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14th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT)

17.06. - 21.06.2019, Berlin

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Outcomes of De Quervain’s release from a patient’s perspective

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  • presenting/speaker Mark Tan - National Healthcare Group, Singapore

International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand. International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy. 14th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT). Berlin, 17.-21.06.2019. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2020. DocIFSSH19-1032

doi: 10.3205/19ifssh0062, urn:nbn:de:0183-19ifssh00629

Published: February 6, 2020

© 2020 Tan.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

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Objectives/Interrogation: De Quervain disease is the second commonest entrapment tendinitis of the hand and wrist following trigger finger. Patients are often treated conservatively with analgesia, splints and steroid injections. De Quervain's release has been the treatment of choice for many patients who have failed conservative management.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the surgical outcomes of Dequervain Release including patient reported experience.

Methods: This is a retrospective study. Patients who underwent DQ release from 2014 to 2017 at a Singapore Hospital were identified and interviewed over the phone in this study. A 28 part questionnaire including demographic data, patient's occupational history, subjective symptoms and patient reported satisfaction will be used.

Results and Conclusions: 99 involved wrists from 95 patients who had surgery were identified. The average age of patient was 46 and 61% of the surgeries were performed on the right wrist. The average follow up period was 28 months. Outcomes of surgery and patient's reported satisfaction will be presented and discussed subsequently.