered recent attention. A prior study demonstrated that office-based trigger finger release (TFR) were associated with decreased perioperative opioid prescriptions compared to those performed in the operating room. The current study provides an in-depth analysis of the association between surgical setting and perioperative opioid prescriptions for wide-awake TFR. Patients undergoing TFR between 2010 and 2021 were identified in PearlDiver, a national administrative claims database. Exclusion criteria were age