De Quervain's Injections

De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis Injection/Surgery 
*For this procedure you should complete a prior approvals request, and once this is granted you should use the acceptance letter and send it with the referral for surgery

Note: Dupuytrens steroid injections can be referred to Deeping Surgical without prior approval

​The ICB will only fund treatment, for De Quervain’s where the following criteria are met: 

Patients may be referred where there is persistent pain after:
 

• Physiotherapy treatment has been undertaken 

OR
 

• Regular exercises to move the tendons to strengthen the muscles in the wrist and thumb

OR
 

• Resting the wrist in a splint has not helped