Objective: Objective: To determine the outcome of steroid injections in patients with de Quervain’stenosynovitis.
Material and Methods: This Descriptive case series was conducted in the Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar from April 2017 to Jan 2018. Patients of any gender, age group 18-55 presenting with de Quer-vain’s disease were included. Sample size was 97, using 95% confidence interval, and 10% margin of error, under WHO software for sample size calculation. Positive test means ulnar deviation of the wrist with flexed thumb lead to pain; outcome was determined by obtaining negative Finkelstein’s test at 3 weeks follow up.
Results: Total No of 97 patients with de Quervain tenosynovitis (Positive Finkelstcin’s test) were selected and Finkelstcin’s test was performed at three weeks after steroid injection to study its effect. 96% of the patients were female and in 99% dis-ease was noted on the dominant side. The mean age in study was 33.9+ 5.3 SD. Efficacy was observed to be 95% however its association with age has p value .000 and gender .000.
Conclusions: Local steroid injection in patients with de Quervain’s tenosynovitis is effective at three weeks in term of Finkel-stein’s test.
Keywords: Local, steroid, injection, de Quervain’s tenosynovitis.
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