Efficacy of corticosteroids injection in De Quervain disease

Aim: to prove efficacy of steroid injection in dequervain disease in terms of absence of all three diagnostic criteria in our population. study design: descriptive cross sectional study was carried out by using 'non-probability' purposive sampling technique. setting: the study was conducted in the orthopaedic department of services hospital & avicena hospital,lahore. duration of study: it was conducted from november 28,2011 to may 28,2012. method: 155 adult patients,fulfilling the inclusion criteria,were included in the study selected from the outpatient department by using sample size calculator. a single corticosteroid injection (0.5 ml of inj. triamcinolone containing 20mg of corticosteroid +1.5 ml of 2% xylocain) was given to the patients in the outpatient department. results: out of 155 patients,123 were successfully treated with corticosteroid inj. the percentage of successfully treated patients was 85.2%. the mean age was 40.4 yrs & female to male ratio was 10.4. conclusion: de quervain tenosynovitis is best treated with corticosteroid injection in our population.