Organisational capabilities, outcomes, and benefits of trigger finger release surgery in primary care: a service evaluation study

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Figure 1. Classification of postoperative complications compared with total procedures carried out within the study. Steroid injection was for tenosynovitis following trigger release. Mechanical symptoms were stiffness, swelling, and scar inflammation. Infection referred to superficial infection, which was treated with normal dose (500 mg qds for 7 days) flucloxacillin, or deep infection, which required a surgical washout for tendon sheath infection. In this case series, only one patient required surgical intervention.

Table 1. A summary of mean and median waiting times during the study

Mean time taken from GP referral to first OPA, days	28.0
Median time taken from GP referral to first OPA, days	23.0
Standard deviation (in days) of time taken from GP referral to first OPA	27.8
Mean time taken from first OPA to surgery, days	51.3
Median time taken from first OPA to surgery, days	14.0
Standard deviation (in days) of time taken from first OPA to surgery	90.7