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This study evaluates hand surgeon expectations of postoperative recovery versus patient-reported outcomes following OCTR through Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) surveys.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patients who underwent OCTR (Common Procedure Terminology 64721) for CTS performed by 5 hand surgeons were evaluated (2021-2024). PROMIS pain-interference (P-PI) and pain-upper extremity (P-UE) surveys were completed at 2-week, 6-week, and 3-month intervals postoperatively. Patients who underwent simultaneous hand procedures with OCTR and\/or had perioperative complications were excluded. Hand surgeons completed PROMIS P-PI and P-UE surveys for theoretical patient groups to predict postoperative recovery in the same timeframe. Higher P-PI scores suggest greater pain, and higher P-UE scores suggest better functionality.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Sixty-eight patients were included. Among patients with minimal comorbidities\/mild CTS (n\u2009=\u200933), surgeons predicted less pain (P-PI\u2009=\u200938.7 vs 54.8,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.004) and better functionality (P-UE\u2009=\u200959.8 vs 35.5,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.00005) compared to mean patient scores at 3 months postoperatively. For patients with multiple comorbidities\/mild CTS (n\u2009=\u200917), surgeons predicted less pain (P-PI\u2009=\u200940.7 vs 52.7,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.013) and better function (P-UE\u2009=\u200953.0 vs 41.3,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.034) at 3 months postoperatively. In the same cohort, surgeons predicted better function at 2 weeks postoperatively (P-UE\u2009=\u200930.4 vs 36.2,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.032). For severe CTS patients (n\u2009=\u200918), surgeons predicted less pain (P-PI\u2009=\u200945.6 vs 54.3,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.009) and better function (P-UE\u2009=\u200937.9 vs 28.5,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.047) at 6 weeks postoperatively.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Hand surgeons may be overly optimistic about recovery timelines for patients undergoing OCTR, specifically underestimating how pain may interfere with daily tasks and their upper-extremity function at 3 months postoperatively.<\/jats:p>\n                  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