Dept of Orthopaedics & Traumatology

DEPT OF ORTHOPAEDICS & TRAUMATOLOGY

Researcher : CHONG YW

List of Research Outputs

Chong Y.W., Ng C.Y.P., Choi V.W.Y., Yan L., Yang Y., Zhang W.J., Yeung K.W.K., Chen X.F. and Yu K.N., A diamond nanocone array for improved osteoblastic differentiation, Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2013, 1(27): 3390-3396.

Zhao Y., Wong H.M., WANG W., Li P., Xu Z., CHONG Y.W., Yan C.H., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Cytocompatibility, Osseointegration, And Bioactivity Af Three-dimensional Porous And Nanostructured Network On Polyetheretherketone, Biomaterials. 2013, 37: 9264-77.

Zhao Y., Wong H.M., Wang W., Li P., Xu Z., Chong Y.W., Yan C.H., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Cytocompatibility, osseointegration, and bioactivity of three-dimensional porous and nanostructured network on polyetheretherketone, Biomaterials. 2013, 34(37): 9264-9277.

Researcher : CUI J

List of Research Outputs

LI X., CUI J., Mak K.C., Luk K.D.K. and Hu Y., Potential use of diffusion tensor imaging in level diagnosis of multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy., Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014, 39: E615-22.

LI X., CUI J., Mak K.C., Luk K.D.K. and Hu Y., Potential use of diffusion tensor imaging in level diagnosis of multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy, Spine. 2014, 14: 1049-1056.

LIU X., LI X., Zhou F., CUI J., Tsang A.H.W., Zhou Y., Wu E.X. and Hu Y., Exploration of Resting State Networks in Human Cervical Spinal Cord, 2014.

Luk K.D.K., LI X., CUI J., Mak K.C. and Hu Y., Potential use of diffusion tensor imaging for level determination in multi-level cervical spondylotic myelopathy, Eurospine 2013, Liverpool, UK, October 2-4, 2013.

Wen C., CUI J., Liu H., Mak K.C., Cheung W.Y., Luk K.D.K. and Hu Y., Is Diffusion Anisotropy A Biomarker for Disease Severity and Surgical Prognosis of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy? , Radiology. 2014, 270: 197-204.

Researcher : Chan PK

List of Research Outputs

Chan P.K., Lee C.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y. and Yan C.H., Blood Transfusion After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty In Hong Kong: Retrospective Review Of 11914 Patients, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 81.

Chan P.K., Lee C.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y. and Yan C.H., Blood transfusion after primary total knee arthroplasty in Hong Kong: Retrospective review f 11914 patients, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Chan P.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y. and Yan C.H., Bony ankylosis after total knee arthroplasty. A case report, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery. 2013.

Chan P.K., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Ng F.Y., Comparison Of Blood Transfusion Requirements Using Patient-specific Instruments, Conventional Instruments, And Computer Navigation In Total Knee Arthroplasty, Arthur Yau Award For Best Clinical Paper, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress 2013. 2013.

Chan P.K., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Ng F.Y., Comparison Of Blood Transfusion Requirements Using Patient-specific Instruments, Conventional Instruments, And Computer Navigation In Total Knee Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 6.

Chan V.W.K., Chan P.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Yan C.H. and Ng F.Y., Why Do Hong Kong Patients Need Total Hip Arthroplasty? An Analysis Of 529 Hips From 1998 – 2010, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 82.

Chan W.K.V., Chan P.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Yan C.H. and Ng F.Y., Why do Hong Kong patients need total hip arthroplasty? An analysis of 529 hips from 1998-2010?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Cheung A.Y.L., Yan C.H., Chan P.K., Ng F.Y. and Chiu P.K.Y., Linear Penetration Of Highly Cross-linked Polyethylene In Total Hip Arthroplasty For Chinese Patients Aged 40 Years Or Below, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 79.

Lam G., Yan C.H., Chan P.K., Ng F.Y. and Chiu P.K.Y., Survival Analysis Of Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty In A Teaching Hospital: A Study Of 977 Cases, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 76.

Lee H.L.R., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Antithrombotic Therapy In Patients Undergoing Joint Replacement Surgery — How Common Is It?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 35.

Lee H.L.R., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Antithrombotic therapy in patients undergoing joint replacement surgery - how common is it?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Lee H.L.R., Chiu P.K.Y., Yiu K.H., Ng F.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Perioperative Antithrombotic Management In Joint Replacement Surgeries, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2013, 19: 531-8.

Leung A.S.M., Chan P.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y. and Yan C.H., Heterotopic Ossification After Primary Total Hip Replacement, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 81.

Leung K.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Yan C.H., Ng F.Y. and Chan P.K., Venous Thromboembolism After Total Joint Replacement, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery. 2013, 21: 351-60.

Leung K.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Venous thromboembolism in total joint replacement patients, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery. 2013.

Ng F.Y., Fu C.H.H., Yan C.H., Chan P.K. and Chiu P.K.Y., A Novel Oral Chemoprophylactic Agent For Venous Thromboembolism After Total Knee Arthroplasty - Is It Safe?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 76.

Ng F.Y., Chiu P.K.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Does Patellar Resurfacing Decrease Incidence Of Patellar Crepitus After Total Knee Arthroplasty - Patellar Resurfacing Versus Non-resurfacing, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 75.

Ng F.Y., Yan C.H., Chan P.K. and Chiu P.K.Y., Is Mrsa Screening Necessary Before Elective Joint Replacement Surgery, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 77.

Ng Y.L., Chan Y.C., Wan K.Y., Yeung S.S., Fung Y.K., Chan P.K. and Chiu P.K.Y., Preliminary review of revised primary total knee arthroplasty rehabilitation program: Occupational perspective, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Fu C.H.H., A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing TruMatch Instrument With Conventional Instrument In Total Knee Arthroplasty, David Fang Trophy For The Best Paper On Adult Joint Reconstruction, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress 2013 . 2013.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Fu C.H.H., A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Trumatch Instrument And Conventional Instrument In Total Knee Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 6.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K., Fu C.H.H. and Fang C.X., A Trial Comparing Two Patient-specific Instrumentations In Total Knee Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 34.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Fang C.X. and Chan P.K., A randomized controlled trial comparing patient specific instrument with conventional instrument and computer navigation in total knee arthroplasty, The Eighth International Congress of Chinese Orthopaedic Association, Beijing, China. 2013.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Fang C.X., A randomized controlled trial comparing patient specific instruments with conventional instruments and computer navigation in total knee arthroplasty (published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage), Osteoarthritis Research Society International 2014 World Congress, Paris, France . 2014, 22 (supplement): S469.

Yan C.H., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Chiu P.K.Y., Polyethylene Wear Before And After Isolated Liner Exchange In Anatomic Medullary Locking Total Hip Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 36.

Yan C.H., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Chiu P.K.Y., The Linear Penetration Of Highly Cross-linked Polyethylene In Isolated Cemented Liner Exchange In Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 75.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Fang C.X., 比较全膝关节置换术中使用个体化工具，计算机导航及常规工具的随机对照试验, 中华医学会第十五届骨科学术会议暨第八届COA国际学术大会中青年优秀论文一等奖, 2013.

Yau R.C.H., Chan P.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Yan C.H. and Ng F.Y., Heterotopic Ossification After Total Knee Replacement. Is It An Issue?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 80.

Yeung S.S., Wong C.C.K., Ngai M.P., Tsang R.C.C., Ng Y.L., Fung Y.K., Chan P.K. and Chiu P.K.Y., Is early discharge rehabilitation programme feasible for patients with total knee replacement? Preliminary review by physiotherapist, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Researcher : Chan WKV

List of Research Outputs

Chan W.K.V., Chan P.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Yan C.H. and Ng F.Y., Why do Hong Kong patients need total hip arthroplasty? An analysis of 529 hips from 1998-2010?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Researcher : Cheung JPY

Project Title:	Low Cost Antimicrobial Surface
Investigator(s):	Cheung JPY, Yeung KWK, Kao RYT, Yang D, Cheung KMC
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Applied Research
Start Date:	04/2013

Project Title:	Genetic predisposition for MRI diagnosed developmental spinal stenosis
Investigator(s):	Cheung JPY, Samartzis D, Cheung KMC
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	06/2014

Project Title:	The 41st International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Annual Meeting; Defining clinically-relevant values for developmental spinal stenosis: a large scale MRI study
Investigator(s):	Cheung JPY
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2014

List of Research Outputs

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D. and Cheung K.M.C., A Novel Approach To Gradual Correction Of Severe Spinal Deformity In A Pediatric Patient Using The Magnetically-controlled Growing Rod, The Spine Journal. 2014.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Kao P.Y.P., Shigematsu H.I.D.E.K.I., Cheah K.S.E., Song Y., Sham P.C., Chan D. and Cheung K.M.C., AR Hodgson Award - Prediction of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Chinese: Findings from a Genome-wide Association Study, 33rd Annual Congress of The Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

Cheung J.P.Y., Tsang H.H.L., Ho K.W.Y., Lam Y.L. and Shek T.W.H., Atypical Manifestation Of Igg4-related Disease Mimicking Musculoskeletal Infection, Journal Of Orthopaedic Science. 2014.

Cheung J.P.Y., Tang C.Y.K. and Fung B.K.K., Current Management Of Acute Scaphoid Fractures: A Review, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20: 52-58.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Shigematsu H. and Cheung K.M.C., Defining Clinically Relevant Values For Developmental Spinal Stenosis, Spine. 2014, 39: 1067-1076.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Shigematsu H. and Cheung K.M.C., Defining Clinically-relevant Values For Developmental Spinal Stenosis: A Large Scale Mri Study, 41st Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. 2014.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Shigematsu H. and Cheung K.M.C., Defining clinically relevant values for developmental spinal stenosis: a large-scale magnetic resonance imaging study, Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014, 39(13): 1067-76.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Shigematsu H. and Cheung K.M.C., Defining clinically-relevant values for developmental spinal stenosis: a large-scale MRI study, 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Shigematsu H. and Cheung K.M.C., Hong Kong Ambassador to 2013 New Zealand Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association/New Zealand Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

Cheung J.P.Y., Fung B.K.K. and Ip W.Y., Peak Load Resistance of the JuggerKnotTM Soft Anchor Technique Compared with other Common Fixation Techniques for Large Mallet Finger Fractures, Hand Surgery. 2013.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Kao P.Y.P., Shigematsu H.I.D.E.K.I., Cheah K.S.E., Song Y., Sham P.C., Chan D. and Cheung K.M.C., Prediction of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Chinese: Findings from a Genome-wide Association Study (Awards session AR Hodgson Winner), 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Kao P.Y.P., Shigematsu H., Cheah K.S.E., Song Y., Sham P.C., Chan D. and Cheung K.M.C., Prediction of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Chinese: Findings from a Genome-wide Association StudyGenome-wide association study of Spinal Stenosis in Southern Chinese: The first of its kind, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. Hong Kong, 2013.

Cheung J.P.Y., Fung B.K.K. and Ip W.Y., Prognostic Factors of Mycobacterium Marinum Infection of the Hand and Wrist, 23rd Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Society for Surgery of the Hand . 2013.

Cheung J.P.Y., Shigematsu H. and Cheung K.M.C., Verification Of Measurements Of Lumbar Spinal Dimensions In T1- And T2-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sequences, The Spine Journal. 2014.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Shigematsu H. and Cheung K.M.C., Verifying and Defining Developmental Spinal Stenosis: An MRI based study, 2013 New Zealand Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting: Hong Kong Ambassador. 2013.

Cheung J.P.Y., Shigematsu H., Samartzis D. and Cheung K.M.C., Verifying and Defining Developmental Spinal Stenosis: An MRI-based Study (Gold Medal Winner), 2013 Prize for Best Original Research by Trainees, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. 2013.

Kamath V.H.D., Cheung J.P.Y., Mak K.C., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Antimicrobial prophylaxis to prevent surgical site infection in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion - 2 doses vs antibiotics till drain removal, 34th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress, Hyderabad, India, October 17-19, 2013.

Kamath V.H.D., Cheung J.P.Y., Mak K.C., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Strategies to decrease perioperative blood loss in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion - judicious use of drains, planned surgical procedure, factors influencing intraoperative blood loss, 34th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress, Hyderabad, India, October 17-19, 2013.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J., Cheung J.P.Y. and Lotz J., Disk Degeneration and Low Back Pain: Are They Fat-Related Conditions?, Global Spine Journal. 2013, 3: 133-144.

Tang C.Y.K., Cheung J.P.Y. and Fung B.K.K., A RARE COMBINATION: LOCKED VOLAR DISTAL RADIO-ULNAR JOINT DISLOCATION WITH ISOLATED VOLAR CAPSULE RUPTURE, Hand Surgery. 2014, 19: 413-417.

Researcher : Cheung KMC

Project Title:	Setting Up of a Stem Cell Research Programme for Musculoskeletal Tissue Repair
Investigator(s):	Cheung KMC, Chan D
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	The University of Hong Kong Foundation Seed Grant
Start Date:	07/2003

Project Title:	Intervertebral disc regeneration by use of mesenchymal stem cells
Investigator(s):	Cheung KMC, Chan D, Wu EX, Luk KDK
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2006

Project Title:	Molecular Analysis of the BMP-2 Action on Intervertebral Disc Cells
Investigator(s):	Cheung KMC, Chan D, Zhou G
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	10/2009

Project Title:	A pilot clinical study assessing the safety and efficacy of intervertebral disc regeneration by mesenchymal stem cell transplantation
Investigator(s):	Cheung KMC, Leung VYL, Anthony M, Kim M, Chan GCF, Samartzis D
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Applied Research
Start Date:	03/2011

Project Title:	Role of cadherin 2 in intervertebral disc development and degeneration
Investigator(s):	Cheung KMC, Chan D, Cheah KSE, Leung VYL
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2013

Project Title:	The role of macrophage activation in the formation of fibrotic tissues in spinal and para-spinal injury
Investigator(s):	Cheung KMC, Tam V, Lv F, Leung VYL
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2013

Project Title:	Research Output Prize (Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine)
Investigator(s):	Cheung KMC, Cheung JPY, Samartzis D, Mak KC, Wong YW, Cheung WY, Luk KDK
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:	01/2014

List of Research Outputs

Chan B.P., Chik T.K., Choy T.H.A., Ma X.Y. and Cheung K.M.C., 1. Chan BP, Chik TK, Choy ATH, Ma XY, Cheung KMC. Materials and Methods for Filling Biological Cavities and Preventing Leakage of Injected Therapeutic Agents. US Regular Patent Application (filed on 13 Jun 2013) (Application No. 13/916,982) (Published on 19 December 2013, Publication No. US-2013-0338636-A1), 2013.

Chan B.P., Chik T.K., Choy T.H.A., Ma X.Y. and Cheung K.M.C., 2. Chan BP, Chik TK, Choy ATH, Ma XY, Cheung KMC. Materials and Methods for Filling Biological Cavities and Preventing Leakage of Injected Therapeutic Agents. PCT Patent Application (filed on 14 June 2013) (Application No. PCT/CN2013/077268, Published on 19 Dec 2013), 2013.

Chan B.P., Cheung K.M.C., Chan G.C.F., Chan D. and Hui T.Y., 2. Chan BP, K Cheung, GCF Chan, D Chan, TY Hui. Bioengineered intervertebral disc and Methods for Their Preparation. US Regular Patent US No. 8,734,827. Patent date: 27 May 2014., US Patent Office. 2014.

Chan S.L., Cheung K.M.C. and Luk K.D.K., A Correlation Study Between In-brace Correction, Compliance To Spinal Orthosis And Health-related Quality Of Life Of Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis , In: Theodoros B Grivas, Scoliosis. BioMed Central, 2014, 9.

Chan W.C.W., Tam V., Cheah K.S.E., Cheung K.M.C. and Chan D., A Systematic and Simple Scoring System for Histological Analysis of the Mouse Intervertebral Disc during Natural Ageing, Degeneration, and Regeneration, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation Xi'An, China May 15-17, 2014.

Chang K.C., Samartzis D., Fuego S.M., Dhatt S.S., Wong Y.W., Cheung W.Y., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., The effect of excision of the posterior arch of C1 on C1/C2 fusion using transarticular screws, Bone Joint J. 2013, 95-B(7): 972-6.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D. and Cheung K.M.C., A Novel Approach To Gradual Correction Of Severe Spinal Deformity In A Pediatric Patient Using The Magnetically-controlled Growing Rod, The Spine Journal. 2014.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Kao P.Y.P., Shigematsu H.I.D.E.K.I., Cheah K.S.E., Song Y., Sham P.C., Chan D. and Cheung K.M.C., AR Hodgson Award - Prediction of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Chinese: Findings from a Genome-wide Association Study, 33rd Annual Congress of The Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Shigematsu H. and Cheung K.M.C., Defining Clinically Relevant Values For Developmental Spinal Stenosis, Spine. 2014, 39: 1067-1076.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Shigematsu H. and Cheung K.M.C., Defining Clinically-relevant Values For Developmental Spinal Stenosis: A Large Scale Mri Study, 41st Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. 2014.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Shigematsu H. and Cheung K.M.C., Defining clinically relevant values for developmental spinal stenosis: a large-scale magnetic resonance imaging study, Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014, 39(13): 1067-76.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Shigematsu H. and Cheung K.M.C., Defining clinically-relevant values for developmental spinal stenosis: a large-scale MRI study, 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Shigematsu H. and Cheung K.M.C., Hong Kong Ambassador to 2013 New Zealand Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association/New Zealand Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Kao P.Y.P., Shigematsu H.I.D.E.K.I., Cheah K.S.E., Song Y., Sham P.C., Chan D. and Cheung K.M.C., Prediction of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Chinese: Findings from a Genome-wide Association Study (Awards session AR Hodgson Winner), 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Kao P.Y.P., Shigematsu H., Cheah K.S.E., Song Y., Sham P.C., Chan D. and Cheung K.M.C., Prediction of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Chinese: Findings from a Genome-wide Association StudyGenome-wide association study of Spinal Stenosis in Southern Chinese: The first of its kind, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. Hong Kong, 2013.

Cheung J.P.Y., Shigematsu H. and Cheung K.M.C., Verification Of Measurements Of Lumbar Spinal Dimensions In T1- And T2-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sequences, The Spine Journal. 2014.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Shigematsu H. and Cheung K.M.C., Verifying and Defining Developmental Spinal Stenosis: An MRI based study, 2013 New Zealand Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting: Hong Kong Ambassador. 2013.

Cheung J.P.Y., Shigematsu H., Samartzis D. and Cheung K.M.C., Verifying and Defining Developmental Spinal Stenosis: An MRI-based Study (Gold Medal Winner), 2013 Prize for Best Original Research by Trainees, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. 2013.

Cheung K.M.C., Degeneration and the ageing spine: challenging traditional beliefs , University of Toronto Spine Program, Toronto,Canada, June 23, 2014. 2014.

Cheung K.M.C., Degeneration and the aging spine: Challenging traditional belief., The 33rd Annual Congress, Hong Kong, Nov 23-24, 2013. 2013.

Cheung K.M.C., Early Onset Scoliosis - Treatment Options, The 8th Int'l Congress of Chinese Orthopaedic Association, Beijing, China, Nov 7-10,2013. 2013.

Cheung K.M.C., ICL on current concepts in deformity surgery., AOA 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting, Darwin, North Territory, October 6-9, 2013. 2013.

Cheung K.M.C., ICL on scoliosis update, AOA 73rd Annual scientific Meeting, Darwin, North Territory, October 6-9, 2013. 2013.

Cheung K.M.C., Int'l Journal Editors Forum - A critique on curent ranking system, World Orthopaedic Alliance, Beijing China, Nov 7-10,2013. 2013.

Cheung K.M.C., Magnetic growth rods in early onset scoliosis, The 9th Combined Congress of the Spine and Paediatric Sections (APOA), Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, August 29-31, 2013 . 2013.

Cheung K.M.C., Making sense of fusion level determination and implant density in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, British Scoliosis Society, Stoke-on-Trent, UK, Sept 12, 2013. 2013.

Cheung K.M.C., Management of Early Onset Scoliosis, The 11th Peking Union Medical College Hospital Bone and Joint Surgery Technology Development Forum (PUMCH), Beijing China, May 24-25, 2014. 2014.

Cheung K.M.C., Management of early onset scoliosis by magnetically-controlled remotely distractible growing rod., 海峽兩岸醫藥衛生交流協會第一屆骨科學術會議暨第六屆魯台骨科論壇, 山東青島, 2013年9月6日至9月8日. 海峽兩岸醫藥衛生交流協會第一屆骨科學術會議暨第六屆魯台骨科論壇, 山東青島, 2013年9月6日至9月8日, 2013.

Cheung K.M.C., Osteotomy for thoracolumbar deformity: step by step, AOSpine advances symposium in vertebral tumor & inflammatory spinal disorder management, Hong Kong, October 12-13, 2013. 2013.

Cheung K.M.C., Russell A Hibbs Award for the best clinical research presentation. Entitled Propective, Multicenter Assessment of Acute Neurologic Complications Following Complex Audit Spinal Deformity Surgery, The 48th SRS annual meeting 2013, Lyon, France. 2013.

Cheung K.M.C., Schmorls nodes, disc degeneration and pain, World Forum For Spine Research, Xi'an China, May 15-17, 2014. 2014.

Cheung K.M.C., Surgical management of cervical myelopathy: anterior vs posterior anterior approach for cervical myelopathy, The 9th Combined Congress of the Spine and Paediatric Sections (APOA), Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, August 2013. 2013.

Cheung K.M.C., Techniques for the preservation of sagittal balance: an international perspective., SRS 48th Annual Meeting & Course, Lyon, France, Sept 18-21, 2013. 2013.

Cheung K.M.C., Treatment ofspine Infections - Current Concepts, The 9th Combined Congress of the Spine and Paediatric Sections (APOA), Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, August 29-31, 2013 . 2013.

Chik T.K., CHOOI W.H., Li Y.Y., Ho F.C., Cheng H.W., Choy T.H.A., Sze K.Y., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Chan B.P., Bioengineering a multi-component spinal motion segment (SMS) construct – A 3D model for complex tissue engineering, Adv. Heathcare Mater. 2014.

Chik T.K., CHOOI W.H., Cheng H.W., Choy T.H.A., Sze K.Y., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Chan B.P., Engineering a multi-component spinal motion segment-like construct from mesenchymal stem cells., World Forum for Spine Research. May 15-17, 2014, Xi’an, China. . 2014, Page S35.

Chik T.K., CHOOI W.H., Choy T.H.A., Sze K.Y., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Chan B.P., Fabrication of multi-component spinal motion segment-like construct using mesenchymal stem cells and collagen. , TERMIS-AP 2013 Annual Conference. October 23-26, 2013, Shanghai-Wuzhen, P. R. China. . 2013, S30-O-1(page 252).

Fong D.Y.T., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Wong Y.W., Scoliosis screaning for school children, In: Bradley McPherson, Carlie J. Driscoll, School Health Screening Systems. 2014.

KWAN K.H.L., Yeung K.W.K., LIU X., Wong K.K.Y., Shum H.C., Lam Y.W., Cheng S.H., Cheung K.M.C. and To M.K.T., Silver nanoparticles alter proteoglycan expression in the promotion of tendon repair, Journal of Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine. 2013, 10pp.

Kamath V.H.D., Cheung J.P.Y., Mak K.C., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Antimicrobial prophylaxis to prevent surgical site infection in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion - 2 doses vs antibiotics till drain removal, 34th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress, Hyderabad, India, October 17-19, 2013.

Kamath V.H.D., Cheung J.P.Y., Mak K.C., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Strategies to decrease perioperative blood loss in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion - judicious use of drains, planned surgical procedure, factors influencing intraoperative blood loss, 34th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress, Hyderabad, India, October 17-19, 2013.

LI Y., Samartzis D., Campbell D., Cheung K.M.C., Luk K.D.K., Karppinen J., Cheah K.S.E., Chan D. and Sham P.C., Best Short Talk Award, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc - from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation, Xian, PR China, May 15-17, 2014. 2014.

LI Y., Samartzis D., Campbell D., Cheung K.M.C., Luk K.D.K., Karppinen J., Cheah K.S.E., Chan D. and Sham P.C., Comprehensive analysis of MRI-phenotypes provides new insights into lumbar disc degeneration for genetic studies, 41st Annual Meeting of International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Seoul, Korea, June 3-7, 2014.

Law T.K., Anthony M., Chan Q., Samartzis D., Kim M., Cheung K.M.C. and Khong P.L., Ultrashort time-to-echo MRI of the cartilaginous endplate : technique and association with intervertebral disc degeneration, Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation. 2013, 57: 427-434.

Lee K.S., Lam T.K., Song Y., Cheah K.S.E., Cheung K.M.C. and Chan D., In-Vivo Study of Asporin in Cartilage Tissues. , World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation Xi'An, China, May 15-17, 2014.. 2014.

Leung V.Y.L., Huang S.S., Cheung K.M.C. and Peng S.L., Intervertebral disc degeneration and its relation to osteoporosis, 骨椎间盘退变与骨质疏松关系科学, In: Ling QIN, Orthopaedic Science. 骨内科学, People's Medical Publishing House Co., 2013.

Li Y., Samartzis D., Campbell D., Cheung K.M.C., Luk K.D.K., Karppinen J.I., Cheah K.S.E., Chan D. and Sham P.C., Comprehensive Analysis of MRI-Phenotypes Provides New Insights into Lumbar Disc Degeneration for Genetic Studies, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Li Y., Samartzis D., Campbell D., Cheung K.M.C., Luk K.D.K., Karppinen J.I., Cheah K.S.E., Chan D. and Sham P.C., Comprehensive analaysis of MRI-phenotypes provides new insights into lumbar disc degeneration for genetic studies, 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Li Y.Y., Diao H., Chik T.K., Chow S.T., An X., Leung V.Y.L., Cheung K.M.C. and Chan B.P., Delivering mesenchymal stem cells in collagen microsphere carriers to rabbit degenerative disc - Reduced osteophyte formation., . Tissue Engineering Part A . 2014, 20(9-10): 1379-1391.

Li Y.Y., Cheng H.W., Cheung K.M.C., Chan D. and Chan B.P., Mesenchymal stem cell-collagen microspheres for articular cartilage repair – Cell density and differentiation status, Acta Biomater . 2014, 10(5): 1919-1929.

Lim F.L., Tam W.K., Au Y.K., Chan D., Cheah K.S.E., Tuan R.S., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., Cadherin 2 is required for intervertebral disc homeostasis and maintenance of vacuolated phenotype in nucleus pulposus cells, World Forum for Spine Research, Xian, China, May15-17 2014.

Londono D., Kou I., Johnson T.A., Sharma S., Ogura Y., Tsunoda T., Takahashi A., Matsumoto M., Herring J.A., Lam T.P., Wang X., Tam E.M., Song Y., Fan Y., Chan D., Cheah K.S.E., Qiu X., Jiang H., Huang D., Japanese Scoliosis Clinical Research Group ,., TSRHC IS Clinical Group ,., the International Consortium for Scoliosis Genetics ,., Su P., Sham P.C., Cheung K.M.C., Luk K.D.K., Gordon D., Qiu Y. and Cheng J., Tang N., Ikegawa S., Wise C.A., A meta-analysis identifies adolescent idiopathic scoliosis association with LBX1 locus in multiple ethnic groups. , J Med Genet. . 2014, 51: 401-406.

Luk K.D.K., Saw L.B., Grozman S., Cheung K.M.C. and Samartzis D., 2013 Outstanding Paper Runner-Up, The Spine Journal. 2014.

Luk K.D.K., Saw L.B., Grozman S., Cheung K.M.C. and Samartzis D., Assessment of skeletal maturity in scoliosis patients to determine clinical management: a new classification scheme using distal radius and ulna radiographs, Spine J. 2014, 14(2): 315-25.

Luk K.D.K., Wong Y.W., Cheung K.M.C. and Samartzis D., Mean 34 years follow-up of severe angular kyphosis from tuberculosis of the spine: bad prognosis for paraparesis of late disease , Eurospine 2013, Liverpool, UK, October 2-4, 2013.

Lv F., SUN Y., LIM F.L., ZHOU L., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., Association of Macrophage Metalloelastase MMP12 with Intervertebral Disc Degeneration., The 9th Pan Pacific Connective Tissue Research. 2013.

Lv F., SUN Y., ZHOU L., Lu M., Chan D., Zheng Z., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., Best Participation Award, World Forum for Spine Research, Xian, China, May 2014. 2014.

Lv F., Tuan R.S., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., Concise review: the surface markers and identity of human mesenchymal stem cells, Stem Cells. 2014, 6: 1408-19.

Lv F., Watt S., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., Different Tendencies of Human Bone Marrow and Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells. , The 7th Pan Pacific Stem Cell and Cancer Research Symposium. 2014.

Lv F., Leung V.Y.L., Huang S., HUANG Y., SUN Y. and Cheung K.M.C., In Search of Nucleus Pulposus Specific Molecular Markers, Rheumatology. 2014, 53(4): 600-10.

Lv F., SUN Y., ZHOU L., Lu M., Zheng Z., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., The Potential of Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Intervertebral Disc Repair., Global Spine Journal. 2014, 4: po.075.

Lv F., Sun Y., ZHOU L., Lu M.M., Zheng Z.M., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., The Potential of Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Intervertebral Disc Repair, World Forum for Spine Research, Xian, China, May 15-17 2014.

Maata J., Karppinen J.I., Cheung K.M.C. and Samartzis D., The association of Modic changes and MRI phenotypes of the lumbar spine: a population-based study, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Maatta J., Cheung K.M.C., Karppinen J.I. and Samartzis D., A large-scale study of Modic changes in the lumbar spine: morphology and association with MRI phenotypes, 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Maatta J.M., Karppinen J.I., Cheung K.M.C. and Samartzis D., Best Poster Award - The association of Modic changes and MRI phenotypes of the lumbar spine: a population-based study. , World Forum for Spine Research: Intervertebral Disc - from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation, Xi'An, China . 2014.

Määttä J., Kautiainen H., Leinonen V., Niinimäki J., Järvenpää S., Koskelainen T., Mäkelä P., Pesälä J., Nyyssönen T., Savolainen S., Airaksinen O., Kyllönen E., Cheung K.M.C. and Karppinen J., Association of Modic changes with health-related quality of life among patients referred to spine surgery, Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 2014, 5: 36-40.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Best Paper - Prediction of future first-time low back pain based on baseline MRI findings, North American Spine Society. 2013.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Ala-Korpela M., Soininen P., Kangas A.J., Chan D., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Best Paper Basic Science Award - Identification of novel serum "metabolomic" biomarkers related to the development of lumbar disc degeneration, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. Hong Kong. . 2013.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Body mass index and its association with lumbar disc herniation and sciatica: a large-scale, population-based study, 41st Annual Meeting of International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Seoul, Korea, June 3-7, 2014.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Body mass index and its association with lumbar disc herniation and sciatica: a large-scale, population-based study, 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Body mass index and its association with lumbar disc herniation and sciatica: a large-scale, population-based study, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Samartzis D., Bow H.Y.C., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K., Cheung B.M.Y. and Cheung K.M.C., Family history of low back pain is a significant predictor of pain and disability between extreme stages of lumbar disc degeneration, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Samartzis D., Bow H.Y.C., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K., Cheung B.M.Y. and Cheung K.M.C., Hypertension is independently associated with lumbar disc degeneration: a large-scale population-based study, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Ala-Korpela M., Soininen P., Kangas A.J., Chan D., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Identification of novel serum "metabolomic" biomarkers related to the development of lumbar disc degeneration, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. Hong Kong, 2013.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Prediction of future first-time low back pain based on baseline MRI findings, 28th Annual Meeting of the North American Spine Society. New Orleans, USA, 2013.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Prediction of future first-time low back pain based on baseline MRI findings, 41st Annual Meeting of International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Seoul, Korea, June 3-7, 2014.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Prediction of future first-time low back pain based on baseline MRI findings, 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Shea G.K.H. and Cheung K.M.C., The history of orthopaedics in Hong Kong, In: David Jones, Alistair Ross, Bone and Joint Journal News. 2014, 2: 3.

Song Y., Karasugi T., Cheung K.M.C., Chiba K., Ho D.W.H., Miyake A., Kao P.Y.P., Sze K.L., Yee F.Y.A., Takahashi A., Kawaguchi Y., Mikami Y., Matsumoto M., Togawa D., Kanayama M., Shi D., Dai J., Jiang Q., Wu C., Tian W., Wang N., Leong J.C.Y., Luk K.D.K., Yip S.P., Cherny S.S., Wang J.J., Mundlos S., Kelempisioti A., Eskola P.J., Mannikko M., Makela P., Karppinen J., Jarvelin M.R., O'Reilly P.F., Kubo M., Kimura T., Kubo T., Toyoma Y., Mizuta H., Cheah K.S.E., Tsunoda T., Sham P.C., Ikegawa S. and Chan D., Lumbar disc degeneration is linked to a carbohydrate sulfotransferase 3 variant., J. Clin. Invest . 2013, 123: 4909-4917.

Sun Y., Tsui Y.K., Masuda K.D.K., Kao R.Y.T., Chan D., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung Y.L.V., Intervening Intervertebral Disc Degeneration By Small Molecules That Positively Modulate Proteoglycan Production, 60th Annual Meeting of Orthopaedic Research Society, 15-18 Mar 2014, New Orleans, USA. 2014.

Tam V., Rogers I., Chan D., Leung Y.L.V. and Cheung K.M.C., A comparison of intravenous and intradiscal delivery of multipotential stem cells on the healing of injured intervertebral disk, Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 2014, 32: 819-825.

Tam W.K., De Vries K., Cheung K.M.C., Zhou G.Q. and Leung V.Y.L., Hif-αs modulation of Sox9-dependent extracellular matrix production: insight into intervertebral disc cell activity under hypoxia, World Forum for Spine Research, Xian, China, May 15-17 2014.

WU J., KONG T., Yeung K.W.K., Shum H.C., Cheung K.M.C. and To M.K.T., Fabrication and characterization of monodisperse PLGA-alginate core-shell microspheres with monodisperse size and homogeneous shells for controlled drug release, Acta Biomaterialia. 2013.

Wong H.M., Zhao Y., Tam V., Wu S., Chu P.K., Zheng Y., To M.K.T., Leung F.K.L., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., In vivo stimulation of bone formation by aluminum and oxygen plasma surface-modified magnesium implants, Biomaterials. 2013, 34: 9863-76.

Wong H.M., Zhao Y., Tam V., Wu S., Chu P.K., Zheng Y., To M.K.T., Leung F.K.L., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., Invivo stimulation of bone formation by aluminum and oxygen plasma surface-modified magnesium implants, Biomaterials. 2013, 34(38): 9863-9876.

Wong H.M., Wu S.L., Chu P.K., Cheng S.H., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., Low-modulus Mg/PCL bone substitute for osteoporotic fracture fixation, Biomaterials. 2013, 34(29): 7016-7032.

Wong H.M., Wu S., Chu P.K., Cheng S.H., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., Low-modulus Mg/PCL hybrid bone substitute for osteoporotic fracture fixation, Biomaterials. 2013, 34(29): 7016-7032.

Yee F.Y.A., Tam V., Cheah K.S.E., Cheung K.M.C. and Chan D., Analysis Of The Static Protein Profile Of Degenerated Ivd Indicate Increased Fibrosis-related Proteins, World Forum For Spine Research, 2014 (Xian). 2014.

Yee F.Y.A., Tam V., Cheung K.M.C. and Chan D., Proteomics Analysis Of The Human Intervertebral Disc Reveals Potential Fibrotic Events In Degeneration , 9th Pan Pacific Connective Tissue Societies Symposium. 2013.

Yee F.Y.A., Song Y., Chan D. and Cheung K.M.C., Understanding the Basis of Genetic Studies: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis as an Example, Spine Deformity. 2014, 2: 1-9.

Yim R., Lee J., Bow H.Y.C., Meij B., Leung V.Y.L., Cheung K.M.C., Vavken P. and Samartzis D., The safety and efficacy of mesenchymal stem cells for prevention or regeneration of intervertebral disc degeneration: a systematic review and meta-analyses, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Yuan M., Yeung C.W., Li Y.Y., Diao H., Cheung K.M.C., Chan D., Cheah K.S.E. and Chan B.P., Reconstitution of nucleus pulposus cell matrix niche in 3D collagen microsphere for mesenchymal stem cell discogenic differentiation., TERMIS-AP 2013 Annual Conference. October 23-26, 2013, Shanghai-Wuzhen, P. R. China. . 2013, S12-O-1(page 241).

Yuan M., Yeung C.W., Li Y.Y., Diao H., Cheung K.M.C., Chan D., Cheah K.S.E. and Chan B.P., Reconstitution of nucleus pulposus cell matrix niche in 3D configuration for mesenchymal stem cell differentiation, TERMIS-AP, October 23-26, 2013, Shanghai & Wuzhen, China.. 2013.

Yuan M., Yeung C.W., Li Y.Y., Diao H., Cheung K.M.C., Chan D., Cheah K.S.E. and Chan B.P., SYIS-AP Best Oral Presentation Merit, TERMIS-AP Shanghai & Wuzhen, China. October 23-26, 2013. 2013.

de Kleuver M., Lewis S.J., Germscheid N.M., Kamper S.J., Alanay A., Berven S.H., Cheung K.M.C., Ito M., Lenke L.G., Polly D.W., van Tulder M. and Shaffrey C., Optimal surgical care for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: an international consensus, Eur Spine J. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014.

Researcher : Cheung PYJ

Project Title:	Low Cost Antimicrobial Surface
Investigator(s):	Cheung JPY, Yeung KWK, Kao RYT, Yang D, Cheung KMC
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Applied Research
Start Date:	04/2013

Project Title:	Genetic predisposition for MRI diagnosed developmental spinal stenosis
Investigator(s):	Cheung JPY, Samartzis D, Cheung KMC
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	06/2014

Project Title:	The 41st International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Annual Meeting; Defining clinically-relevant values for developmental spinal stenosis: a large scale MRI study
Investigator(s):	Cheung JPY
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2014

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Cheung WY

List of Research Outputs

Chang K.C., Samartzis D., Fuego S.M., Dhatt S.S., Wong Y.W., Cheung W.Y., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., The effect of excision of the posterior arch of C1 on C1/C2 fusion using transarticular screws, Bone Joint J. 2013, 95-B(7): 972-6.

Wen C., CUI J., Liu H., Mak K.C., Cheung W.Y., Luk K.D.K. and Hu Y., Is Diffusion Anisotropy A Biomarker for Disease Severity and Surgical Prognosis of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy? , Radiology. 2014, 270: 197-204.

Researcher : Chiu PKY

Project Title:	The effect of bisphosphonate on established osteolytic lesions--a study of different approach and dosage in rabbit hip replacement model
Investigator(s):	Chiu PKY, Tang WM, Zhu Y
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	11/2003

Project Title:	Role of Osteocyte in Sclerotic Subchondral Bone - A New Therapeutic Target for Osteoarthritis?
Investigator(s):	Chiu PKY, Lu WW, Yan CH, Wen C
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	03/2010

Project Title:	Changes of subchondral fluid dynamics and bone microarchitecture in osteoarthritis onset and progression - A comparative study of two strains of Guinea pigs with and without spontaneously occurring osteoarthritis
Investigator(s):	Chiu PKY, Lu WW, Yan CH, Wen C
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	02/2011

Project Title:	Is endothelin-1 a biomarker for the severity of knee osteoarthritis? A Hong Kong Cohort study
Investigator(s):	Chiu PKY
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2014

List of Research Outputs

Chan P.K., Lee C.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y. and Yan C.H., Blood Transfusion After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty In Hong Kong: Retrospective Review Of 11914 Patients, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 81.

Chan P.K., Lee C.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y. and Yan C.H., Blood transfusion after primary total knee arthroplasty in Hong Kong: Retrospective review f 11914 patients, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Chan P.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y. and Yan C.H., Bony ankylosis after total knee arthroplasty. A case report, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery. 2013.

Chan P.K., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Ng F.Y., Comparison Of Blood Transfusion Requirements Using Patient-specific Instruments, Conventional Instruments, And Computer Navigation In Total Knee Arthroplasty, Arthur Yau Award For Best Clinical Paper, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress 2013. 2013.

Chan P.K., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Ng F.Y., Comparison Of Blood Transfusion Requirements Using Patient-specific Instruments, Conventional Instruments, And Computer Navigation In Total Knee Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 6.

Chan V.W.K., Chan P.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Yan C.H. and Ng F.Y., Why Do Hong Kong Patients Need Total Hip Arthroplasty? An Analysis Of 529 Hips From 1998 – 2010, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 82.

Chan W.K.V., Chan P.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Yan C.H. and Ng F.Y., Why do Hong Kong patients need total hip arthroplasty? An analysis of 529 hips from 1998-2010?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Cheung A.Y.L., Yan C.H., Chan P.K., Ng F.Y. and Chiu P.K.Y., Linear Penetration Of Highly Cross-linked Polyethylene In Total Hip Arthroplasty For Chinese Patients Aged 40 Years Or Below, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 79.

Chiu P.K.Y., 1. Femoral and acetabular bone defect (at the AORECON day) 2. The patella enigma - to resurface or not (at the AORECON day) 3. Exchange of the bearing surface for wear and osteolysis after total hip arthroplasty (at the 1st ASIA Annual Conference), Fifteenth National Congress of Orthopaedic Surgery and The Eighth International Congress of Chinese Orthopaedic Association organized by Chinese Medical Association and Chinese Orthopaedic Association, Beijing, China. 2013.

Chiu P.K.Y., Osteoarthritis and its management, Meidcal Specialties Summit 2013 organized by Association of Private Medical Specialists of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, Hong Kong. 2013.

Chiu P.K.Y., Reviewer of Asia-Pacific Journal of Sport Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation and Technology since 2014, Asia-Pacific Journal of Sport Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation and Technology. 2014.

Kuang G., Yau W.P., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Use of a strontium-enriched calcium phosphate cement in accelerating the healing of soft tissue tendon graft whtin the bone tunnel in a rabbit anterior cruciate liagment reconstruction model, Bone and Joint Journal. 2013, 95B: 923-928.

Kuang G., Yau W.P., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Use of a strontium-enriched calcium phosphate cement in accelerating the healing of soft tissue tendon graft within the bone tunnel in a rabbit anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction model, The Bone and Joint Journal. 2013, 95-B: 923-928.

LI T., Yan C.H., Xu A., Song Y. and Chiu P.K.Y., Assessment Of Systemic Inflammation In Oa Patients By Testing Fatty-acid-binding Protein 4 And Adiponectin In Plasma, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 21.

LI T., Yan C.H., Xu A., Song Y. and Chiu P.K.Y., Comparison Of Fatty-acid-binding Protein 4 And Adiponectin Levels In Infrapatellar Fat Pad And Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue, Synovial Fluid And Plasma In Subjects With Knee Osteoarthritis, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 21.

Lam G., Yan C.H., Chan P.K., Ng F.Y. and Chiu P.K.Y., Survival Analysis Of Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty In A Teaching Hospital: A Study Of 977 Cases, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 76.

Lee H.L.R., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Antithrombotic Therapy In Patients Undergoing Joint Replacement Surgery — How Common Is It?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 35.

Lee H.L.R., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Antithrombotic therapy in patients undergoing joint replacement surgery - how common is it?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Lee H.L.R., Chiu P.K.Y., Yiu K.H., Ng F.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Perioperative Antithrombotic Management In Joint Replacement Surgeries, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2013, 19: 531-8.

Leung A.S.M., Chan P.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y. and Yan C.H., Heterotopic Ossification After Primary Total Hip Replacement, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 81.

Leung K.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Yan C.H., Ng F.Y. and Chan P.K., Venous Thromboembolism After Total Joint Replacement, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery. 2013, 21: 351-60.

Leung K.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Venous thromboembolism in total joint replacement patients, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery. 2013.

Ng F.Y., Fu C.H.H., Yan C.H., Chan P.K. and Chiu P.K.Y., A Novel Oral Chemoprophylactic Agent For Venous Thromboembolism After Total Knee Arthroplasty - Is It Safe?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 76.

Ng F.Y., Wang Q., Chiu P.K.Y. and Yan C.H., Anterior dislocation after total hip replacement - effects of pelvic rotation and hip ball size, Hip International. 2013, 23: 386-390.

Ng F.Y., Chiu P.K.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Does Patellar Resurfacing Decrease Incidence Of Patellar Crepitus After Total Knee Arthroplasty - Patellar Resurfacing Versus Non-resurfacing, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 75.

Ng F.Y., Yan C.H., Chan P.K. and Chiu P.K.Y., Is Mrsa Screening Necessary Before Elective Joint Replacement Surgery, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 77.

Ng Y.L., Chan Y.C., Wan K.Y., Yeung S.S., Fung Y.K., Chan P.K. and Chiu P.K.Y., Preliminary review of revised primary total knee arthroplasty rehabilitation program: Occupational perspective, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

QIU Y., Yan C.H., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Finite Element Analysis In Repairing Distal Femoral Bone Loss In Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 37.

QIU Y., Yan C.H., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., The Role Of Cemented And Press-fit Stem Extension In Repair Tibial Bone Defect In Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty — A Finite Element Analysis, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 2.

QIU Y., Yan C.H., Yau W.P. and Chiu P.K.Y., Three Dimensional Acetabular Morphology In Chinese , The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 36.

Qiu Y.Y., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Finite element analysis in design of orthopaedic implants for repairing tibial bone defects in revision total knee arthroplasty, Chinese Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 2013, 15: 18-22.

Qiu Y.Y., Yan C.H., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., The fole of cemented and press-fit stem extension in repair tibial bone defect in revision total knee arthroplasty - a finite element analysis, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Tang B., FONG M.K., Wen C., Yan C.H., Chan D., Ngan A.H.W., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Nanostiffness of Collagen Fibrils Extracted From Osteoarthritic Cartilage Characterized with AFM Nanoindentation, Soft Materials. 2014, 12: 253-261.

Wen C., Cho L., Pei S., Olive B., Chung S.K., Xu A.M., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Development of osteoarthritis-like changes in transgenic endothelin-1 over-expressed mice, 13th International Conference on Endothelin (ET-13) in Tokyo, Japan . 2013.

Wen C., Oliver B., Chung S.K., Xu A.M., Yan C.H. and Chiu P.K.Y., Development of osteoarthritis-like changes in transgenic endothelin-1 over-expressed mice, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Wen C., Yan C.H. and Chiu P.K.Y., Development of osteoarthritis-like changes in transgenic endothelin-1 overexpressed mice (published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage), Osteoarthritis Research Society International 2014 World Congress, Paris, France. 2014, 22 (Supplement): S363.

Wen C., Wong K.L., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Differential microstructure and mechanical competence of trabecular bone in knee osteoarthritis in presence or absence of subchondral cysts, 8th Combined Meeting of Orthopaedic Research Societies in San Servolo, Venice, Italy. 2013.

Wen C., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Importance of subchondral bone in pathogenesis and management of osteoarthritis - from bed to bench. , Journal of Orthopaedic Translation. 2014, 2: 16-25.

Wen C., Tang B., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Is nano-mechanical properties of individual collagent fibrils extracted from articular cartilage associated with subchondral bone metabolism? - An AFM nanoindentation study, The 6th WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering in Beijing, China. 2013.

Wen C., Yan C.H., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Microstructural transition and mechanical incompetence of trabecular bone around subchondral cyst in knee osteoarthritis, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 39.

Wen C., Chiu P.K.Y. and Yan C.H., Young Investigator Award, the 13th International Conference on Endothelin at University of Tsukuba, Tokyo Campus on September 81, 2013 . 2013.

Wong K.L., Wen C., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Mechanical incompetence of subchondral bone with cystic lesion formation in advanced knee osteoarthritis, The 6th WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering in Beijing, China. 2013.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Fu C.H.H., A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing TruMatch Instrument With Conventional Instrument In Total Knee Arthroplasty, David Fang Trophy For The Best Paper On Adult Joint Reconstruction, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress 2013 . 2013.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Fu C.H.H., A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Trumatch Instrument And Conventional Instrument In Total Knee Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 6.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K., Fu C.H.H. and Fang C.X., A Trial Comparing Two Patient-specific Instrumentations In Total Knee Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 34.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Fang C.X. and Chan P.K., A randomized controlled trial comparing patient specific instrument with conventional instrument and computer navigation in total knee arthroplasty, The Eighth International Congress of Chinese Orthopaedic Association, Beijing, China. 2013.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Fang C.X., A randomized controlled trial comparing patient specific instruments with conventional instruments and computer navigation in total knee arthroplasty (published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage), Osteoarthritis Research Society International 2014 World Congress, Paris, France . 2014, 22 (supplement): S469.

Yan C.H., Wong C.W.S., Li T., Gong N., Chan Q. and Chiu P.K.Y., Imaging biomarkers with T1 and T2 mappings in osteoarthirs - nIn vivo human articular cartilage study, Osteoarthritis Research Society International 2014 World Congress, Paris, France (published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage). 2014, 22 (supplement): S283-4.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Ng F.Y., Is it necessary to cement the tibial stem in Low Contact Stress (LCS) , The Eighth International Congress of Chinese Orthopaedic Association, Beijing, China. 2013.

Yan C.H. and Chiu P.K.Y., Patient-specific Instruments In Total Knee Arthroplasty, Current Advances in Total Knee Arthroplasty. 2014, 56-67.

Yan C.H., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Chiu P.K.Y., Polyethylene Wear Before And After Isolated Liner Exchange In Anatomic Medullary Locking Total Hip Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 36.

Yan C.H., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Chiu P.K.Y., The Linear Penetration Of Highly Cross-linked Polyethylene In Isolated Cemented Liner Exchange In Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 75.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Fang C.X., 比较全膝关节置换术中使用个体化工具，计算机导航及常规工具的随机对照试验, 中华医学会第十五届骨科学术会议暨第八届COA国际学术大会中青年优秀论文一等奖, 2013.

Yao J., Wen C., Cheung J.T., Zhang M., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Lu W.W. and Fan Y.B., Effect of tibial drill-guide angle on mechanical environment at bone tunnel aperture after anatomic single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. , International Orthopaedics . 2014, 38: 973-981.

Yau R.C.H., Chan P.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Yan C.H. and Ng F.Y., Heterotopic Ossification After Total Knee Replacement. Is It An Issue?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 80.

Yau W.P., Kuang G., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Use of Strontium-enriched Bioactive Bone Cement in Enhancing Tendon Osteointegration in a Rabbit Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Model, 33rd Annual Congress of Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

Yau W.P., Kuang G., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Use of strontium-enriched bioactive bone cement in enhancing tendon osteo-integration in a rabbit anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction model, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Yee D.K.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y. and Yan C.H., Joint aspiration for diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections of hip and knee, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery. 2013.

Yeung S.S., Wong C.C.K., Ngai M.P., Tsang R.C.C., Ng Y.L., Fung Y.K., Chan P.K. and Chiu P.K.Y., Is early discharge rehabilitation programme feasible for patients with total knee replacement? Preliminary review by physiotherapist, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Researcher : Chiu SY

List of Research Outputs

Chiu S.Y., Chan H.Y., Cheuk K.L.D., Lee P.P.W., Chiang A.K.S., Ha S.Y., Chan G.C.F. and Shum S.K., Treatment of children with drug-resistant graft-versus-host-disease by extracorporeal photopheresis, The Hong Kong Paediatric Society and Hong Kong Paediatric Nurses Association Ltd Joint Annual Scientific Meeting 2013. 78.

Researcher : Chong YW

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Chow SP

Project Title:	Combined Congress of APFSSH, ISSH & ISRM Problems in Treatment of Phalangeal Fractures
Investigator(s):	Chow SP
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2000

Researcher : Chow W

List of Research Outputs

Kuong E.E.Y.L., To M.K.T. and Chow W., Long-term Outcome after Lambrinudi Operation in Severe Rigid Equinus Deformity, 33rd Annual Congress of Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

To M.K.T., Chow W. and Kuong E.E.Y.L., AOTrauma Seminar - Paediatric Orthopaedic Challenge and Recent Advances, AOTrauma. 2013.

To M.K.T., Petnikota H., Kuong E.E.Y.L. and Chow W., The Influence of Early Surgical Intervention in Patients with Perthes Disease, 33rd Annual Congress of Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

Researcher : FONG MK

List of Research Outputs

Tang B., FONG M.K., Wen C., Yan C.H., Chan D., Ngan A.H.W., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Nanostiffness of Collagen Fibrils Extracted From Osteoarthritic Cartilage Characterized with AFM Nanoindentation, Soft Materials. 2014, 12: 253-261.

Researcher : Fang CX

List of Research Outputs

Fang C.X., Chau J.Y.M., Woo S.B., Lau T.W., Kwan K.Y.H. and Leung F.K.L., Propagation of bisphosphonate-related femoral stress fractures despite femoral nailing: a cautionary tale from 2 cases. , Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation. Sage, 2014.

LUO Q., Lau T.W., Fang C.X. and Leung F.K.L., Application of 3D printing technique in orthopaedics, Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery. 2014, 28: 268-271.

Wong T.M., Lau T.W., Li X., Fang C.X., Yeung K.W.K. and Leung F.K.L., Masquelet Technique for Treatment of Post Traumatic Bone Defects, The Scientific World Journal. 2014.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K., Fu C.H.H. and Fang C.X., A Trial Comparing Two Patient-specific Instrumentations In Total Knee Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 34.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Fang C.X. and Chan P.K., A randomized controlled trial comparing patient specific instrument with conventional instrument and computer navigation in total knee arthroplasty, The Eighth International Congress of Chinese Orthopaedic Association, Beijing, China. 2013.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Fang C.X., A randomized controlled trial comparing patient specific instruments with conventional instruments and computer navigation in total knee arthroplasty (published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage), Osteoarthritis Research Society International 2014 World Congress, Paris, France . 2014, 22 (supplement): S469.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Fang C.X., 比较全膝关节置换术中使用个体化工具，计算机导航及常规工具的随机对照试验, 中华医学会第十五届骨科学术会议暨第八届COA国际学术大会中青年优秀论文一等奖, 2013.

Researcher : Fok AWM

List of Research Outputs

Fok A.W.M., Kuang G. and Yau W.P., Femoral Radiographic Landmarks for Popliteus Tendon Reconstruction and Repair: A new method of reference, The American Journal of Sports Medicine. Sage, 2014, 42: 394 - 398.

Yau W.P. and Fok A.W.M., Delay in surgery increases rotational instability in patients suffering from anterior cruciate ligament deficiency, 33rd Annual Congress of Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

Yau W.P. and Fok A.W.M., How accurate is physical examination in diagnosing subacromial impingement?, 33rd Annual Congress of Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

Researcher : Fu CHH

List of Research Outputs

Ng F.Y., Fu C.H.H., Yan C.H., Chan P.K. and Chiu P.K.Y., A Novel Oral Chemoprophylactic Agent For Venous Thromboembolism After Total Knee Arthroplasty - Is It Safe?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 76.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Fu C.H.H., A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing TruMatch Instrument With Conventional Instrument In Total Knee Arthroplasty, David Fang Trophy For The Best Paper On Adult Joint Reconstruction, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress 2013 . 2013.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Fu C.H.H., A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Trumatch Instrument And Conventional Instrument In Total Knee Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 6.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K., Fu C.H.H. and Fang C.X., A Trial Comparing Two Patient-specific Instrumentations In Total Knee Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 34.

Researcher : Fung BKK

List of Research Outputs

Cheung J.P.Y., Tang C.Y.K. and Fung B.K.K., Current Management Of Acute Scaphoid Fractures: A Review, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20: 52-58.

Cheung J.P.Y., Fung B.K.K. and Ip W.Y., Peak Load Resistance of the JuggerKnotTM Soft Anchor Technique Compared with other Common Fixation Techniques for Large Mallet Finger Fractures, Hand Surgery. 2013.

Cheung J.P.Y., Fung B.K.K. and Ip W.Y., Prognostic Factors of Mycobacterium Marinum Infection of the Hand and Wrist, 23rd Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Society for Surgery of the Hand . 2013.

Researcher : HUANG Y

List of Research Outputs

HUANG Y., Xiao J., Lu W.W., Leung V.Y.L. and Luk K.D.K., Healing of the bone-bone interface in lumbar intervertebral disc allograft transplantation in a goat model, 41st Annual Meeting of International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Seoul, Korea, June 3-7, 2014.

Luk K.D.K., HUANG Y., Xiao J., Lu W.W. and Leung V.Y.L., Long-term in vivo kinematics of the lumbar intervertebral disc transplantation in a goat model, Eurospine 2013, Liverpool, UK, October 2-4, 2013.

Lv F., Leung V.Y.L., Huang S., HUANG Y., SUN Y. and Cheung K.M.C., In Search of Nucleus Pulposus Specific Molecular Markers, Rheumatology. 2014, 53(4): 600-10.

Researcher : Hu L

List of Research Outputs

PENG W., Hu L., Zhang Z. and Hu Y., Changes of spontaneous oscillatory activity to tonic heat pain, PLoS One. 2014, 9(3): e91052.

Researcher : Hu Y

Project Title:	Novel method for fast extraction and auto-recognition of somatosensory evoked potentials
Investigator(s):	Hu Y, Luk KDK, Chan SC, Chang C
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2007

Project Title:	Studying Effectiveness and Compliance of Neck Support for Car Repairing Workers
Investigator(s):	Hu Y, Luk KDK
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	The OSH Enhancement Scheme for SMEs
Start Date:	01/2007

Project Title:	Biomedical and electrophysiological guidance for low back pain rehabilitation and prevention
Investigator(s):	Hu Y, Luk KDK, Kwok HY
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	S.K. Yee Medical Foundation - General Award
Start Date:	01/2008

Project Title:	Hardware Oriented Processor for Evoked Potential Fast Extraction and Auto-detection
Investigator(s):	Hu Y
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Innovation and Technology Fund Internship Programme
Start Date:	09/2009

Project Title:	Hardware Oriented Processor for Evoked Potential Fast Extraction and Auto-detection
Investigator(s):	Hu Y
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Innovation and Technology Fund Internship Programme
Start Date:	09/2009

Project Title:	Implementation of individual brain coputer interface design for spinal cord injury patients
Investigator(s):	Hu Y
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	S.K. Yee Medical Foundation - General Award
Start Date:	03/2010

Project Title:	HKU Overseas Fellowship Awards 2010-11
Investigator(s):	Hu Y
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	HKU Overseas Fellowship Awards
Start Date:	09/2010

Project Title:	Time-frequency pattern analysis of somatosensory evoked potentials for mapping cervical myelopathy
Investigator(s):	Hu Y, Chan SC, Chen YH, Luk KDK
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2012

Project Title:	A novel technology for objective low back pain rehabilitation assessment based on automatic dynamic topography analysis of lumbar muscular contraction
Investigator(s):	Hu Y, Chan KW, Luk KDK, Cheung KMC
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Innovation and Technology Support Programme (Tier 3)
Start Date:	10/2012
Completion Date:	03/2014

Project Title:	A novel technology for objective low back pain rehabilitation assessment based on automatic dynamic topography analysis of lumbar muscular contraction (ITS/119/12)
Investigator(s):	Hu Y, Chan KW, Luk KDK, Cheung KMC
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Innovation and Technology Fund Internship Programme
Start Date:	10/2012

Project Title:	A novel technology for objective low back pain rehabilitation assessment based on automatic dynamic topography analysis of lumbar muscular contraction
Investigator(s):	Hu Y, Chan KW, Luk KDK, Cheung KMC
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Innovation and Technology Fund Internship Programme
Start Date:	10/2012

Project Title:	A multivariable non-linear functional prediction model of intraoperative somatosensory evoked potential variation
Investigator(s):	Hu Y, Zhang Z, Luk KDK
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2013

Project Title:	A Novel Technology for Objective Low Back Pain Rehabilitation Assessment Based on Automatic Dynamic Topography Analysis of Lumbar Muscular Contraction
Investigator(s):	Hu Y, Chan KW, Luk KDK, Cheung KMC
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Innovation and Technology Fund Internship Programme
Start Date:	05/2013

Project Title:	Trial-to-trial variability of somatosensory evoked potential: a new indication for early diagnosis and prognosis of cervical myelopathy
Investigator(s):	Hu Y, Luk KDK, Wu EX
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2014

Project Title:	International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation; A robotic rehabilitation arm driven by somatosensory brain-computer interface
Investigator(s):	Hu Y
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2014

Project Title:	Neurofeedback Physical Balance Improvement for Elderly Fall prevention
Investigator(s):	Hu Y, Leung HB, Zhu FF
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Applied Research
Start Date:	06/2014

List of Research Outputs

Cao T., Wan F., Wong C.M., da Cruz J.N. and Hu Y., Objective evaluation of fatigue by EEG spectral analysis in steady-state visual evoked potential-based brain-computer interfaces. , Biomed Eng Online. 2014, 13(1): 28.

Cui H., Xie X., Xu S. and Hu Y., Application of Particle Filter for Vertebral body Extraction: A Simulation Study, Journal of Computer and Communications, 2014, . 2014, 2: 48-51.

Cui H., Xie X., Xu S. and Hu Y., Application of Particle Filter for Vertebral body Extraction: A Simulation Study, The 2nd International Conference on Signal and Image Processing(CSIP 2014), January 12 to 14, 2014 in Shenzhen, China. 2014.

Cui H., Xie X., Xu S., Yan H., Feng L. and Hu Y., Source Analysis of Bimodal Event-Related Potentials with Auditory-Visual Stimuli, 6th Annual International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering，San Diego, California, 6 - 8 November, 2013.

Cui H., Xu S., Hu Y., Feng L. and Xie X., Wide Field Epiretinal Micro-electrode-Design and Feature Test, 6th Annual International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering，San Diego, California, 6 - 8 November, 2013.

Hu Y., Application of Neuro-elecctrophysiology for spine surgery, In: Long Houqing, Liu Shaoyu, Spine Surgery-technology and principles. People’s Medical Publishing House, 2013, 45-66.

Hu Y., Kwok W.L. and TSE Y.H.J., Automatic ECG artifact removal in the real-time SEMG recording system , 2013 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments forMeasurement Systems and Applications. Milan, Italy, 2013.

Hu Y., Kwok W.L., TSE Y.H.J. and Luk K.D.K., Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Somatosensory Tract in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy and Its Link with Electrophysiological Evaluation, Spine J. 2014, 14(6): 1049-56.

Hu Y., EEG and functional MRI on back pain, World Forum for Spine Research 2014, May 15-17, 2014, Xi'an, China. 2014.

Hu Y., Editorial board member of Chinese Journal of Biomedical Engineering, 2014.

Hu Y., Editorial board of (2014-2016), Austin Journal of Orthopedics & Rheumatology . 2014.

Hu Y., Editorial board of Annals of Orthopedics and Rheumatology (2013-2016), Annals of Orthopedics and Rheumatology . 2013.

Hu Y., Editorial board of Austin Journal of Trauma and Treatment (2014-2016), Austin Journal of Trauma and Treatment . 2014.

Hu Y., Editorial board of Journal of Musculoskeletal Disorders (2014-2016), Journal of Musculoskeletal Disorders . 2014.

Hu Y., Intraoperative spinal monitoring, Spinal Injury Workshop. 22-23 February 2014, Hong Kong. 2014.

Hu Y., Senior Editorial Board (SEB) Member (2013-2016), American Journal of Neuroscience Research. 2013.

Hu Y., Kwok W.L., TSE Y.H.J. and Luk K.D.K., Time-varying surface electromyography topography as a prognostic tool for chronic low back pain rehabilitation, The Spine Journal. 2014, 14: 1049-1056.

KANG X., Yoshito O., Yau W.P., Cheung P.Y.S., Hu Y. and Taylor R., Robustness and Accuracy of Feature-Based Single Image 2D-3D Registration without Correspondences for Image-Guided Intervention, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. IEEE, 2013, 60.

LI X., CUI J., Mak K.C., Luk K.D.K. and Hu Y., Potential use of diffusion tensor imaging in level diagnosis of multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy., Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014, 39: E615-22.

LI X., CUI J., Mak K.C., Luk K.D.K. and Hu Y., Potential use of diffusion tensor imaging in level diagnosis of multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy, Spine. 2014, 14: 1049-1056.

LIU X., LI X., Zhou F., CUI J., Tsang A.H.W., Zhou Y., Wu E.X. and Hu Y., Exploration of Resting State Networks in Human Cervical Spinal Cord, 2014.

Luk K.D.K., LI X., CUI J., Mak K.C. and Hu Y., Potential use of diffusion tensor imaging for level determination in multi-level cervical spondylotic myelopathy, Eurospine 2013, Liverpool, UK, October 2-4, 2013.

PENG W., Hu L., Zhang Z. and Hu Y., Changes of spontaneous oscillatory activity to tonic heat pain, PLoS One. 2014, 9(3): e91052.

TU Y., Hung Y.S., Hu L., Huang G., Hu Y. and Zhang Z., An automated and fast approach to detect single-trial visual evoked potentials with application to brain–computer interface, Clinical Neurophysiology. 2014.

TU Y., Huang G., Hung Y.S., Hu L., Hu Y. and Zhang Z., Single-trial detection of visual evoked potentials by common spatial patterns and wavelet filtering for brain-computer interface, 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC2013). 2013.

Wang W., Hu L., Cui H., Xie X. and Hu Y., Spatio-temporal measures of electrophysiological correlates for behavioral multisensory enhancement during visual, auditory and somatosensory stimulation: A behavioral and ERP study, Neurosci Bull. 2013, 29: 715-24.

Wen C., CUI J., Liu H., Mak K.C., Cheung W.Y., Luk K.D.K. and Hu Y., Is Diffusion Anisotropy A Biomarker for Disease Severity and Surgical Prognosis of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy? , Radiology. 2014, 270: 197-204.

Xie X., Cui H., Xu S. and Hu Y., Field distribution of epidural electrical stimulation, Comput Biol Med. 2013, 43: 1673-9.

Zhou I.Y., Liang Y., Chan R.W., GAO P., Cheng J.S., Hu Y., So K.F. and Wu E.X., NeuroImage, Brain resting-state functional MRI connectivity: morphological foundation and plasticity.. 2014, 84: 1-10.

Researcher : Huang S

List of Research Outputs

LIU Q., Huang S., Matinlinna J.P., Chen Z.F. and Pan H.B., Insight into Biological Apatite: Physiochemical Properties and Preparation Approaches, BioMed Research International. 2013, 2013: Article ID 929748, 13 pages.

Researcher : Ip WY

Project Title:	Study on wrist problems
Investigator(s):	Ip WY, Chow SP
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:	01/1996

Project Title:	The study of work related hand injuries in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Ip WY, Chow SP
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Occupational Safety and Health Council - Research Grant Projects
Start Date:	01/1998

Project Title:	29th Annual Meeting of the Controlled Release Society Case Report Using Resorbable Polylactide Sponge for Controlled Release of Vancomycin in Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus Osteomyelitis
Investigator(s):	Ip WY
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	07/2002

Project Title:	International Meeting on Upper Limb in Tetraplegia A Local Experience of Upper Limb Surgery for Tetraplegia in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Ip WY
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	09/2007

Project Title:	Investigation on advanced composite material with bioactivity and degradability for tendon regeneration
Investigator(s):	Ip WY
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	01/2009

Project Title:	Flexible nerve guidance conduit for repairing peripheral nerve injury
Investigator(s):	Ip WY, Yeung KWK
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Applied Research
Start Date:	01/2010

Project Title:	investigation on the formation of a new bone graft substitution biomaterial which promotes progressive bony tissue repair over the critical-sized or inter-segmental defects
Investigator(s):	Ip WY, Lam KW
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	02/2011

Project Title:	Porous Polyurethane Scaffold for facilitating healing in critical size bone defect
Investigator(s):	Ip WY
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	01/2012

Project Title:	Combined 33rd SICOT & 17th PAOA Orthopaedic World Conference; New PIP Joint Implant for RA patients and a case report
Investigator(s):	Ip WY
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	11/2012

Project Title:	Zinc's role in Mg-Zn-Mn Alloys as biodegradable materials for orthopaedic applications
Investigator(s):	Ip WY
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	12/2013

Project Title:	XIXth FESSH & XIth EFSHT Joint Meeting; A Novel Flexible Elastomer Conduit for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
Investigator(s):	Ip WY
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2014

List of Research Outputs

Cheung J.P.Y., Fung B.K.K. and Ip W.Y., Peak Load Resistance of the JuggerKnotTM Soft Anchor Technique Compared with other Common Fixation Techniques for Large Mallet Finger Fractures, Hand Surgery. 2013.

Cheung J.P.Y., Fung B.K.K. and Ip W.Y., Prognostic Factors of Mycobacterium Marinum Infection of the Hand and Wrist, 23rd Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Society for Surgery of the Hand . 2013.

Ip W.Y., A novel flexible elastomer Conduit for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration, European Federation for Surgery of the Hand Annual Congress. 2014.

Ip W.Y., Asian Wound Care- Where are We Now? Hong Kong perspective, World Wound conference in KL, Malaysia. 2013.

Ip W.Y., Clinical Use of Neurocutaneous Flap in Lower Limb Soft Tissue Defects, Bangaladesh society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Congress on 20-21 March 2013, Dakak. 2014.

Ip W.Y., DRUJ Arthroplasty, Pakistan ICON Orthopaedic Conference 25-26 Jan 2014, Karachi, Pakistan. 2014.

Ip W.Y., Diabetic Foot : An Orthopaedic Surgeon's Perspective, HA Commission Training. 2013.

Ip W.Y., Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Hong Kong Perspective, World Wound conference in KL, Malaysia. 2013.

Ip W.Y., Distal radio-ulnar joint reconstruction, Bangaladesh Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Congress , Dakak. 2014.

Ip W.Y., Dorsal Wrist Synovectomy - A Rewarding Alternative to preserve Joint Instability in Rheumatoid Patients, Bangaladesh Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Congress , Dakak. 2014.

Ip W.Y., Dynamic treatment for Proximal Phalangeal Fracture of the Hand, Bangaladesh Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Congress , Dakak. 2014.

Ip W.Y., Flaps for Diabetic Foot - Hong Kong Experience, Asian Pacific Diabetic Limb Care conference in Singapore, . 2013.

Ip W.Y., Flaps for Diabhetic Foot-Hong Kong Experience, Asian Pacific Diabetic Limb care conference 11-13 November 2014, Singapore. 2013.

Ip W.Y., Flexible Nerve Guidance Conduit for Repairing Peripheral Nerve Defect, Guangdong Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Congress . 2013.

Ip W.Y., Fracture Distal Radius and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Bangaladesh Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Congress , Dakak. 2014.

Ip W.Y., Housemanship Training in Hong Kong, Malaysian Medical Association Symposium on Intership training. 2013.

Ip W.Y., Phalangeal & Metacarpal Fractures, Bangaladesh Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Congress , Dakak. 2014.

Ip W.Y., Rheumatoid Arthritis of Hand and Wrist, Pakistan ICON Orthopaedic Conference 25-26 Jan 2014, Karachi, Pakistan. 2014.

Ip W.Y., Surgical Management for Upper Limb Cerebral Palsy, Hong Kong Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Congress. 2014.

Researcher : KANG X

List of Research Outputs

KANG X., Yoshito O., Yau W.P., Cheung P.Y.S., Hu Y. and Taylor R., Robustness and Accuracy of Feature-Based Single Image 2D-3D Registration without Correspondences for Image-Guided Intervention, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. IEEE, 2013, 60.

Researcher : KWAN KHL

List of Research Outputs

KWAN K.H.L., Yeung K.W.K., LIU X., Wong K.K.Y., Shum H.C., Lam Y.W., Cheng S.H., Cheung K.M.C. and To M.K.T., Silver nanoparticles alter proteoglycan expression in the promotion of tendon repair, Journal of Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine. 2013, 10pp.

Researcher : Kamath VHD

List of Research Outputs

Kamath V.H.D., Cheung J.P.Y., Mak K.C., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Antimicrobial prophylaxis to prevent surgical site infection in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion - 2 doses vs antibiotics till drain removal, 34th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress, Hyderabad, India, October 17-19, 2013.

Kamath V.H.D., Cheung J.P.Y., Mak K.C., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Strategies to decrease perioperative blood loss in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion - judicious use of drains, planned surgical procedure, factors influencing intraoperative blood loss, 34th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress, Hyderabad, India, October 17-19, 2013.

Researcher : Karppinen JI

List of Research Outputs

Eskola P.J., Mannikko M., Samartzis D. and Karppinen J.I., Genome-wide association studies of lumbar disc degeneration--are we there yet?, Spine J. 2014, 14(3): 479-82.

Li Y., Samartzis D., Campbell D., Cheung K.M.C., Luk K.D.K., Karppinen J.I., Cheah K.S.E., Chan D. and Sham P.C., Comprehensive Analysis of MRI-Phenotypes Provides New Insights into Lumbar Disc Degeneration for Genetic Studies, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Li Y., Samartzis D., Campbell D., Cheung K.M.C., Luk K.D.K., Karppinen J.I., Cheah K.S.E., Chan D. and Sham P.C., Comprehensive analaysis of MRI-phenotypes provides new insights into lumbar disc degeneration for genetic studies, 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Maata J., Karppinen J.I., Cheung K.M.C. and Samartzis D., The association of Modic changes and MRI phenotypes of the lumbar spine: a population-based study, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Maatta J., Cheung K.M.C., Karppinen J.I. and Samartzis D., A large-scale study of Modic changes in the lumbar spine: morphology and association with MRI phenotypes, 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Maatta J.M., Karppinen J.I., Cheung K.M.C. and Samartzis D., Best Poster Award - The association of Modic changes and MRI phenotypes of the lumbar spine: a population-based study. , World Forum for Spine Research: Intervertebral Disc - from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation, Xi'An, China . 2014.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Ala-Korpela M., Soininen P., Kangas A.J., Chan D., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Best Paper Basic Science Award - Identification of novel serum "metabolomic" biomarkers related to the development of lumbar disc degeneration, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. Hong Kong. . 2013.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Body mass index and its association with lumbar disc herniation and sciatica: a large-scale, population-based study, 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Body mass index and its association with lumbar disc herniation and sciatica: a large-scale, population-based study, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Samartzis D., Bow H.Y.C., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K., Cheung B.M.Y. and Cheung K.M.C., Family history of low back pain is a significant predictor of pain and disability between extreme stages of lumbar disc degeneration, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Samartzis D., Bow H.Y.C., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K., Cheung B.M.Y. and Cheung K.M.C., Hypertension is independently associated with lumbar disc degeneration: a large-scale population-based study, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Ala-Korpela M., Soininen P., Kangas A.J., Chan D., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Identification of novel serum "metabolomic" biomarkers related to the development of lumbar disc degeneration, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. Hong Kong, 2013.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Prediction of future first-time low back pain based on baseline MRI findings, 28th Annual Meeting of the North American Spine Society. New Orleans, USA, 2013.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Prediction of future first-time low back pain based on baseline MRI findings, 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Takatalo J., Karppinen J.I., Taimela S., Niinimaki J., Laitinen J., Sequeiros R.B., Samartzis D., Korpelainen R., Nayha S., Remes J. and Tervonen O., Association of abdominal obesity with lumbar disc degeneration--a magnetic resonance imaging study, PLoS One. 2013, 8(2): e56244.

Researcher : Kuang G

List of Research Outputs

Fok A.W.M., Kuang G. and Yau W.P., Femoral Radiographic Landmarks for Popliteus Tendon Reconstruction and Repair: A new method of reference, The American Journal of Sports Medicine. Sage, 2014, 42: 394 - 398.

Kuang G., Yau W.P., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Use of a strontium-enriched calcium phosphate cement in accelerating the healing of soft tissue tendon graft whtin the bone tunnel in a rabbit anterior cruciate liagment reconstruction model, Bone and Joint Journal. 2013, 95B: 923-928.

Kuang G., Yau W.P., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Use of a strontium-enriched calcium phosphate cement in accelerating the healing of soft tissue tendon graft within the bone tunnel in a rabbit anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction model, The Bone and Joint Journal. 2013, 95-B: 923-928.

Yau W.P., Kuang G., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Use of Strontium-enriched Bioactive Bone Cement in Enhancing Tendon Osteointegration in a Rabbit Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Model, 33rd Annual Congress of Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

Yau W.P., Kuang G., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Use of strontium-enriched bioactive bone cement in enhancing tendon osteo-integration in a rabbit anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction model, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Researcher : Kuang G

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Kuong EEYL

List of Research Outputs

Kuong E.E.Y.L., To M.K.T. and Chow W., Long-term Outcome after Lambrinudi Operation in Severe Rigid Equinus Deformity, 33rd Annual Congress of Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

To M.K.T., Chow W. and Kuong E.E.Y.L., AOTrauma Seminar - Paediatric Orthopaedic Challenge and Recent Advances, AOTrauma. 2013.

To M.K.T., Petnikota H., Kuong E.E.Y.L. and Chow W., The Influence of Early Surgical Intervention in Patients with Perthes Disease, 33rd Annual Congress of Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

Researcher : Kwan KYH

List of Research Outputs

Fang C.X., Chau J.Y.M., Woo S.B., Lau T.W., Kwan K.Y.H. and Leung F.K.L., Propagation of bisphosphonate-related femoral stress fractures despite femoral nailing: a cautionary tale from 2 cases. , Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation. Sage, 2014.

Leung F.K.L., Lau T.W., Wong T.M., Kwan K.Y.H. and Liu Z.H.O.A.H.U.A., Systematic operative release for treatment of elbow post-traumatic contracture, Chinese Journal of Bone and Jone Surgery. 2014.

Researcher : Kwok WL

List of Research Outputs

Hu Y., Kwok W.L. and TSE Y.H.J., Automatic ECG artifact removal in the real-time SEMG recording system , 2013 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments forMeasurement Systems and Applications. Milan, Italy, 2013.

Hu Y., Kwok W.L., TSE Y.H.J. and Luk K.D.K., Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Somatosensory Tract in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy and Its Link with Electrophysiological Evaluation, Spine J. 2014, 14(6): 1049-56.

Hu Y., Kwok W.L., TSE Y.H.J. and Luk K.D.K., Time-varying surface electromyography topography as a prognostic tool for chronic low back pain rehabilitation, The Spine Journal. 2014, 14: 1049-1056.

Researcher : LI T

List of Research Outputs

LI T., Yan C.H., Xu A., Song Y. and Chiu P.K.Y., Assessment Of Systemic Inflammation In Oa Patients By Testing Fatty-acid-binding Protein 4 And Adiponectin In Plasma, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 21.

LI T., Yan C.H., Xu A., Song Y. and Chiu P.K.Y., Comparison Of Fatty-acid-binding Protein 4 And Adiponectin Levels In Infrapatellar Fat Pad And Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue, Synovial Fluid And Plasma In Subjects With Knee Osteoarthritis, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 21.

Researcher : LI X

List of Research Outputs

LI X., CUI J., Mak K.C., Luk K.D.K. and Hu Y., Potential use of diffusion tensor imaging in level diagnosis of multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy., Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014, 39: E615-22.

LI X., CUI J., Mak K.C., Luk K.D.K. and Hu Y., Potential use of diffusion tensor imaging in level diagnosis of multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy, Spine. 2014, 14: 1049-1056.

LIU X., LI X., Zhou F., CUI J., Tsang A.H.W., Zhou Y., Wu E.X. and Hu Y., Exploration of Resting State Networks in Human Cervical Spinal Cord, 2014.

Luk K.D.K., LI X., CUI J., Mak K.C. and Hu Y., Potential use of diffusion tensor imaging for level determination in multi-level cervical spondylotic myelopathy, Eurospine 2013, Liverpool, UK, October 2-4, 2013.

Researcher : LIM FL

List of Research Outputs

Lim F.L., Tam W.K., Au Y.K., Chan D., Cheah K.S.E., Tuan R.S., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., Cadherin 2 is required for intervertebral disc homeostasis and maintenance of vacuolated phenotype in nucleus pulposus cells, World Forum for Spine Research, Xian, China, May15-17 2014.

Lv F., SUN Y., LIM F.L., ZHOU L., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., Association of Macrophage Metalloelastase MMP12 with Intervertebral Disc Degeneration., The 9th Pan Pacific Connective Tissue Research. 2013.

Researcher : LUO Q

List of Research Outputs

LUO Q., Lau T.W., Fang C.X. and Leung F.K.L., Application of 3D printing technique in orthopaedics, Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery. 2014, 28: 268-271.

LUO Q., Lu W.W., Lau T.W. and Leung F.K.L., Development of an animal fracture model for evaluation of cement augmentation femoroplasty, BioResearch Open Access. 2014.

Zhang S., Su W., LUO Q., Leung F.K.L. and Chen B., Measurement of the ‘safe zone’ and the ‘dangerous zone’ for the screw placement on the quadrilateral surface in the treatment of pelvic and acetabular fractures with Stoppa approach by computational 3D technology., Biomed Research International. 2014.

Researcher : Lam YL

List of Research Outputs

Cheung J.P.Y., Tsang H.H.L., Ho K.W.Y., Lam Y.L. and Shek T.W.H., Atypical Manifestation Of Igg4-related Disease Mimicking Musculoskeletal Infection, Journal Of Orthopaedic Science. 2014.

Researcher : Lau TW

List of Research Outputs

Fang C.X., Chau J.Y.M., Woo S.B., Lau T.W., Kwan K.Y.H. and Leung F.K.L., Propagation of bisphosphonate-related femoral stress fractures despite femoral nailing: a cautionary tale from 2 cases. , Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation. Sage, 2014.

LUO Q., Lau T.W., Fang C.X. and Leung F.K.L., Application of 3D printing technique in orthopaedics, Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery. 2014, 28: 268-271.

LUO Q., Lu W.W., Lau T.W. and Leung F.K.L., Development of an animal fracture model for evaluation of cement augmentation femoroplasty, BioResearch Open Access. 2014.

Leung F.K.L., Liu Z. and Lau T.W., Surgical release of post-traumatic stiff elbow, Chinese Journal of Bone and joint Trauma. 2014.

Leung F.K.L., Lau T.W., Wong T.M., Kwan K.Y.H. and Liu Z.H.O.A.H.U.A., Systematic operative release for treatment of elbow post-traumatic contracture, Chinese Journal of Bone and Jone Surgery. 2014.

Wong T.M., Lau T.W., Li X., Fang C.X., Yeung K.W.K. and Leung F.K.L., Masquelet Technique for Treatment of Post Traumatic Bone Defects, The Scientific World Journal. 2014.

Yuen G.W.Y., Tam V., Leung V.Y.L., Chan D., Lau T.W., Lu W.W. and Leung F.K.L., Defective TGF beta signaling in bisphosphonates associated atypical femoral diaphyseal fracture, The 3rd Scientific Meeting of the Asian Federation of Osteoporosis Societies. 2013.

Researcher : Lee HLR

List of Research Outputs

Lee H.L.R., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Antithrombotic Therapy In Patients Undergoing Joint Replacement Surgery — How Common Is It?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 35.

Lee H.L.R., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Antithrombotic therapy in patients undergoing joint replacement surgery - how common is it?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Lee H.L.R., Chiu P.K.Y., Yiu K.H., Ng F.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Perioperative Antithrombotic Management In Joint Replacement Surgeries, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2013, 19: 531-8.

Researcher : Leong JCY

List of Research Outputs

Song Y., Karasugi T., Cheung K.M.C., Chiba K., Ho D.W.H., Miyake A., Kao P.Y.P., Sze K.L., Yee F.Y.A., Takahashi A., Kawaguchi Y., Mikami Y., Matsumoto M., Togawa D., Kanayama M., Shi D., Dai J., Jiang Q., Wu C., Tian W., Wang N., Leong J.C.Y., Luk K.D.K., Yip S.P., Cherny S.S., Wang J.J., Mundlos S., Kelempisioti A., Eskola P.J., Mannikko M., Makela P., Karppinen J., Jarvelin M.R., O'Reilly P.F., Kubo M., Kimura T., Kubo T., Toyoma Y., Mizuta H., Cheah K.S.E., Tsunoda T., Sham P.C., Ikegawa S. and Chan D., Lumbar disc degeneration is linked to a carbohydrate sulfotransferase 3 variant., J. Clin. Invest . 2013, 123: 4909-4917.

Researcher : Leung FKL

Project Title:	Guidelines for elderly patients with fragility fractures
Investigator(s):	Leung FKL
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	AO Foundation Research Fund
Start Date:	08/2008

Project Title:	A multicenter randomised double blind placebo controlled study of AMG785 in skeletally mature adults with a fresh unilateral tibial diaphyseal fracture status post definitive fracture fixation with an intramedullary nail
Investigator(s):	Leung FKL
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Pharmaceutical Industry - General Award
Start Date:	05/2010

Project Title:	Development of a magnesium-based biomaterial using a critical-sized bone defect model
Investigator(s):	Leung FKL, Lu WW, Yeung KWK, Cheung KMC
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2014

Project Title:	The effectiveness of a multidisciplinary approach to geriatric hip fractures on improving clinical outcomes and cost of care
Investigator(s):	Leung FKL, Lau TW, Yuen GWY
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Mini Grant
Start Date:	02/2014

List of Research Outputs

Fang C.X., Chau J.Y.M., Woo S.B., Lau T.W., Kwan K.Y.H. and Leung F.K.L., Propagation of bisphosphonate-related femoral stress fractures despite femoral nailing: a cautionary tale from 2 cases. , Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation. Sage, 2014.

LUO Q., Lau T.W., Fang C.X. and Leung F.K.L., Application of 3D printing technique in orthopaedics, Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery. 2014, 28: 268-271.

LUO Q., Lu W.W., Lau T.W. and Leung F.K.L., Development of an animal fracture model for evaluation of cement augmentation femoroplasty, BioResearch Open Access. 2014.

Leung F.K.L., Peri-prosthetic fractures: an emerging problem, Philippines Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Leung F.K.L., Liu Z. and Lau T.W., Surgical release of post-traumatic stiff elbow, Chinese Journal of Bone and joint Trauma. 2014.

Leung F.K.L., Lau T.W., Wong T.M., Kwan K.Y.H. and Liu Z.H.O.A.H.U.A., Systematic operative release for treatment of elbow post-traumatic contracture, Chinese Journal of Bone and Jone Surgery. 2014.

Leung F.K.L., The Use of bone graft substitutes in orthopedic trauma, The 8th Chinese Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Liem I.S., Kammerlander C., Suhm N., Blauth M., Roth T., Gosch M., Hoang-Kim A., Mendelson D., Zuckerman J., Leung F.K.L., Burton J., Moran C., Parker M., Giusti A., Pioli G., Goldhahn J. and Kates S.L., Identifying a standard set of outcome parameters for the evaluation of orthogeriatric co-management for hip fractures, Injury. 2013, 44: 1403-12.

Wong H.M., Zhao Y., Tam V., Wu S., Chu P.K., Zheng Y., To M.K.T., Leung F.K.L., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., In vivo stimulation of bone formation by aluminum and oxygen plasma surface-modified magnesium implants, Biomaterials. 2013, 34: 9863-76.

Wong H.M., Zhao Y., Tam V., Wu S., Chu P.K., Zheng Y., To M.K.T., Leung F.K.L., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., Invivo stimulation of bone formation by aluminum and oxygen plasma surface-modified magnesium implants, Biomaterials. 2013, 34(38): 9863-9876.

Wong T.M., Lau T.W., Li X., Fang C.X., Yeung K.W.K. and Leung F.K.L., Masquelet Technique for Treatment of Post Traumatic Bone Defects, The Scientific World Journal. 2014.

Yuen G.W.Y., Tam V., Leung V.Y.L., Chan D., Lau T.W., Lu W.W. and Leung F.K.L., Defective TGF beta signaling in bisphosphonates associated atypical femoral diaphyseal fracture, The 3rd Scientific Meeting of the Asian Federation of Osteoporosis Societies. 2013.

Zhang S., Su W., LUO Q., Leung F.K.L. and Chen B., Measurement of the ‘safe zone’ and the ‘dangerous zone’ for the screw placement on the quadrilateral surface in the treatment of pelvic and acetabular fractures with Stoppa approach by computational 3D technology., Biomed Research International. 2014.

Researcher : Leung KH

List of Research Outputs

Leung K.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Yan C.H., Ng F.Y. and Chan P.K., Venous Thromboembolism After Total Joint Replacement, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery. 2013, 21: 351-60.

Leung K.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Venous thromboembolism in total joint replacement patients, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery. 2013.

Researcher : Leung KL

Project Title:	Guidelines for elderly patients with fragility fractures
Investigator(s):	Leung FKL
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	AO Foundation Research Fund
Start Date:	08/2008

Project Title:	A multicenter randomised double blind placebo controlled study of AMG785 in skeletally mature adults with a fresh unilateral tibial diaphyseal fracture status post definitive fracture fixation with an intramedullary nail
Investigator(s):	Leung FKL
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Pharmaceutical Industry - General Award
Start Date:	05/2010

Project Title:	Development of a magnesium-based biomaterial using a critical-sized bone defect model
Investigator(s):	Leung FKL, Lu WW, Yeung KWK, Cheung KMC
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2014

Project Title:	The effectiveness of a multidisciplinary approach to geriatric hip fractures on improving clinical outcomes and cost of care
Investigator(s):	Leung FKL, Lau TW, Yuen GWY
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Mini Grant
Start Date:	02/2014

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Leung VYL

Project Title:	Characterization of intervertebral disc-specific transcription factors in development and degeneration
Investigator(s):	Leung VYL, Cheung KMC
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	05/2012
Completion Date:	10/2013

Project Title:	The 4th International Congress on Craniofacial Osteobiology & Distraction (ICCOD) ; IVD Joint Regeneration: Lesson From Stem Cell Studies
Investigator(s):	Leung VYL
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	05/2014
Completion Date:	05/2014

List of Research Outputs

HUANG Y., Xiao J., Lu W.W., Leung V.Y.L. and Luk K.D.K., Healing of the bone-bone interface in lumbar intervertebral disc allograft transplantation in a goat model, 41st Annual Meeting of International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Seoul, Korea, June 3-7, 2014.

Leung V.Y.L., Editorial Board, Annals of Orthopedics & Rheumatology. 2014.

Leung V.Y.L., Editorial Board, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery. 2014.

Leung V.Y.L., IVD Joint Regeneration: Lesson From Stem Cell Studies, The 4th International Congress on Craniofacial Osteobiology & Distraction (ICCOD), Maldives. 2014.

Leung V.Y.L., Huang S.S., Cheung K.M.C. and Peng S.L., Intervertebral disc degeneration and its relation to osteoporosis, 骨椎间盘退变与骨质疏松关系科学, In: Ling QIN, Orthopaedic Science. 骨内科学, People's Medical Publishing House Co., 2013.

Leung V.Y.L., Towards intervertebral disc repair: insights from stem cell studies, World Congress of the International Cartilage Repair Society, Izmir. 2013.

Li Y.Y., Diao H., Chik T.K., Chow S.T., An X., Leung V.Y.L., Cheung K.M.C. and Chan B.P., Delivering mesenchymal stem cells in collagen microsphere carriers to rabbit degenerative disc - Reduced osteophyte formation., . Tissue Engineering Part A . 2014, 20(9-10): 1379-1391.

Lim F.L., Tam W.K., Au Y.K., Chan D., Cheah K.S.E., Tuan R.S., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., Cadherin 2 is required for intervertebral disc homeostasis and maintenance of vacuolated phenotype in nucleus pulposus cells, World Forum for Spine Research, Xian, China, May15-17 2014.

Luk K.D.K., HUANG Y., Xiao J., Lu W.W. and Leung V.Y.L., Long-term in vivo kinematics of the lumbar intervertebral disc transplantation in a goat model, Eurospine 2013, Liverpool, UK, October 2-4, 2013.

Lv F., SUN Y., LIM F.L., ZHOU L., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., Association of Macrophage Metalloelastase MMP12 with Intervertebral Disc Degeneration., The 9th Pan Pacific Connective Tissue Research. 2013.

Lv F., SUN Y., ZHOU L., Lu M., Chan D., Zheng Z., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., Best Participation Award, World Forum for Spine Research, Xian, China, May 2014. 2014.

Lv F., Tuan R.S., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., Concise review: the surface markers and identity of human mesenchymal stem cells, Stem Cells. 2014, 6: 1408-19.

Lv F., Watt S., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., Different Tendencies of Human Bone Marrow and Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells. , The 7th Pan Pacific Stem Cell and Cancer Research Symposium. 2014.

Lv F., Leung V.Y.L., Huang S., HUANG Y., SUN Y. and Cheung K.M.C., In Search of Nucleus Pulposus Specific Molecular Markers, Rheumatology. 2014, 53(4): 600-10.

Lv F., SUN Y., ZHOU L., Lu M., Zheng Z., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., The Potential of Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Intervertebral Disc Repair., Global Spine Journal. 2014, 4: po.075.

Lv F., Sun Y., ZHOU L., Lu M.M., Zheng Z.M., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., The Potential of Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Intervertebral Disc Repair, World Forum for Spine Research, Xian, China, May 15-17 2014.

Tam W.K., De Vries K., Cheung K.M.C., Zhou G.Q. and Leung V.Y.L., Hif-αs modulation of Sox9-dependent extracellular matrix production: insight into intervertebral disc cell activity under hypoxia, World Forum for Spine Research, Xian, China, May 15-17 2014.

Yim R., Lee J., Bow H.Y.C., Meij B., Leung V.Y.L., Cheung K.M.C., Vavken P. and Samartzis D., The safety and efficacy of mesenchymal stem cells for prevention or regeneration of intervertebral disc degeneration: a systematic review and meta-analyses, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Yuen G.W.Y., Tam V., Leung V.Y.L., Chan D., Lau T.W., Lu W.W. and Leung F.K.L., Defective TGF beta signaling in bisphosphonates associated atypical femoral diaphyseal fracture, The 3rd Scientific Meeting of the Asian Federation of Osteoporosis Societies. 2013.

Researcher : Leung YL

Project Title:	Characterization of intervertebral disc-specific transcription factors in development and degeneration
Investigator(s):	Leung VYL, Cheung KMC
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	05/2012
Completion Date:	10/2013

Project Title:	The 4th International Congress on Craniofacial Osteobiology & Distraction (ICCOD) ; IVD Joint Regeneration: Lesson From Stem Cell Studies
Investigator(s):	Leung VYL
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	05/2014
Completion Date:	05/2014

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Leung YLV

Project Title:	Characterization of intervertebral disc-specific transcription factors in development and degeneration
Investigator(s):	Leung VYL, Cheung KMC
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	05/2012
Completion Date:	10/2013

Project Title:	The 4th International Congress on Craniofacial Osteobiology & Distraction (ICCOD) ; IVD Joint Regeneration: Lesson From Stem Cell Studies
Investigator(s):	Leung VYL
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	05/2014
Completion Date:	05/2014

List of Research Outputs

Sun Y., Tsui Y.K., Masuda K.D.K., Kao R.Y.T., Chan D., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung Y.L.V., Intervening Intervertebral Disc Degeneration By Small Molecules That Positively Modulate Proteoglycan Production, 60th Annual Meeting of Orthopaedic Research Society, 15-18 Mar 2014, New Orleans, USA. 2014.

Tam V., Rogers I., Chan D., Leung Y.L.V. and Cheung K.M.C., A comparison of intravenous and intradiscal delivery of multipotential stem cells on the healing of injured intervertebral disk, Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 2014, 32: 819-825.

Researcher : Li WK

List of Research Outputs

Zhao Y., Jamesh M.I., Li W.K., Wu G., Wang C., Zheng Y., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Enhanced antimicrobial properties, cytocompatibility, and corrosion resistance of plasma-modified biodegradable magnesium alloys, Acta Biomaterialia. 2014, 10(1): 544-556.

Researcher : Lim FL

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Liu X

List of Research Outputs

Li P., Zhang X., Xu R., Wang W., Liu X., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Electrochemically Deposited Chitosan/Ag Complex Coatings on Biomedical NiTi Alloy for Antibacterial Application, Surface and Coatings Technology. 2013.

Li P., Li L., Wang W., Jin W., Liu X., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Enhanced corrosion resistance and hemocompatibility of biomedical NiTi alloy by atmospheric-pressure plasma polymerized fluorine-rich coating, Applied Surface Science. 2014, 297: 109-115.

Weng Z., Guo H., Liu X., Wu S., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Nanostructured TiO2 for energy conversion and storage, RSC Advances. 2013, 3(47): 24758-24775.

Wu S., Liu X., Yeung K.W.K., Liu C. and Yang X., Biomimetic porous scaffolds for bone tissue engineering, Materials Science and Engineering R: Reports. 2014, 80(1): 1-36.

Wu S., Liu X., Wu G., Yeung K.W.K., Zheng D., Chung C.Y., Xu Z.S. and Chu P.K., Wear mechanism and tribological characteristics of porous NiTi shape memory alloy for bone scaffold, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A. 2013, 101 A(9): 2586-2601.

Researcher : Lu WW

Project Title:	Optimization and commercialization of strontium containing bioactive bone cement for various orthopaedic applications
Investigator(s):	Lu WW, Chan WK, Chiu PKY, Luk KDK, Ngan AHW
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Guangdong-Hong Kong Technology Cooperation Funding Scheme
Start Date:	04/2007

Project Title:	Optimization and commercialization of strontium containing bioactive bone cement for various orthopaedic applications
Investigator(s):	Lu WW
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Innovation and Technology Fund Internship Programme
Start Date:	12/2009

Project Title:	Role of Strontium-calcium Silicate -A Novel Biomaterial in the Regeneration of Osteoporotic Bone - An In-vivo/vitro study
Investigator(s):	Lu WW, Pan H, Wen C, Li Z
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme
Start Date:	12/2010

Project Title:	Bone Microstructure and Mechanics in Response to Different Timing of Strontium Treatment Initiation in Ovariectomized Rats
Investigator(s):	Lu WW
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:	07/2011

Project Title:	the 8th tri-annual Combined Meeting of Orthopaedic Research Societies - CORS 2013 ; An In vivo observation of Microenvironment pH of biomaterials in bone defect repair model.
Investigator(s):	Lu WW
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	10/2013
Completion Date:	10/2013

Project Title:	Identification of Early Biomarker Of Osteoarthritis - Nanomechanical Characterization of Individual Collagen Fibrils of the Articular Cartilage
Investigator(s):	Lu WW, Chiu PKY, Wen C
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2014

List of Research Outputs

HUANG Y., Xiao J., Lu W.W., Leung V.Y.L. and Luk K.D.K., Healing of the bone-bone interface in lumbar intervertebral disc allograft transplantation in a goat model, 41st Annual Meeting of International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Seoul, Korea, June 3-7, 2014.

Kuang G., Yau W.P., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Use of a strontium-enriched calcium phosphate cement in accelerating the healing of soft tissue tendon graft whtin the bone tunnel in a rabbit anterior cruciate liagment reconstruction model, Bone and Joint Journal. 2013, 95B: 923-928.

Kuang G., Yau W.P., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Use of a strontium-enriched calcium phosphate cement in accelerating the healing of soft tissue tendon graft within the bone tunnel in a rabbit anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction model, The Bone and Joint Journal. 2013, 95-B: 923-928.

LUO Q., Lu W.W., Lau T.W. and Leung F.K.L., Development of an animal fracture model for evaluation of cement augmentation femoroplasty, BioResearch Open Access. 2014.

Luk K.D.K., HUANG Y., Xiao J., Lu W.W. and Leung V.Y.L., Long-term in vivo kinematics of the lumbar intervertebral disc transplantation in a goat model, Eurospine 2013, Liverpool, UK, October 2-4, 2013.

QIU Y., Yan C.H., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Finite Element Analysis In Repairing Distal Femoral Bone Loss In Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 37.

QIU Y., Yan C.H., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., The Role Of Cemented And Press-fit Stem Extension In Repair Tibial Bone Defect In Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty — A Finite Element Analysis, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 2.

Qiu Y.Y., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Finite element analysis in design of orthopaedic implants for repairing tibial bone defects in revision total knee arthroplasty, Chinese Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 2013, 15: 18-22.

Qiu Y.Y., Yan C.H., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., The fole of cemented and press-fit stem extension in repair tibial bone defect in revision total knee arthroplasty - a finite element analysis, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Tang B., FONG M.K., Wen C., Yan C.H., Chan D., Ngan A.H.W., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Nanostiffness of Collagen Fibrils Extracted From Osteoarthritic Cartilage Characterized with AFM Nanoindentation, Soft Materials. 2014, 12: 253-261.

Wen C., Cho L., Pei S., Olive B., Chung S.K., Xu A.M., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Development of osteoarthritis-like changes in transgenic endothelin-1 over-expressed mice, 13th International Conference on Endothelin (ET-13) in Tokyo, Japan . 2013.

Wen C., Wong K.L., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Differential microstructure and mechanical competence of trabecular bone in knee osteoarthritis in presence or absence of subchondral cysts, 8th Combined Meeting of Orthopaedic Research Societies in San Servolo, Venice, Italy. 2013.

Wen C., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Importance of subchondral bone in pathogenesis and management of osteoarthritis - from bed to bench. , Journal of Orthopaedic Translation. 2014, 2: 16-25.

Wen C., Tang B., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Is nano-mechanical properties of individual collagent fibrils extracted from articular cartilage associated with subchondral bone metabolism? - An AFM nanoindentation study, The 6th WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering in Beijing, China. 2013.

Wen C., Yan C.H., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Microstructural transition and mechanical incompetence of trabecular bone around subchondral cyst in knee osteoarthritis, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 39.

Wong K.L., Wen C., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Mechanical incompetence of subchondral bone with cystic lesion formation in advanced knee osteoarthritis, The 6th WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering in Beijing, China. 2013.

Yao J., Wen C., Cheung J.T., Zhang M., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Lu W.W. and Fan Y.B., Effect of tibial drill-guide angle on mechanical environment at bone tunnel aperture after anatomic single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. , International Orthopaedics . 2014, 38: 973-981.

Yau W.P., Kuang G., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Use of Strontium-enriched Bioactive Bone Cement in Enhancing Tendon Osteointegration in a Rabbit Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Model, 33rd Annual Congress of Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

Yau W.P., Kuang G., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Use of strontium-enriched bioactive bone cement in enhancing tendon osteo-integration in a rabbit anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction model, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Yuen G.W.Y., Tam V., Leung V.Y.L., Chan D., Lau T.W., Lu W.W. and Leung F.K.L., Defective TGF beta signaling in bisphosphonates associated atypical femoral diaphyseal fracture, The 3rd Scientific Meeting of the Asian Federation of Osteoporosis Societies. 2013.

Researcher : Luk KDK

Project Title:	Provision of individualized biomechanical and electrophysiological service for occupational low back disorder patients
Investigator(s):	Luk KDK, Lu WW, Hu Y
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	S.K. Yee Medical Foundation - General Award
Start Date:	12/2003

Project Title:	Plasticity of Chronically Compressive Spinal Cord After Surgical Decompression - A fMRI Study
Investigator(s):	Luk KDK, Hu Y, Wen C
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2012

Project Title:	Nutritional pathways assessment for allograft disc regeneration: an in vivo MRI study
Investigator(s):	Luk KDK, Anthony M, Hu Y, Kim M
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2013

List of Research Outputs

Chan C.C.Y., Chan D., Tanner J.A., Luk K.D.K. and Cheah K.S.E., Dosage-dependent requirement of sedlin component of the TRAPP complex in mouse embryonic development, 9th Pan Pacific Connective Tissue Societies Symposium, Hong Kong . 2013.

Chan S.L., Cheung K.M.C. and Luk K.D.K., A Correlation Study Between In-brace Correction, Compliance To Spinal Orthosis And Health-related Quality Of Life Of Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis , In: Theodoros B Grivas, Scoliosis. BioMed Central, 2014, 9.

Chang K.C., Samartzis D., Fuego S.M., Dhatt S.S., Wong Y.W., Cheung W.Y., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., The effect of excision of the posterior arch of C1 on C1/C2 fusion using transarticular screws, Bone Joint J. 2013, 95-B(7): 972-6.

Chik T.K., CHOOI W.H., Li Y.Y., Ho F.C., Cheng H.W., Choy T.H.A., Sze K.Y., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Chan B.P., Bioengineering a multi-component spinal motion segment (SMS) construct – A 3D model for complex tissue engineering, Adv. Heathcare Mater. 2014.

Chik T.K., CHOOI W.H., Cheng H.W., Choy T.H.A., Sze K.Y., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Chan B.P., Engineering a multi-component spinal motion segment-like construct from mesenchymal stem cells., World Forum for Spine Research. May 15-17, 2014, Xi’an, China. . 2014, Page S35.

Chik T.K., CHOOI W.H., Choy T.H.A., Sze K.Y., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Chan B.P., Fabrication of multi-component spinal motion segment-like construct using mesenchymal stem cells and collagen. , TERMIS-AP 2013 Annual Conference. October 23-26, 2013, Shanghai-Wuzhen, P. R. China. . 2013, S30-O-1(page 252).

Ding Y., Ruan D.K., Luk K.D.K., He Q. and Wang C.F., The effect of gamma irradiation on the biological properties of intervertebral disc allografts: in vitro and in vivo studies in a beagle model, PLOS ONE. 2014, 9(6): e100304.

Fong D.Y.T., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Wong Y.W., Scoliosis screaning for school children, In: Bradley McPherson, Carlie J. Driscoll, School Health Screening Systems. 2014.

HUANG Y., Xiao J., Lu W.W., Leung V.Y.L. and Luk K.D.K., Healing of the bone-bone interface in lumbar intervertebral disc allograft transplantation in a goat model, 41st Annual Meeting of International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Seoul, Korea, June 3-7, 2014.

Hu Y., Kwok W.L., TSE Y.H.J. and Luk K.D.K., Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Somatosensory Tract in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy and Its Link with Electrophysiological Evaluation, Spine J. 2014, 14(6): 1049-56.

Hu Y., Kwok W.L., TSE Y.H.J. and Luk K.D.K., Time-varying surface electromyography topography as a prognostic tool for chronic low back pain rehabilitation, The Spine Journal. 2014, 14: 1049-1056.

Kamath V.H.D., Cheung J.P.Y., Mak K.C., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Antimicrobial prophylaxis to prevent surgical site infection in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion - 2 doses vs antibiotics till drain removal, 34th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress, Hyderabad, India, October 17-19, 2013.

Kamath V.H.D., Cheung J.P.Y., Mak K.C., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Strategies to decrease perioperative blood loss in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion - judicious use of drains, planned surgical procedure, factors influencing intraoperative blood loss, 34th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress, Hyderabad, India, October 17-19, 2013.

LI X., CUI J., Mak K.C., Luk K.D.K. and Hu Y., Potential use of diffusion tensor imaging in level diagnosis of multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy., Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014, 39: E615-22.

LI X., CUI J., Mak K.C., Luk K.D.K. and Hu Y., Potential use of diffusion tensor imaging in level diagnosis of multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy, Spine. 2014, 14: 1049-1056.

LI Y., Samartzis D., Campbell D., Cheung K.M.C., Luk K.D.K., Karppinen J., Cheah K.S.E., Chan D. and Sham P.C., Best Short Talk Award, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc - from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation, Xian, PR China, May 15-17, 2014. 2014.

LI Y., Samartzis D., Campbell D., Cheung K.M.C., Luk K.D.K., Karppinen J., Cheah K.S.E., Chan D. and Sham P.C., Comprehensive analysis of MRI-phenotypes provides new insights into lumbar disc degeneration for genetic studies, 41st Annual Meeting of International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Seoul, Korea, June 3-7, 2014.

Labelle H., Richards S.B., De Kleuver M., Grivas T.B., Luk K.D.K., Wong H.K., Thometz J., Beausejour M., Turgeon I. and Fong D.Y.T., Screening for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: an information statement by the scoliosis research society international task force, Scoliosis. 2013, 8: 17.

Li Y., Samartzis D., Campbell D., Cheung K.M.C., Luk K.D.K., Karppinen J.I., Cheah K.S.E., Chan D. and Sham P.C., Comprehensive Analysis of MRI-Phenotypes Provides New Insights into Lumbar Disc Degeneration for Genetic Studies, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Li Y., Samartzis D., Campbell D., Cheung K.M.C., Luk K.D.K., Karppinen J.I., Cheah K.S.E., Chan D. and Sham P.C., Comprehensive analaysis of MRI-phenotypes provides new insights into lumbar disc degeneration for genetic studies, 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Londono D., Kou I., Johnson T.A., Sharma S., Ogura Y., Tsunoda T., Takahashi A., Matsumoto M., Herring J.A., Lam T.P., Wang X., Tam E.M., Song Y., Fan Y., Chan D., Cheah K.S.E., Qiu X., Jiang H., Huang D., Japanese Scoliosis Clinical Research Group ,., TSRHC IS Clinical Group ,., the International Consortium for Scoliosis Genetics ,., Su P., Sham P.C., Cheung K.M.C., Luk K.D.K., Gordon D., Qiu Y. and Cheng J., Tang N., Ikegawa S., Wise C.A., A meta-analysis identifies adolescent idiopathic scoliosis association with LBX1 locus in multiple ethnic groups. , J Med Genet. . 2014, 51: 401-406.

Luk K.D.K., Saw L.B., Grozman S., Cheung K.M.C. and Samartzis D., 2013 Outstanding Paper Runner-Up, The Spine Journal. 2014.

Luk K.D.K., A new DRU (distal radius and ulna) classifications for assessing skeletal maturity in scoliosis management, 11th Bone and Joint Surgical Technology Developmental Form - Spine Surgery Symposium, Beijing, PR China, May 23-25, 2014.

Luk K.D.K., AIS surgery: hump correction. Correction by decoupling, 9th APSS Congress, 9th APOA Paediatric Section Congress and 5th APOA Infection Section Scientific Meeting, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, August 29-31, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., Anterior and posterior surgical approaches to the spine, 10th Congress of the African Society of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery and 7th Annual Scientific Conference of the Kenya Orthopaedic Association, Nairobi, Kenya, July 2-5, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., Saw L.B., Grozman S., Cheung K.M.C. and Samartzis D., Assessment of skeletal maturity in scoliosis patients to determine clinical management: a new classification scheme using distal radius and ulna radiographs, Spine J. 2014, 14(2): 315-25.

Luk K.D.K., Law T.K., Khong P.L., Anthony M. and Samartzis D., Assessment of the neurocentral synchondrosis in pediatric spines and the "developmental" etiology of Schmorl's nodes, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Luk K.D.K., Cervical myelopathy and radiculopathy - clinical assessment and surgical treatment, 10th Congress of the African Society of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery and 7th Annual Scientific Conference of the Kenya Orthopaedic Association, Nairobi, Kenya, July 2-5, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., Congenital scoliosis - management overview, 8th International Congress of Chinese Orthopaedic Association, Beijing, PR China, November 7-10, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., Congenital scoliosis, 10th Congress of the African Society of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery and 7th Annual Scientific Conference of the Kenya Orthopaedic Association, Nairobi, Kenya, July 2-5, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., Early onset scoliosis, 33rd Annual Meeting of the Israel Orthopaedic Association, Tel Aviv, Israel, November 27-29, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., En bloc vertebrectomy - how I do it, 10th Congress of the African Society of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery and 7th Annual Scientific Conference of the Kenya Orthopaedic Association, Nairobi, Kenya, July 2-5, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., Evaluation of the scoliosis patient, 10th Congress of the African Society of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery and 7th Annual Scientific Conference of the Kenya Orthopaedic Association, Nairobi, Kenya, July 2-5, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., Grade 1 degenerative listhesis - fuse or not to fuse?, 34th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress, Hyderabad, India, October 17-19, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., Growing rods - so many types; how to choose an appropriate one?, APSS 2013 Spine Operative Course, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, August 27-28, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., HUANG Y., Xiao J., Lu W.W. and Leung V.Y.L., Long-term in vivo kinematics of the lumbar intervertebral disc transplantation in a goat model, Eurospine 2013, Liverpool, UK, October 2-4, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., Magnetic growing rod system, 34th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress, Hyderabad, India, October 17-19, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., Management strategies in congenital scoliosis, APSS Operative Spine Course, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 29-31, 2014.

Luk K.D.K., Wong Y.W., Cheung K.M.C. and Samartzis D., Mean 34 years follow-up of severe angular kyphosis from tuberculosis of the spine: bad prognosis for paraparesis of late disease , Eurospine 2013, Liverpool, UK, October 2-4, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., Neck pain - assessment and treatment, 10th Congress of the African Society of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery and 7th Annual Scientific Conference of the Kenya Orthopaedic Association, Nairobi, Kenya, July 2-5, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., Ortho and neuro spine: competition or cooperation, 9th APSS Congress, 9th APOA Paediatric Section Congress and 5th APOA Infection Section Scientific Meeting, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, August 29-31, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., Paraplegia of late disease in TB spine, 33rd Annual Meeting of the Israel Orthopaedic Association, Tel Aviv, Israel, November 27-29, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., Pathomechanism in spondylolisthesis and rationale for surgical treatment, 10th Congress of the African Society of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery and 7th Annual Scientific Conference of the Kenya Orthopaedic Association, Nairobi, Kenya, July 2-5, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., Patterns of degenerative disc disease and its clinical relevance, 33rd Annual Meeting of the Israel Orthopaedic Association, Tel Aviv, Israel, November 27-29, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., LI X., CUI J., Mak K.C. and Hu Y., Potential use of diffusion tensor imaging for level determination in multi-level cervical spondylotic myelopathy, Eurospine 2013, Liverpool, UK, October 2-4, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., Recent evidence for screening and bracing in AIS, 2nd Guangzhou International Spinal Deformity Summit Forum, Guangzhou, PR China, December 14-15, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., Screening and bracing, 8th International Congress of Chinese Orthopaedic Association, Beijing, PR China, November 7-10, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., Subspecialty development, 34th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress, Hyderabad, India, October 17-19, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., The present status of bracing in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, 33rd Annual Meeting of the Israel Orthopaedic Association, Tel Aviv, Israel, November 27-29, 2013.

Luk K.D.K., Young surgeons and SICOT, 34th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress, Hyderabad, India, October 17-19, 2013.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Best Paper - Prediction of future first-time low back pain based on baseline MRI findings, North American Spine Society. 2013.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Ala-Korpela M., Soininen P., Kangas A.J., Chan D., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Best Paper Basic Science Award - Identification of novel serum "metabolomic" biomarkers related to the development of lumbar disc degeneration, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. Hong Kong. . 2013.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Body mass index and its association with lumbar disc herniation and sciatica: a large-scale, population-based study, 41st Annual Meeting of International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Seoul, Korea, June 3-7, 2014.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Body mass index and its association with lumbar disc herniation and sciatica: a large-scale, population-based study, 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Body mass index and its association with lumbar disc herniation and sciatica: a large-scale, population-based study, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Samartzis D., Rajasekaran S., Kawaguchi Y., Acharya S., Kawakami M., Satoh S., Chen W., Park C., Lee C., Foocharoen T., Nagashima H., Kuh S., Zheng Z., Condor R., Ito M., Iwasaki M., Jeong J.H., Luk K.D.K., Prijambodo B., Rege A., Jahng T., Luo Z., Tassanawipas W./.A., Acharya N., Pokharel R., Shen Y., Ito T., Zhang Z., Aithala J., Kumar G.V., Jabir R.A., Basu S., Li B., Moudgil V., Sham P.L.M. and Williams R., Facet joint tropism and degenerative spondylolisthesis – a study from the AOSAP Research Collaboration, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Samartzis D., Bow H.Y.C., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K., Cheung B.M.Y. and Cheung K.M.C., Family history of low back pain is a significant predictor of pain and disability between extreme stages of lumbar disc degeneration, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Samartzis D., Bow H.Y.C., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K., Cheung B.M.Y. and Cheung K.M.C., Hypertension is independently associated with lumbar disc degeneration: a large-scale population-based study, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Ala-Korpela M., Soininen P., Kangas A.J., Chan D., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Identification of novel serum "metabolomic" biomarkers related to the development of lumbar disc degeneration, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. Hong Kong, 2013.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Prediction of future first-time low back pain based on baseline MRI findings, 28th Annual Meeting of the North American Spine Society. New Orleans, USA, 2013.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Prediction of future first-time low back pain based on baseline MRI findings, 41st Annual Meeting of International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Seoul, Korea, June 3-7, 2014.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Prediction of future first-time low back pain based on baseline MRI findings, 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Song Y., Karasugi T., Cheung K.M.C., Chiba K., Ho D.W.H., Miyake A., Kao P.Y.P., Sze K.L., Yee F.Y.A., Takahashi A., Kawaguchi Y., Mikami Y., Matsumoto M., Togawa D., Kanayama M., Shi D., Dai J., Jiang Q., Wu C., Tian W., Wang N., Leong J.C.Y., Luk K.D.K., Yip S.P., Cherny S.S., Wang J.J., Mundlos S., Kelempisioti A., Eskola P.J., Mannikko M., Makela P., Karppinen J., Jarvelin M.R., O'Reilly P.F., Kubo M., Kimura T., Kubo T., Toyoma Y., Mizuta H., Cheah K.S.E., Tsunoda T., Sham P.C., Ikegawa S. and Chan D., Lumbar disc degeneration is linked to a carbohydrate sulfotransferase 3 variant., J. Clin. Invest . 2013, 123: 4909-4917.

Stokes O.M. and Luk K.D.K., The current status of bracing for patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, Bone and Joint Journal. 2013, 95B: 1308-1316.

Wen C., CUI J., Liu H., Mak K.C., Cheung W.Y., Luk K.D.K. and Hu Y., Is Diffusion Anisotropy A Biomarker for Disease Severity and Surgical Prognosis of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy? , Radiology. 2014, 270: 197-204.

Williams R., Rajasekaran S., Kawaguchi Y., Acharya S., Kawakami M., Satoh S., Chen W., Park C., Lee C., Foocharoen T., Nagashima H., Kuh S., Zheng Z., Condor R., Ito M., Iwasaki M., Jeong J.H., Luk K.D.K., Prijambodo B., Rege A., Jahng T., Luo Z., Tassanawipas W./.A., Acharya N., Pokharel R., Shen Y., Ito T., Zhang Z., Aithala J., Kumar G.V., Jabir R.A., Basu S., Li B., Moudgil V., Sham P.L.M. and Samartzis D., Lumbar facet joint orientation in degenerative spondylolisthesis – the role of ethnic variation in the Asia Pacific, 41st Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Williams R., Rajasekaran S., Kawaguchi Y., Acharya S., Kawakami M., Satoh S., Chen W., Park C., Lee C., Foocharoen T., Nagashima H., Kuh S., Zheng Z., Condor R., Ito M., Iwasaki M., Jeong J.H., Luk K.D.K., Prijambodo B., Rege A., Jahng T., Luo Z., Tassanawipas W./.A., Acharya N., Pokharel R., Shen Y., Ito T., Zhang Z., Aithala J., Kumar G.V., Jabir R.A., Basu S., Li B., Moudgil V., Sham P.L.M. and Samartzis D., Lumbar facet joint orientation in degenerative spondylolisthesis: the role of ethnic variation in Asia Pacific – a study from the AOSAP Research Collaboration, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Williams R., Rajasekaran S., Kawaguchi Y., Acharya S., Kawakami M., Satoh S., Chen W.J., Park C.K., Lee C.S., Foocharoen T., Nagashima H., Kuh S., Zheng Z.M., Condor R., Ito M., Iwasaki I., Jeong J.H., Luk K.D.K., Prijambodo B., Rege A., Jahng T.A., Luo Z.J., Tassanawipas W.A., Acharya N., Pokharel R., Shen Y., Ito T., Zhang Z.H., Aithala J., Kumar G.V., Jabir R.A., Basu S., Li B.J., Moudgil V., Sham P.L.M. and Samartzis D., Lumbar facet joint orientation in degenerative spondylolisthesis: the role of ethnic variation in Asia Pacific, 41st Annual Meeting of International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Seoul, Korea, June 3-7, 2014.

Wong H.M., Zhao Y., Tam V., Wu S., Chu P.K., Zheng Y., To M.K.T., Leung F.K.L., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., In vivo stimulation of bone formation by aluminum and oxygen plasma surface-modified magnesium implants, Biomaterials. 2013, 34: 9863-76.

Wong H.M., Zhao Y., Tam V., Wu S., Chu P.K., Zheng Y., To M.K.T., Leung F.K.L., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., Invivo stimulation of bone formation by aluminum and oxygen plasma surface-modified magnesium implants, Biomaterials. 2013, 34(38): 9863-9876.

Wong H.M., Wu S.L., Chu P.K., Cheng S.H., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., Low-modulus Mg/PCL bone substitute for osteoporotic fracture fixation, Biomaterials. 2013, 34(29): 7016-7032.

Wong H.M., Wu S., Chu P.K., Cheng S.H., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., Low-modulus Mg/PCL hybrid bone substitute for osteoporotic fracture fixation, Biomaterials. 2013, 34(29): 7016-7032.

Researcher : Lv F

Project Title:	Comparative analysis of the effect of bone marrow and umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells in intervertebral disc repair
Investigator(s):	Lv F, Cheung KMC, Leung VYL
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	05/2013

List of Research Outputs

Lv F., SUN Y., LIM F.L., ZHOU L., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., Association of Macrophage Metalloelastase MMP12 with Intervertebral Disc Degeneration., The 9th Pan Pacific Connective Tissue Research. 2013.

Lv F., SUN Y., ZHOU L., Lu M., Chan D., Zheng Z., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., Best Participation Award, World Forum for Spine Research, Xian, China, May 2014. 2014.

Lv F., Tuan R.S., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., Concise review: the surface markers and identity of human mesenchymal stem cells, Stem Cells. 2014, 6: 1408-19.

Lv F., Watt S., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., Different Tendencies of Human Bone Marrow and Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells. , The 7th Pan Pacific Stem Cell and Cancer Research Symposium. 2014.

Lv F., Leung V.Y.L., Huang S., HUANG Y., SUN Y. and Cheung K.M.C., In Search of Nucleus Pulposus Specific Molecular Markers, Rheumatology. 2014, 53(4): 600-10.

Lv F., SUN Y., ZHOU L., Lu M., Zheng Z., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., The Potential of Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Intervertebral Disc Repair., Global Spine Journal. 2014, 4: po.075.

Lv F., Sun Y., ZHOU L., Lu M.M., Zheng Z.M., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., The Potential of Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Intervertebral Disc Repair, World Forum for Spine Research, Xian, China, May 15-17 2014.

Researcher : Mak KC

List of Research Outputs

Kamath V.H.D., Cheung J.P.Y., Mak K.C., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Antimicrobial prophylaxis to prevent surgical site infection in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion - 2 doses vs antibiotics till drain removal, 34th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress, Hyderabad, India, October 17-19, 2013.

Kamath V.H.D., Cheung J.P.Y., Mak K.C., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Strategies to decrease perioperative blood loss in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion - judicious use of drains, planned surgical procedure, factors influencing intraoperative blood loss, 34th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress, Hyderabad, India, October 17-19, 2013.

LI X., CUI J., Mak K.C., Luk K.D.K. and Hu Y., Potential use of diffusion tensor imaging in level diagnosis of multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy., Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014, 39: E615-22.

LI X., CUI J., Mak K.C., Luk K.D.K. and Hu Y., Potential use of diffusion tensor imaging in level diagnosis of multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy, Spine. 2014, 14: 1049-1056.

Luk K.D.K., LI X., CUI J., Mak K.C. and Hu Y., Potential use of diffusion tensor imaging for level determination in multi-level cervical spondylotic myelopathy, Eurospine 2013, Liverpool, UK, October 2-4, 2013.

Wen C., CUI J., Liu H., Mak K.C., Cheung W.Y., Luk K.D.K. and Hu Y., Is Diffusion Anisotropy A Biomarker for Disease Severity and Surgical Prognosis of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy? , Radiology. 2014, 270: 197-204.

Researcher : Ng FY

List of Research Outputs

Chan P.K., Lee C.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y. and Yan C.H., Blood Transfusion After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty In Hong Kong: Retrospective Review Of 11914 Patients, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 81.

Chan P.K., Lee C.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y. and Yan C.H., Blood transfusion after primary total knee arthroplasty in Hong Kong: Retrospective review f 11914 patients, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Chan P.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y. and Yan C.H., Bony ankylosis after total knee arthroplasty. A case report, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery. 2013.

Chan P.K., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Ng F.Y., Comparison Of Blood Transfusion Requirements Using Patient-specific Instruments, Conventional Instruments, And Computer Navigation In Total Knee Arthroplasty, Arthur Yau Award For Best Clinical Paper, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress 2013. 2013.

Chan P.K., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Ng F.Y., Comparison Of Blood Transfusion Requirements Using Patient-specific Instruments, Conventional Instruments, And Computer Navigation In Total Knee Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 6.

Chan V.W.K., Chan P.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Yan C.H. and Ng F.Y., Why Do Hong Kong Patients Need Total Hip Arthroplasty? An Analysis Of 529 Hips From 1998 – 2010, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 82.

Chan W.K.V., Chan P.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Yan C.H. and Ng F.Y., Why do Hong Kong patients need total hip arthroplasty? An analysis of 529 hips from 1998-2010?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Cheung A.Y.L., Yan C.H., Chan P.K., Ng F.Y. and Chiu P.K.Y., Linear Penetration Of Highly Cross-linked Polyethylene In Total Hip Arthroplasty For Chinese Patients Aged 40 Years Or Below, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 79.

Lam G., Yan C.H., Chan P.K., Ng F.Y. and Chiu P.K.Y., Survival Analysis Of Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty In A Teaching Hospital: A Study Of 977 Cases, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 76.

Lee H.L.R., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Antithrombotic Therapy In Patients Undergoing Joint Replacement Surgery — How Common Is It?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 35.

Lee H.L.R., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Antithrombotic therapy in patients undergoing joint replacement surgery - how common is it?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Lee H.L.R., Chiu P.K.Y., Yiu K.H., Ng F.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Perioperative Antithrombotic Management In Joint Replacement Surgeries, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2013, 19: 531-8.

Leung A.S.M., Chan P.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y. and Yan C.H., Heterotopic Ossification After Primary Total Hip Replacement, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 81.

Leung K.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Yan C.H., Ng F.Y. and Chan P.K., Venous Thromboembolism After Total Joint Replacement, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery. 2013, 21: 351-60.

Leung K.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Venous thromboembolism in total joint replacement patients, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery. 2013.

Ng F.Y., Fu C.H.H., Yan C.H., Chan P.K. and Chiu P.K.Y., A Novel Oral Chemoprophylactic Agent For Venous Thromboembolism After Total Knee Arthroplasty - Is It Safe?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 76.

Ng F.Y., Wang Q., Chiu P.K.Y. and Yan C.H., Anterior dislocation after total hip replacement - effects of pelvic rotation and hip ball size, Hip International. 2013, 23: 386-390.

Ng F.Y., Chiu P.K.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Does Patellar Resurfacing Decrease Incidence Of Patellar Crepitus After Total Knee Arthroplasty - Patellar Resurfacing Versus Non-resurfacing, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 75.

Ng F.Y., Yan C.H., Chan P.K. and Chiu P.K.Y., Is Mrsa Screening Necessary Before Elective Joint Replacement Surgery, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 77.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Fu C.H.H., A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing TruMatch Instrument With Conventional Instrument In Total Knee Arthroplasty, David Fang Trophy For The Best Paper On Adult Joint Reconstruction, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress 2013 . 2013.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Fu C.H.H., A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Trumatch Instrument And Conventional Instrument In Total Knee Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 6.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K., Fu C.H.H. and Fang C.X., A Trial Comparing Two Patient-specific Instrumentations In Total Knee Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 34.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Fang C.X. and Chan P.K., A randomized controlled trial comparing patient specific instrument with conventional instrument and computer navigation in total knee arthroplasty, The Eighth International Congress of Chinese Orthopaedic Association, Beijing, China. 2013.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Fang C.X., A randomized controlled trial comparing patient specific instruments with conventional instruments and computer navigation in total knee arthroplasty (published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage), Osteoarthritis Research Society International 2014 World Congress, Paris, France . 2014, 22 (supplement): S469.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Ng F.Y., Is it necessary to cement the tibial stem in Low Contact Stress (LCS) , The Eighth International Congress of Chinese Orthopaedic Association, Beijing, China. 2013.

Yan C.H., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Chiu P.K.Y., Polyethylene Wear Before And After Isolated Liner Exchange In Anatomic Medullary Locking Total Hip Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 36.

Yan C.H., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Chiu P.K.Y., The Linear Penetration Of Highly Cross-linked Polyethylene In Isolated Cemented Liner Exchange In Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 75.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Fang C.X., 比较全膝关节置换术中使用个体化工具，计算机导航及常规工具的随机对照试验, 中华医学会第十五届骨科学术会议暨第八届COA国际学术大会中青年优秀论文一等奖, 2013.

Yau R.C.H., Chan P.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Yan C.H. and Ng F.Y., Heterotopic Ossification After Total Knee Replacement. Is It An Issue?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 80.

Yee D.K.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y. and Yan C.H., Joint aspiration for diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections of hip and knee, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery. 2013.

Researcher : PENG W

List of Research Outputs

PENG W., Hu L., Zhang Z. and Hu Y., Changes of spontaneous oscillatory activity to tonic heat pain, PLoS One. 2014, 9(3): e91052.

Zhang L., PENG W., Zhang Z., Hu L. and Mouraux A., Distinct Features of Auditory Steady-State Responses as Compared to Transient Event-Related Potentials, PLoS ONE. 2013, 8: e69164.

Researcher : Pan H

Project Title:	Local pH: the key factor to affect the bioactivity of an implant
Investigator(s):	Pan H, Lu WW
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	01/2012

List of Research Outputs

Zhao Y., Wong S.M., Wong H.M., Pan H., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Improved in vitro and in vivo biocompatibility of dual plasma modified titanium alloy, Surface and Coatings Technology. 2013, 229: 130-134.

Researcher : Petnikota H

List of Research Outputs

To M.K.T., Petnikota H., Kuong E.E.Y.L. and Chow W., The Influence of Early Surgical Intervention in Patients with Perthes Disease, 33rd Annual Congress of Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

Researcher : QIU Y

List of Research Outputs

QIU Y., Yan C.H., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Finite Element Analysis In Repairing Distal Femoral Bone Loss In Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 37.

QIU Y., Yan C.H., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., The Role Of Cemented And Press-fit Stem Extension In Repair Tibial Bone Defect In Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty — A Finite Element Analysis, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 2.

QIU Y., Yan C.H., Yau W.P. and Chiu P.K.Y., Three Dimensional Acetabular Morphology In Chinese , The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 36.

Researcher : Qian W

List of Research Outputs

Mak H.K.F., Qian W., Ng K.S., Chan Q., Song Y., Chu L.W. and Yau K.K., Combination of MRI hippocampal volumetry and arterial spin labeling MR perfusion at 3-Tesla improves the efficacy in discriminating Alzheimer's disease from cognitively normal elderly adults, In: George Perry, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. IOS Press, 2014, 41: 749-758.

Qian W., Chan K.H., Kim M. and Mak H.K.F., Comparison of efficacy of diffusion kurtosis imaging in detection of occult brain damages in neuromyelitis optica and multiple sclerosis. , International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting and Exhibition, May 2014.

Researcher : SUN Y

List of Research Outputs

Lv F., SUN Y., LIM F.L., ZHOU L., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., Association of Macrophage Metalloelastase MMP12 with Intervertebral Disc Degeneration., The 9th Pan Pacific Connective Tissue Research. 2013.

Lv F., SUN Y., ZHOU L., Lu M., Chan D., Zheng Z., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., Best Participation Award, World Forum for Spine Research, Xian, China, May 2014. 2014.

Lv F., Leung V.Y.L., Huang S., HUANG Y., SUN Y. and Cheung K.M.C., In Search of Nucleus Pulposus Specific Molecular Markers, Rheumatology. 2014, 53(4): 600-10.

Lv F., SUN Y., ZHOU L., Lu M., Zheng Z., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., The Potential of Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Intervertebral Disc Repair., Global Spine Journal. 2014, 4: po.075.

Lv F., Sun Y., ZHOU L., Lu M.M., Zheng Z.M., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., The Potential of Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Intervertebral Disc Repair, World Forum for Spine Research, Xian, China, May 15-17 2014.

Sun Y., Tsui Y.K., Masuda K.D.K., Kao R.Y.T., Chan D., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung Y.L.V., Intervening Intervertebral Disc Degeneration By Small Molecules That Positively Modulate Proteoglycan Production, 60th Annual Meeting of Orthopaedic Research Society, 15-18 Mar 2014, New Orleans, USA. 2014.

Researcher : Samartzis D

Project Title:	The Role of Schmorls Nodes in Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
Investigator(s):	Samartzis D, Anthony M, Chan T, Cheung KMC, Luk KDK, Wu EX
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	10/2011

Project Title:	Spineweek 2012 MULTIPARAMETRIC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF NORMAL AND DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS "CLINICAL TRIAD" MANIFESTATIONS IN THE KLIPPEL-FEIL PATIENT AND THE ASSOCIATION WITH CONGENITALLY FUSED CERVICAL SEGMENTS A LARGE-SCALE POPULATION-BASED STUDY OF MODIC CHANGES OF THE LUMBAR SPINE CHEMICAL EXCHANGE SATURATION TRANSFER (CEST) AND T2 MAPPING IN SUBJECTS WITH INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION BASELINE MRI CHARACTERISTICS IN ASYMPTOMATIC SUBJECTS AS PREDICTORS FOR FUTURE FIRST-TIME LBP EPISODE
Investigator(s):	Samartzis D
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	05/2012

Project Title:	The Role of Ionizing Radiation Exposure in the Development of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration of the Lumbar Spine: a Prospective, Longitudinal Study
Investigator(s):	Samartzis D
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	06/2012

Project Title:	The Role of Adipokines in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration of the Lumbar Spine
Investigator(s):	Samartzis D, Chan D, Cheung BMY, Cheung KMC, Leung VYL, Luk KDK, Wang Y
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	10/2012

Project Title:	40th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS); SERUM METABOLOMIC BIOMARKERS AND LUMBAR DISC DEGENERATION /EPIDEMIOLOGY, DETERMINANTS, AND FUNCTIONAL STATUS OF SCIATICA: A LARGE-SCALE POPULATION-BASED STUDY IN CHINESE /THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS FOR PREVENTION OR REGENERATION OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW /FACET JOINT TROPISM AND DEGENERATIVE SPONDYLOLISTHESIS – A STUDY FROM THE AOSAP RESEARCH COLLABORATION
Investigator(s):	Samartzis D
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	05/2013

Project Title:	Metabonomics of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
Investigator(s):	Samartzis D, Chan D, Luk KDK, Cheung KMC
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	10/2013

Project Title:	41st Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS); Prediction of future first-time low back pain based on baseline MRI findings/Body Mass Index and its Association with Lumbar Disc Herniation and Sciatica: a Large-Scale, Population-Based Study/A large‐scale study of Modic changes in the lumbar spine: morphology and association with MRI phenotypes
Investigator(s):	Samartzis D
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2014

Project Title:	Pain perception in relation to disc degeneration and low back pain
Investigator(s):	Samartzis D, Cheung KMC, Bow HYC, Cheung CW
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	06/2014

List of Research Outputs

Chang K.C., Samartzis D., Fuego S.M., Dhatt S.S., Wong Y.W., Cheung W.Y., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., The effect of excision of the posterior arch of C1 on C1/C2 fusion using transarticular screws, Bone Joint J. 2013, 95-B(7): 972-6.

Chen Y.F., Zhang Y.Z., Zhang W.L., Luan G.N., Liu Z.H., Gao Y., Wan Z.Y., Sun Z., Zhu S., Samartzis D., Wang C.M., Wang H.Q. and Luo Z.J., Insights into the hallmarks of human nucleus pulposus cells with particular reference to cell viability, phagocytic potential and long process formation, Int J Med Sci. 2013, 10(13): 1805-16.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D. and Cheung K.M.C., A Novel Approach To Gradual Correction Of Severe Spinal Deformity In A Pediatric Patient Using The Magnetically-controlled Growing Rod, The Spine Journal. 2014.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Kao P.Y.P., Shigematsu H.I.D.E.K.I., Cheah K.S.E., Song Y., Sham P.C., Chan D. and Cheung K.M.C., AR Hodgson Award - Prediction of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Chinese: Findings from a Genome-wide Association Study, 33rd Annual Congress of The Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Shigematsu H. and Cheung K.M.C., Defining Clinically Relevant Values For Developmental Spinal Stenosis, Spine. 2014, 39: 1067-1076.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Shigematsu H. and Cheung K.M.C., Defining Clinically-relevant Values For Developmental Spinal Stenosis: A Large Scale Mri Study, 41st Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. 2014.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Shigematsu H. and Cheung K.M.C., Defining clinically relevant values for developmental spinal stenosis: a large-scale magnetic resonance imaging study, Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014, 39(13): 1067-76.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Shigematsu H. and Cheung K.M.C., Defining clinically-relevant values for developmental spinal stenosis: a large-scale MRI study, 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Shigematsu H. and Cheung K.M.C., Hong Kong Ambassador to 2013 New Zealand Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association/New Zealand Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Kao P.Y.P., Shigematsu H.I.D.E.K.I., Cheah K.S.E., Song Y., Sham P.C., Chan D. and Cheung K.M.C., Prediction of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Chinese: Findings from a Genome-wide Association Study (Awards session AR Hodgson Winner), 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Kao P.Y.P., Shigematsu H., Cheah K.S.E., Song Y., Sham P.C., Chan D. and Cheung K.M.C., Prediction of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Chinese: Findings from a Genome-wide Association StudyGenome-wide association study of Spinal Stenosis in Southern Chinese: The first of its kind, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. Hong Kong, 2013.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Shigematsu H. and Cheung K.M.C., Verifying and Defining Developmental Spinal Stenosis: An MRI based study, 2013 New Zealand Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting: Hong Kong Ambassador. 2013.

Cheung J.P.Y., Shigematsu H., Samartzis D. and Cheung K.M.C., Verifying and Defining Developmental Spinal Stenosis: An MRI-based Study (Gold Medal Winner), 2013 Prize for Best Original Research by Trainees, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. 2013.

Eichholz K.M., Nioguy S., Samartzis D. and Perez-Cruet M.J., Application of image guidance in minimally invasive spine surgery, In: Perez-Cruet, Mick J. and Khoo, Larry T. and Fessler, Richard G., An Anatomical Approach to Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. St. Louis, Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., 2014.

Eskola P.J., Mannikko M., Samartzis D. and Karppinen J.I., Genome-wide association studies of lumbar disc degeneration--are we there yet?, Spine J. 2014, 14(3): 479-82.

Johnson J.P. and Samartzis D., Anterior cervical foraminotomy, In: Perez-Cruet, Mick J. and Khoo, Larry T. and Fessler, Richard G., An Anatomical Approach to Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. St. Louis, Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., 2014.

LI Y., Samartzis D., Campbell D., Cheung K.M.C., Luk K.D.K., Karppinen J., Cheah K.S.E., Chan D. and Sham P.C., Best Short Talk Award, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc - from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation, Xian, PR China, May 15-17, 2014. 2014.

LI Y., Samartzis D., Campbell D., Cheung K.M.C., Luk K.D.K., Karppinen J., Cheah K.S.E., Chan D. and Sham P.C., Comprehensive analysis of MRI-phenotypes provides new insights into lumbar disc degeneration for genetic studies, 41st Annual Meeting of International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Seoul, Korea, June 3-7, 2014.

Law T.K., Anthony M., Chan Q., Samartzis D., Kim M., Cheung K.M.C. and Khong P.L., Ultrashort time-to-echo MRI of the cartilaginous endplate : technique and association with intervertebral disc degeneration, Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation. 2013, 57: 427-434.

Li Y., Samartzis D., Campbell D., Cheung K.M.C., Luk K.D.K., Karppinen J.I., Cheah K.S.E., Chan D. and Sham P.C., Comprehensive Analysis of MRI-Phenotypes Provides New Insights into Lumbar Disc Degeneration for Genetic Studies, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Li Y., Samartzis D., Campbell D., Cheung K.M.C., Luk K.D.K., Karppinen J.I., Cheah K.S.E., Chan D. and Sham P.C., Comprehensive analaysis of MRI-phenotypes provides new insights into lumbar disc degeneration for genetic studies, 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Liu Z.H., Sun Z., Wang H.Q., Ge J., Jiang T.S., Chen Y.F., Ma Y., Wang C., Hu S., Samartzis D. and Luo Z.J., FasL expression on human nucleus pulposus cells contributes to the immune privilege of intervertebral disc by interacting with immunocytes, Int J Med Sci. 2013, 10(8): 1053-60.

Luk K.D.K., Saw L.B., Grozman S., Cheung K.M.C. and Samartzis D., 2013 Outstanding Paper Runner-Up, The Spine Journal. 2014.

Luk K.D.K., Saw L.B., Grozman S., Cheung K.M.C. and Samartzis D., Assessment of skeletal maturity in scoliosis patients to determine clinical management: a new classification scheme using distal radius and ulna radiographs, Spine J. 2014, 14(2): 315-25.

Luk K.D.K., Law T.K., Khong P.L., Anthony M. and Samartzis D., Assessment of the neurocentral synchondrosis in pediatric spines and the "developmental" etiology of Schmorl's nodes, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Luk K.D.K., Wong Y.W., Cheung K.M.C. and Samartzis D., Mean 34 years follow-up of severe angular kyphosis from tuberculosis of the spine: bad prognosis for paraparesis of late disease , Eurospine 2013, Liverpool, UK, October 2-4, 2013.

Ma S., Shen F.H., Perez-Cruet M.J. and Samartzis D., Clinical outcome analyses, In: Perez-Cruet, Mick J. and Pimenta, Luiz and Beisse, Rudolf D and Kim, Daniel H., Minimally Invasive Spine Fusion: Techniques and Operative Nuances. St. Louis, Quality Medical Publishing, 2014.

Maata J., Karppinen J.I., Cheung K.M.C. and Samartzis D., The association of Modic changes and MRI phenotypes of the lumbar spine: a population-based study, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Maatta J., Cheung K.M.C., Karppinen J.I. and Samartzis D., A large-scale study of Modic changes in the lumbar spine: morphology and association with MRI phenotypes, 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Maatta J.M., Karppinen J.I., Cheung K.M.C. and Samartzis D., Best Poster Award - The association of Modic changes and MRI phenotypes of the lumbar spine: a population-based study. , World Forum for Spine Research: Intervertebral Disc - from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation, Xi'An, China . 2014.

Miller S.L., Willardson R., Coughlin D., Samartzis D. and Lotz J.C., Adipokines visfatin and adiponectin promote inflammatory phenotype for human nucleus pulposus cells, 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Perez-Cruet M.J., Samartzis D. and Fessler R.G., Microendoscopic cervical laminectomy, In: Perez-Cruet, Mick J. and Khoo, Larry T. and Fessler, Richard G., An Anatomical Approach to Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. St. Louis, Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., 2014.

Perez-Cruet M.J., Samartzis D. and Fessler R.G., Microendoscopic thoracic discectomy, In: Perez-Cruet, Mick J. and Khoo, Larry T. and Fessler, Richard G., An Anatomical Approach to Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. St. Louis, Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., 2014.

Samartzis D., Are discs painful ?, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Samartzis D., Are discs painful ?, World Forum for Spine Research: Intervertebral Disc - from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Best Paper - Prediction of future first-time low back pain based on baseline MRI findings, North American Spine Society. 2013.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Ala-Korpela M., Soininen P., Kangas A.J., Chan D., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Best Paper Basic Science Award - Identification of novel serum "metabolomic" biomarkers related to the development of lumbar disc degeneration, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. Hong Kong. . 2013.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Body mass index and its association with lumbar disc herniation and sciatica: a large-scale, population-based study, 41st Annual Meeting of International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Seoul, Korea, June 3-7, 2014.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Body mass index and its association with lumbar disc herniation and sciatica: a large-scale, population-based study, 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Body mass index and its association with lumbar disc herniation and sciatica: a large-scale, population-based study, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Samartzis D., Dominique D.A., Perez-Cruet M.J. and Fehlings M.G., Clinical outcome analyses, In: Perez-Cruet, Mick J. and Khoo, Larry T. and Fessler, Richard G., An Anatomical Approach to Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. St. Louis, Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., 2014, 103-130.

Samartzis D., Deputy Editor, InSpine Magazine. AOSpine, 2013.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J., Cheung J.P.Y. and Lotz J., Disk Degeneration and Low Back Pain: Are They Fat-Related Conditions?, Global Spine Journal. 2013, 3: 133-144.

Samartzis D., Editor, PLOS ONE . 2013.

Samartzis D., Rajasekaran S., Kawaguchi Y., Acharya S., Kawakami M., Satoh S., Chen W., Park C., Lee C., Foocharoen T., Nagashima H., Kuh S., Zheng Z., Condor R., Ito M., Iwasaki M., Jeong J.H., Luk K.D.K., Prijambodo B., Rege A., Jahng T., Luo Z., Tassanawipas W./.A., Acharya N., Pokharel R., Shen Y., Ito T., Zhang Z., Aithala J., Kumar G.V., Jabir R.A., Basu S., Li B., Moudgil V., Sham P.L.M. and Williams R., Facet joint tropism and degenerative spondylolisthesis – a study from the AOSAP Research Collaboration, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Samartzis D., Bow H.Y.C., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K., Cheung B.M.Y. and Cheung K.M.C., Family history of low back pain is a significant predictor of pain and disability between extreme stages of lumbar disc degeneration, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Samartzis D., Shen F.H., Anderson G.D. and Perez-Cruet M.J., History of minimally invasive spinal fusion techniques, In: Perez-Cruet, Mick J. and Pimenta, Luiz and Beisse, Rudolf and Kim, Daniel H., Minimally Invasive Spine Fusion: Techniques and Operative Nuances. St. Louis, Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., 2014.

Samartzis D., Bow H.Y.C., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K., Cheung B.M.Y. and Cheung K.M.C., Hypertension is independently associated with lumbar disc degeneration: a large-scale population-based study, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Ala-Korpela M., Soininen P., Kangas A.J., Chan D., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Identification of novel serum "metabolomic" biomarkers related to the development of lumbar disc degeneration, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. Hong Kong, 2013.

Samartzis D., Leonard M. and Perez-Cruet M.J., Modern histroy of minimally invasive spine surgery, In: Perez-Cruet, Mick J. and Khoo, Larry T. and Fessler, Richard G., An Anatomical Approach to Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. St. Louis, Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., 2014.

Samartzis D., Neuroimaging of low back pain, SIMPAR - Acute and Chronic Pain. Rome, Italy, 2014.

Samartzis D., Neuroimaging of low back pain, SIMPAR - Study in Multidisciplinary Pain Research - Acute and Chronic Pain. Rome, Italy, 2014.

Samartzis D., New perspectives in spinal phenotypes, imaging and pain, Annual Korean Spinal Basic Research Meeting. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Prediction of future first-time low back pain based on baseline MRI findings, 28th Annual Meeting of the North American Spine Society. New Orleans, USA, 2013.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Prediction of future first-time low back pain based on baseline MRI findings, 41st Annual Meeting of International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Seoul, Korea, June 3-7, 2014.

Samartzis D., Karppinen J.I., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., Prediction of future first-time low back pain based on baseline MRI findings, 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Samartzis D., Iatridisc J. and Wang J.C., Spine Degeneration and Pain, In: Dino Samartzis, James Iatridis, and Jeffrey C. Wang, JayPee, 2013.

Samartzis D. and Karppinen J., Textbook of Imaging Phenotypes of the Spine, In: Dino Samartzis and Jaro Karppinen, JayPee, 2013.

Sun Z., Guo Y.S., Yan S.J., Wan Z.Y., Gao B., Wang L., Liu Z.H., Gao Y., Samartzis D., Lan L.F., Wang H.Q. and Luo Z.J., CK8 phosphorylation induced by compressive loads underlies the downregulation of CK8 in human disc degeneration by activating protein kinase C, Lab Invest. 2013, 93(12): 1323-30.

Sun Z., Wang H.Q., Liu Z.H., Chang L., Chen Y.F., Zhang Y.Z., Zhang W.L., Gao Y., Wan Z.Y., Che L., Liu X., Samartzis D. and Luo Z.J., Down-regulated CK8 expression in human intervertebral disc degeneration, Int J Med Sci. 2013, 10(8): 948-56.

Sun Z., Zhang M., Zhao X.H., Liu Z.H., Gao Y., Samartzis D., Wang H.Q. and Luo Z.J., Immune cascades in human intervertebral disc: the pros and cons, Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2013, 6(6): 1009-14.

Sun Z., Liu Z.H., Zhao X.H., Sun L., Chen Y.F., Zhang W.L., Gao Y., Zhang Y.Z., Wan Z.Y., Samartzis D., Wang H.Q. and Luo Z.J., Impact of direct cell co-cultures on human adipose-derived stromal cells and nucleus pulposus cells, J Orthop Res. 2013, 31(11): 1804-13.

Takatalo J., Karppinen J.I., Taimela S., Niinimaki J., Laitinen J., Sequeiros R.B., Samartzis D., Korpelainen R., Nayha S., Remes J. and Tervonen O., Association of abdominal obesity with lumbar disc degeneration--a magnetic resonance imaging study, PLoS One. 2013, 8(2): e56244.

Von Forell G.A., Stephens T.K., Nelson T.G., Samartzis D. and Bowden A.E., Biomechanical rationale for variations in the prevalence of low back pain and Schmorl's nodes found in different patterns of multi-level disc degeneration, 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Von Forell G.A., Nelson T.G., Samartzis D. and Bowden A.E., Changes in vertebral strain energy correlate with increased presence of Schmorl's nodes in multi-level lumbar disk degeneration, J Biomech Eng. 2014, 136(6): 061002.

Wang H.Q. and Samartzis D., Clarifying the nomenclature of intervertebral disc degeneration and displacement: from bench to bedside, Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2014, 7(4): 1293-8.

Wang H.Q., Zhang Y.Z., Cheng Y.F., Zhang W.L., Sun S., Samartzis D. and Luo Z.J., Down-regulation miR-382 contributes to human intervertebral disc degeneration by targeting MMP-16, 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Werner B.C., Feuchtbaum E., Shen F.H. and Samartzis D., Ankylosing spondylitis of the cervical spine, In: Shen, Francis H. and Samartzis, Dino and Fessler, Richard G., Textbook of the Cervical Spine. Elsevier, 2013.

Williams R., Rajasekaran S., Kawaguchi Y., Acharya S., Kawakami M., Satoh S., Chen W., Park C., Lee C., Foocharoen T., Nagashima H., Kuh S., Zheng Z., Condor R., Ito M., Iwasaki M., Jeong J.H., Luk K.D.K., Prijambodo B., Rege A., Jahng T., Luo Z., Tassanawipas W./.A., Acharya N., Pokharel R., Shen Y., Ito T., Zhang Z., Aithala J., Kumar G.V., Jabir R.A., Basu S., Li B., Moudgil V., Sham P.L.M. and Samartzis D., Lumbar facet joint orientation in degenerative spondylolisthesis – the role of ethnic variation in the Asia Pacific, 41st Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Williams R., Rajasekaran S., Kawaguchi Y., Acharya S., Kawakami M., Satoh S., Chen W., Park C., Lee C., Foocharoen T., Nagashima H., Kuh S., Zheng Z., Condor R., Ito M., Iwasaki M., Jeong J.H., Luk K.D.K., Prijambodo B., Rege A., Jahng T., Luo Z., Tassanawipas W./.A., Acharya N., Pokharel R., Shen Y., Ito T., Zhang Z., Aithala J., Kumar G.V., Jabir R.A., Basu S., Li B., Moudgil V., Sham P.L.M. and Samartzis D., Lumbar facet joint orientation in degenerative spondylolisthesis: the role of ethnic variation in Asia Pacific – a study from the AOSAP Research Collaboration, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Williams R., Rajasekaran S., Kawaguchi Y., Acharya S., Kawakami M., Satoh S., Chen W.J., Park C.K., Lee C.S., Foocharoen T., Nagashima H., Kuh S., Zheng Z.M., Condor R., Ito M., Iwasaki I., Jeong J.H., Luk K.D.K., Prijambodo B., Rege A., Jahng T.A., Luo Z.J., Tassanawipas W.A., Acharya N., Pokharel R., Shen Y., Ito T., Zhang Z.H., Aithala J., Kumar G.V., Jabir R.A., Basu S., Li B.J., Moudgil V., Sham P.L.M. and Samartzis D., Lumbar facet joint orientation in degenerative spondylolisthesis: the role of ethnic variation in Asia Pacific, 41st Annual Meeting of International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Seoul, Korea, June 3-7, 2014.

Yim R., Lee J., Bow H.Y.C., Meij B., Leung V.Y.L., Cheung K.M.C., Vavken P. and Samartzis D., The safety and efficacy of mesenchymal stem cells for prevention or regeneration of intervertebral disc degeneration: a systematic review and meta-analyses, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Researcher : Sham PLM

List of Research Outputs

Samartzis D., Rajasekaran S., Kawaguchi Y., Acharya S., Kawakami M., Satoh S., Chen W., Park C., Lee C., Foocharoen T., Nagashima H., Kuh S., Zheng Z., Condor R., Ito M., Iwasaki M., Jeong J.H., Luk K.D.K., Prijambodo B., Rege A., Jahng T., Luo Z., Tassanawipas W./.A., Acharya N., Pokharel R., Shen Y., Ito T., Zhang Z., Aithala J., Kumar G.V., Jabir R.A., Basu S., Li B., Moudgil V., Sham P.L.M. and Williams R., Facet joint tropism and degenerative spondylolisthesis – a study from the AOSAP Research Collaboration, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Williams R., Rajasekaran S., Kawaguchi Y., Acharya S., Kawakami M., Satoh S., Chen W., Park C., Lee C., Foocharoen T., Nagashima H., Kuh S., Zheng Z., Condor R., Ito M., Iwasaki M., Jeong J.H., Luk K.D.K., Prijambodo B., Rege A., Jahng T., Luo Z., Tassanawipas W./.A., Acharya N., Pokharel R., Shen Y., Ito T., Zhang Z., Aithala J., Kumar G.V., Jabir R.A., Basu S., Li B., Moudgil V., Sham P.L.M. and Samartzis D., Lumbar facet joint orientation in degenerative spondylolisthesis – the role of ethnic variation in the Asia Pacific, 41st Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Williams R., Rajasekaran S., Kawaguchi Y., Acharya S., Kawakami M., Satoh S., Chen W., Park C., Lee C., Foocharoen T., Nagashima H., Kuh S., Zheng Z., Condor R., Ito M., Iwasaki M., Jeong J.H., Luk K.D.K., Prijambodo B., Rege A., Jahng T., Luo Z., Tassanawipas W./.A., Acharya N., Pokharel R., Shen Y., Ito T., Zhang Z., Aithala J., Kumar G.V., Jabir R.A., Basu S., Li B., Moudgil V., Sham P.L.M. and Samartzis D., Lumbar facet joint orientation in degenerative spondylolisthesis: the role of ethnic variation in Asia Pacific – a study from the AOSAP Research Collaboration, World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc—from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation. Xi'An, China, 2014.

Williams R., Rajasekaran S., Kawaguchi Y., Acharya S., Kawakami M., Satoh S., Chen W.J., Park C.K., Lee C.S., Foocharoen T., Nagashima H., Kuh S., Zheng Z.M., Condor R., Ito M., Iwasaki I., Jeong J.H., Luk K.D.K., Prijambodo B., Rege A., Jahng T.A., Luo Z.J., Tassanawipas W.A., Acharya N., Pokharel R., Shen Y., Ito T., Zhang Z.H., Aithala J., Kumar G.V., Jabir R.A., Basu S., Li B.J., Moudgil V., Sham P.L.M. and Samartzis D., Lumbar facet joint orientation in degenerative spondylolisthesis: the role of ethnic variation in Asia Pacific, 41st Annual Meeting of International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Seoul, Korea, June 3-7, 2014.

Researcher : Shea GKH

Project Title:	Electrical stimulation of aligned nanofibers to enhance regeneration of the injured nerve
Investigator(s):	Shea GKH, Shum DKY, Hu Y
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2014

List of Research Outputs

Leung H.Y., Tsui Y.P., Shea G.K.H., TAI W.Y.E., Chan Y.S. and Shum D.K.Y., Roles of neuregulin 1 type III in the ex vivo generation of fate committed schwann cells from bone marrow stromal cells, The 11th European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease (GLIA 2013). 2013.

Shea G.K.H., Shum D.K.Y. and Chan Y.S., Guidance of DRG Neurons on the Fate Determination of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells to Myelinating Glia , In: The University of Hong Kong, 18th Research Postgraduate Symposium. 2013.

Shea G.K.H., TAI W.Y.E., Chan Y.S. and Shum D.K.Y., Targeting Notch signalling to generate bone marrow-derived Schwann cells for transplantation in spinal cord injury, The 33rd Annual Congress of the HKOA. 2013.

Shea G.K.H. and Cheung K.M.C., The history of orthopaedics in Hong Kong, In: David Jones, Alistair Ross, Bone and Joint Journal News. 2014, 2: 3.

TAI W.Y.E., Shea G.K.H., Tsui Y.P., Chan Y.S. and Shum D.K.Y., Notch Signaling in in vitro derivation of Schwann cells from bone marrow stromal cells, 11th European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease. 2013.

Researcher : Shen W

List of Research Outputs

Tang S.W., Tong W.Y.T., Shen W., Yeung K.W.K. and Lam Y.W., Stringent requirement for spatial arrangement of extracellular matrix in supporting cell morphogenesis and differentiation, BMC Cell Biology. 2014, 15(1).

Researcher : Shigematsu H

List of Research Outputs

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Shigematsu H. and Cheung K.M.C., Defining clinically-relevant values for developmental spinal stenosis: a large-scale MRI study, 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. Seoul, Korea, 2014.

Cheung J.P.Y., Samartzis D., Kao P.Y.P., Shigematsu H., Cheah K.S.E., Song Y., Sham P.C., Chan D. and Cheung K.M.C., Prediction of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Chinese: Findings from a Genome-wide Association StudyGenome-wide association study of Spinal Stenosis in Southern Chinese: The first of its kind, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. Hong Kong, 2013.

Researcher : Stokes OM

List of Research Outputs

Stokes O.M. and Luk K.D.K., The current status of bracing for patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, Bone and Joint Journal. 2013, 95B: 1308-1316.

Researcher : Sun Y

List of Research Outputs

Lv F., SUN Y., ZHOU L., Lu M., Chan D., Zheng Z., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., Best Participation Award, World Forum for Spine Research, Xian, China, May 2014. 2014.

Lv F., Leung V.Y.L., Huang S., HUANG Y., SUN Y. and Cheung K.M.C., In Search of Nucleus Pulposus Specific Molecular Markers, Rheumatology. 2014, 53(4): 600-10.

Researcher : TSE YHJ

List of Research Outputs

Hu Y., Kwok W.L. and TSE Y.H.J., Automatic ECG artifact removal in the real-time SEMG recording system , 2013 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments forMeasurement Systems and Applications. Milan, Italy, 2013.

Hu Y., Kwok W.L., TSE Y.H.J. and Luk K.D.K., Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Somatosensory Tract in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy and Its Link with Electrophysiological Evaluation, Spine J. 2014, 14(6): 1049-56.

Hu Y., Kwok W.L., TSE Y.H.J. and Luk K.D.K., Time-varying surface electromyography topography as a prognostic tool for chronic low back pain rehabilitation, The Spine Journal. 2014, 14: 1049-1056.

Researcher : Tam V

Project Title:	A comparison of nucleus pulposus cell phenotypic changes after culture on a decellularised disc scaffold
Investigator(s):	Tam V, Cheung KMC
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	05/2012
Completion Date:	08/2013

List of Research Outputs

Tam V., Rogers I., Chan D., Leung Y.L.V. and Cheung K.M.C., A comparison of intravenous and intradiscal delivery of multipotential stem cells on the healing of injured intervertebral disk, Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 2014, 32: 819-825.

Wong H.M., Zhao Y., Tam V., Wu S., Chu P.K., Zheng Y., To M.K.T., Leung F.K.L., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., In vivo stimulation of bone formation by aluminum and oxygen plasma surface-modified magnesium implants, Biomaterials. 2013, 34: 9863-76.

Wong H.M., Zhao Y., Tam V., Wu S., Chu P.K., Zheng Y., To M.K.T., Leung F.K.L., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., Invivo stimulation of bone formation by aluminum and oxygen plasma surface-modified magnesium implants, Biomaterials. 2013, 34(38): 9863-9876.

Yuen G.W.Y., Tam V., Leung V.Y.L., Chan D., Lau T.W., Lu W.W. and Leung F.K.L., Defective TGF beta signaling in bisphosphonates associated atypical femoral diaphyseal fracture, The 3rd Scientific Meeting of the Asian Federation of Osteoporosis Societies. 2013.

Researcher : Tam WK

List of Research Outputs

Lim F.L., Tam W.K., Au Y.K., Chan D., Cheah K.S.E., Tuan R.S., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., Cadherin 2 is required for intervertebral disc homeostasis and maintenance of vacuolated phenotype in nucleus pulposus cells, World Forum for Spine Research, Xian, China, May15-17 2014.

Tam W.K., De Vries K., Cheung K.M.C., Zhou G.Q. and Leung V.Y.L., Hif-αs modulation of Sox9-dependent extracellular matrix production: insight into intervertebral disc cell activity under hypoxia, World Forum for Spine Research, Xian, China, May 15-17 2014.

Researcher : To MKT

Project Title:	The role of silver nanoparticles in altering the fate of myofibroblast in tissue fibrosis
Investigator(s):	To MKT, Chan D, Yeung KWK, Wong KKY
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2013
Completion Date:	06/2014

Project Title:	The role of silver nanoparticles in tendon healing
Investigator(s):	To MKT, Chan D, Yeung KWK, Wong KKY, Leung VYL
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2014

Project Title:	Development of a novel bone targeting drug delivery device for the treatment of orthopaedic infection
Investigator(s):	To MKT, Yeung KWK
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Applied Research
Start Date:	06/2014

Project Title:	The important role of IFITM5 in regulating fracture healing
Investigator(s):	To MKT, Chan D
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2014

List of Research Outputs

KWAN K.H.L., Yeung K.W.K., LIU X., Wong K.K.Y., Shum H.C., Lam Y.W., Cheng S.H., Cheung K.M.C. and To M.K.T., Silver nanoparticles alter proteoglycan expression in the promotion of tendon repair, Journal of Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine. 2013, 10pp.

Kong T., Wu J., Yeung K.W.K., To M.K.T., Shum H.C. and Wang L., Micofluidic fabrication of polymeric core-shell microspheres for controlled release applications, Biomicrofluidics. AIP Publishing LLC, 2013, 7: 044128.

Kuong E.E.Y.L., To M.K.T. and Chow W., Long-term Outcome after Lambrinudi Operation in Severe Rigid Equinus Deformity, 33rd Annual Congress of Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

To M.K.T., Chow W. and Kuong E.E.Y.L., AOTrauma Seminar - Paediatric Orthopaedic Challenge and Recent Advances, AOTrauma. 2013.

To M.K.T., Ng B.K.W. and Saw A., Limb Deformity Correction Workshop - Taylor Spatial Frame Pre-operative Planning to Surgical Pitfalls, Paediatric Orthopaedic Chapter The Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

To M.K.T. and Wong T.M., Paediatric Orthopaedic Symposium, HKU Shenzhen Hospital. 2013.

To M.K.T., Petnikota H., Kuong E.E.Y.L. and Chow W., The Influence of Early Surgical Intervention in Patients with Perthes Disease, 33rd Annual Congress of Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

WU J., KONG T., Yeung K.W.K., Shum H.C., Cheung K.M.C. and To M.K.T., Fabrication and characterization of monodisperse PLGA-alginate core-shell microspheres with monodisperse size and homogeneous shells for controlled drug release, Acta Biomaterialia. 2013.

WU J., Kong T., To M.K.T., Shum H.C., Wang L. and Yeung K.W.K., Modulating drug release kinetics of PLGA microspheres by fabricating PLGA-alginate core-shell drug delivery devices with microfluidic method, Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. 2013, 6: SI(1), 327.

Wong H.M., Zhao Y., Tam V., Wu S., Chu P.K., Zheng Y., To M.K.T., Leung F.K.L., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., In vivo stimulation of bone formation by aluminum and oxygen plasma surface-modified magnesium implants, Biomaterials. 2013, 34: 9863-76.

Wong H.M., Zhao Y., Tam V., Wu S., Chu P.K., Zheng Y., To M.K.T., Leung F.K.L., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., Invivo stimulation of bone formation by aluminum and oxygen plasma surface-modified magnesium implants, Biomaterials. 2013, 34(38): 9863-9876.

Researcher : Tong WYT

List of Research Outputs

Tang S.W., Tong W.Y.T., Shen W., Yeung K.W.K. and Lam Y.W., Stringent requirement for spatial arrangement of extracellular matrix in supporting cell morphogenesis and differentiation, BMC Cell Biology. 2014, 15(1).

Researcher : WANG W

List of Research Outputs

Li P., Zhang X., Xu R., Wang W., Liu X., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Electrochemically Deposited Chitosan/Ag Complex Coatings on Biomedical NiTi Alloy for Antibacterial Application, Surface and Coatings Technology. 2013.

Li P., Li L., Wang W., Jin W., Liu X., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Enhanced corrosion resistance and hemocompatibility of biomedical NiTi alloy by atmospheric-pressure plasma polymerized fluorine-rich coating, Applied Surface Science. 2014, 297: 109-115.

Wang W., Hu L., Cui H., Xie X. and Hu Y., Spatio-temporal measures of electrophysiological correlates for behavioral multisensory enhancement during visual, auditory and somatosensory stimulation: A behavioral and ERP study, Neurosci Bull. 2013, 29: 715-24.

Zhao Y., Wong H.M., WANG W., Li P., Xu Z., CHONG Y.W., Yan C.H., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Cytocompatibility, Osseointegration, And Bioactivity Af Three-dimensional Porous And Nanostructured Network On Polyetheretherketone, Biomaterials. 2013, 37: 9264-77.

Zhao Y., Wong H.M., Wang W., Li P., Xu Z., Chong Y.W., Yan C.H., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Cytocompatibility, osseointegration, and bioactivity of three-dimensional porous and nanostructured network on polyetheretherketone, Biomaterials. 2013, 34(37): 9264-9277.

Zhu H., Shang Y., Wang W., Zhou Y., Li P., Yan K., Wu S., Yeung K.W.K., Xu Z., Xu H. and Chu P.K., Fluorescent magnetic Fe3O4/rare earth colloidal nanoparticles for dual-modality imaging, Small. 2013, 9(17): 2991-3000.

Researcher : WU J

List of Research Outputs

Kong T., Wu J., Yeung K.W.K., To M.K.T., Shum H.C. and Wang L., Micofluidic fabrication of polymeric core-shell microspheres for controlled release applications, Biomicrofluidics. AIP Publishing LLC, 2013, 7: 044128.

WU J., KONG T., Yeung K.W.K., Shum H.C., Cheung K.M.C. and To M.K.T., Fabrication and characterization of monodisperse PLGA-alginate core-shell microspheres with monodisperse size and homogeneous shells for controlled drug release, Acta Biomaterialia. 2013.

Researcher : Wang W

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Wang W

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Wen C

Project Title:	Magnetic Resonance Tracking Mesenchymal Stem Cells In Chronically Compressive Spinal Cord Lesion
Investigator(s):	Wen C, Luk KDK, Hu Y
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	AOSpine International - General Award
Start Date:	06/2012

Project Title:	Is Endothelin-1 Signaling A Potent Therapeutic Target to Rescue Osteoarthritis?
Investigator(s):	Wen C, Chiu PKY
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	05/2014

List of Research Outputs

Tang B., FONG M.K., Wen C., Yan C.H., Chan D., Ngan A.H.W., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Nanostiffness of Collagen Fibrils Extracted From Osteoarthritic Cartilage Characterized with AFM Nanoindentation, Soft Materials. 2014, 12: 253-261.

Wen C., Cho L., Pei S., Olive B., Chung S.K., Xu A.M., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Development of osteoarthritis-like changes in transgenic endothelin-1 over-expressed mice, 13th International Conference on Endothelin (ET-13) in Tokyo, Japan . 2013.

Wen C., Oliver B., Chung S.K., Xu A.M., Yan C.H. and Chiu P.K.Y., Development of osteoarthritis-like changes in transgenic endothelin-1 over-expressed mice, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Wen C., Yan C.H. and Chiu P.K.Y., Development of osteoarthritis-like changes in transgenic endothelin-1 overexpressed mice (published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage), Osteoarthritis Research Society International 2014 World Congress, Paris, France. 2014, 22 (Supplement): S363.

Wen C., Wong K.L., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Differential microstructure and mechanical competence of trabecular bone in knee osteoarthritis in presence or absence of subchondral cysts, 8th Combined Meeting of Orthopaedic Research Societies in San Servolo, Venice, Italy. 2013.

Wen C., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Importance of subchondral bone in pathogenesis and management of osteoarthritis - from bed to bench. , Journal of Orthopaedic Translation. 2014, 2: 16-25.

Wen C., CUI J., Liu H., Mak K.C., Cheung W.Y., Luk K.D.K. and Hu Y., Is Diffusion Anisotropy A Biomarker for Disease Severity and Surgical Prognosis of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy? , Radiology. 2014, 270: 197-204.

Wen C., Tang B., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Is nano-mechanical properties of individual collagent fibrils extracted from articular cartilage associated with subchondral bone metabolism? - An AFM nanoindentation study, The 6th WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering in Beijing, China. 2013.

Wen C., Yan C.H., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Microstructural transition and mechanical incompetence of trabecular bone around subchondral cyst in knee osteoarthritis, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 39.

Wen C., Savio & Pattie Woo Travel Fellowship, WACBE (World Association of Chinese Biomedical Engineers) . 2013.

Wen C., Chiu P.K.Y. and Yan C.H., Young Investigator Award, the 13th International Conference on Endothelin at University of Tsukuba, Tokyo Campus on September 81, 2013 . 2013.

Wong K.L., Wen C., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Mechanical incompetence of subchondral bone with cystic lesion formation in advanced knee osteoarthritis, The 6th WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering in Beijing, China. 2013.

Yao J., Wen C., Cheung J.T., Zhang M., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Lu W.W. and Fan Y.B., Effect of tibial drill-guide angle on mechanical environment at bone tunnel aperture after anatomic single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. , International Orthopaedics . 2014, 38: 973-981.

Researcher : Wong CWS

List of Research Outputs

Yan C.H., Wong C.W.S., Li T., Gong N., Chan Q. and Chiu P.K.Y., Imaging biomarkers with T1 and T2 mappings in osteoarthirs - nIn vivo human articular cartilage study, Osteoarthritis Research Society International 2014 World Congress, Paris, France (published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage). 2014, 22 (supplement): S283-4.

Researcher : Wong HM

Project Title:	8th Combined Meeting of Orthopaedic Research Societies (CORS 2013); A novel magnesium-based bone substitute to stimulate in vivo bone formation for orthopaedic implantation
Investigator(s):	Wong HM
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	10/2013

Project Title:	Development of novel Mg-encapsulated bone-targeted micro-delivery device to stimulate osteogenesis in osteoporotic bone fracture patients: In vitro study
Investigator(s):	Wong HM, Cheung KMC, Yeung KWK
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	06/2014

List of Research Outputs

Liao C.Z., Wong H.M., Yeung K.W.K. and Tjong S.C., The development, fabrication, and material characterization of polypropylene composites reinforced with carbon nanofiber and hydroxyapatite nanorod hybrid fillers, International Journal of Nanomedicine. 2014, 9(1): 1299-1310.

Wong H.M., Zhao Y., Tam V., Wu S., Chu P.K., Zheng Y., To M.K.T., Leung F.K.L., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., In vivo stimulation of bone formation by aluminum and oxygen plasma surface-modified magnesium implants, Biomaterials. 2013, 34: 9863-76.

Wong H.M., Zhao Y., Tam V., Wu S., Chu P.K., Zheng Y., To M.K.T., Leung F.K.L., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., Invivo stimulation of bone formation by aluminum and oxygen plasma surface-modified magnesium implants, Biomaterials. 2013, 34(38): 9863-9876.

Wong H.M., Wu S.L., Chu P.K., Cheng S.H., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., Low-modulus Mg/PCL bone substitute for osteoporotic fracture fixation, Biomaterials. 2013, 34(29): 7016-7032.

Wong H.M., Wu S., Chu P.K., Cheng S.H., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., Low-modulus Mg/PCL hybrid bone substitute for osteoporotic fracture fixation, Biomaterials. 2013, 34(29): 7016-7032.

Yeung K.W.K. and Wong H.M., Biodegradable metallic materials for orthopaedic implantations: A review, Technology and Health Care. 2013.

Zhao Y., Wong H.M., WANG W., Li P., Xu Z., CHONG Y.W., Yan C.H., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Cytocompatibility, Osseointegration, And Bioactivity Af Three-dimensional Porous And Nanostructured Network On Polyetheretherketone, Biomaterials. 2013, 37: 9264-77.

Zhao Y., Wong H.M., Wang W., Li P., Xu Z., Chong Y.W., Yan C.H., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Cytocompatibility, osseointegration, and bioactivity of three-dimensional porous and nanostructured network on polyetheretherketone, Biomaterials. 2013, 34(37): 9264-9277.

Zhao Y., Wong S.M., Wong H.M., Pan H., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Improved in vitro and in vivo biocompatibility of dual plasma modified titanium alloy, Surface and Coatings Technology. 2013, 229: 130-134.

Researcher : Wong KL

List of Research Outputs

Wen C., Wong K.L., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Differential microstructure and mechanical competence of trabecular bone in knee osteoarthritis in presence or absence of subchondral cysts, 8th Combined Meeting of Orthopaedic Research Societies in San Servolo, Venice, Italy. 2013.

Wong K.L., Wen C., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Mechanical incompetence of subchondral bone with cystic lesion formation in advanced knee osteoarthritis, The 6th WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering in Beijing, China. 2013.

Researcher : Wong SM

List of Research Outputs

Zhao Y., Wong S.M., Wong H.M., Pan H., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Improved in vitro and in vivo biocompatibility of dual plasma modified titanium alloy, Surface and Coatings Technology. 2013, 229: 130-134.

Researcher : Wong TM

List of Research Outputs

Leung F.K.L., Lau T.W., Wong T.M., Kwan K.Y.H. and Liu Z.H.O.A.H.U.A., Systematic operative release for treatment of elbow post-traumatic contracture, Chinese Journal of Bone and Jone Surgery. 2014.

To M.K.T. and Wong T.M., Paediatric Orthopaedic Symposium, HKU Shenzhen Hospital. 2013.

Wong T.M., Indication Of Halo Ring/skull Tong In Cervical Trauma, AADO Spinal Injury Workshop. 2014.

Wong T.M., Masquelet Technique for Treatment of Post Traumatic Bone Defects, 2nd AOTrauma Asia Pacific Scientific Congress & TK Experts’ Symposium. 2014.

Wong T.M., Lau T.W., Li X., Fang C.X., Yeung K.W.K. and Leung F.K.L., Masquelet Technique for Treatment of Post Traumatic Bone Defects, The Scientific World Journal. 2014.

Wong T.M., Masquelet Technique in Treating Post-Traumatic Bone Defect, AO Trauma Research Forum. 2013.

Wong T.M., Osteoarthritis, HKU Shenzhen Hospital. 2013.

Wong T.M., Paper reviewer, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery. 2014.

Wong T.M., Surgical Approaches in thoracolumbar Trauma, AADO Spine Injury Workshop. 2014.

Researcher : Wong YW

List of Research Outputs

Chang K.C., Samartzis D., Fuego S.M., Dhatt S.S., Wong Y.W., Cheung W.Y., Luk K.D.K. and Cheung K.M.C., The effect of excision of the posterior arch of C1 on C1/C2 fusion using transarticular screws, Bone and Joint Journal. 2013, 95B: 972-976.

Fong D.Y.T., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Wong Y.W., Scoliosis screaning for school children, In: Bradley McPherson, Carlie J. Driscoll, School Health Screening Systems. 2014.

Luk K.D.K., Wong Y.W., Cheung K.M.C. and Samartzis D., Mean 34 years follow-up of severe angular kyphosis from tuberculosis of the spine: bad prognosis for paraparesis of late disease , Eurospine 2013, Liverpool, UK, October 2-4, 2013.

Researcher : Wu J

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Yan CH

Project Title:	The genetic association between TRP2 allele of COL9A2 and knee osteoarthritis
Investigator(s):	Yan CH, Chiu PKY, Cheung KMC, Chan D
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	11/2009

Project Title:	British Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress 2013; A randomized controlled trial comparing patient specific instrument with conventional instrument and computer navigation in total knee arthroplasty
Investigator(s):	Yan CH
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	10/2013

List of Research Outputs

Chan P.K., Lee C.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y. and Yan C.H., Blood Transfusion After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty In Hong Kong: Retrospective Review Of 11914 Patients, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 81.

Chan P.K., Lee C.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y. and Yan C.H., Blood transfusion after primary total knee arthroplasty in Hong Kong: Retrospective review f 11914 patients, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Chan P.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y. and Yan C.H., Bony ankylosis after total knee arthroplasty. A case report, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery. 2013.

Chan P.K., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Ng F.Y., Comparison Of Blood Transfusion Requirements Using Patient-specific Instruments, Conventional Instruments, And Computer Navigation In Total Knee Arthroplasty, Arthur Yau Award For Best Clinical Paper, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress 2013. 2013.

Chan P.K., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Ng F.Y., Comparison Of Blood Transfusion Requirements Using Patient-specific Instruments, Conventional Instruments, And Computer Navigation In Total Knee Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 6.

Chan V.W.K., Chan P.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Yan C.H. and Ng F.Y., Why Do Hong Kong Patients Need Total Hip Arthroplasty? An Analysis Of 529 Hips From 1998 – 2010, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 82.

Chan W.K.V., Chan P.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Yan C.H. and Ng F.Y., Why do Hong Kong patients need total hip arthroplasty? An analysis of 529 hips from 1998-2010?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Cheung A.Y.L., Yan C.H., Chan P.K., Ng F.Y. and Chiu P.K.Y., Linear Penetration Of Highly Cross-linked Polyethylene In Total Hip Arthroplasty For Chinese Patients Aged 40 Years Or Below, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 79.

Diao H., Fung H.S., Yan C.H. and Chan B.P., Cycling compression of osteoarthritis chondrocyte in 3D environment. , TERMIS-AP 2013 Annual Conference. October 23-26, 2013, Shanghai-Wuzhen, P. R. China. . 2013, P57(page 278).

Diao H., Yan C.H. and Chan B.P., Interaction between osteoarthritis chondrocyte and mesenchymal stem cell in a 3D environment. , TERMIS-AP 2013 Annual Conference. October 23-26, 2013, Shanghai-Wuzhen, P. R. China.. 2013, P59(page 278).

LI T., Yan C.H., Xu A., Song Y. and Chiu P.K.Y., Assessment Of Systemic Inflammation In Oa Patients By Testing Fatty-acid-binding Protein 4 And Adiponectin In Plasma, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 21.

LI T., Yan C.H., Xu A., Song Y. and Chiu P.K.Y., Comparison Of Fatty-acid-binding Protein 4 And Adiponectin Levels In Infrapatellar Fat Pad And Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue, Synovial Fluid And Plasma In Subjects With Knee Osteoarthritis, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 21.

Lam G., Yan C.H., Chan P.K., Ng F.Y. and Chiu P.K.Y., Survival Analysis Of Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty In A Teaching Hospital: A Study Of 977 Cases, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 76.

Lee H.L.R., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Antithrombotic Therapy In Patients Undergoing Joint Replacement Surgery — How Common Is It?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 35.

Lee H.L.R., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Antithrombotic therapy in patients undergoing joint replacement surgery - how common is it?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Lee H.L.R., Chiu P.K.Y., Yiu K.H., Ng F.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Perioperative Antithrombotic Management In Joint Replacement Surgeries, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2013, 19: 531-8.

Leung A.S.M., Chan P.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y. and Yan C.H., Heterotopic Ossification After Primary Total Hip Replacement, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 81.

Leung K.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Yan C.H., Ng F.Y. and Chan P.K., Venous Thromboembolism After Total Joint Replacement, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery. 2013, 21: 351-60.

Leung K.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Venous thromboembolism in total joint replacement patients, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery. 2013.

Ng F.Y., Fu C.H.H., Yan C.H., Chan P.K. and Chiu P.K.Y., A Novel Oral Chemoprophylactic Agent For Venous Thromboembolism After Total Knee Arthroplasty - Is It Safe?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 76.

Ng F.Y., Wang Q., Chiu P.K.Y. and Yan C.H., Anterior dislocation after total hip replacement - effects of pelvic rotation and hip ball size, Hip International. 2013, 23: 386-390.

Ng F.Y., Chiu P.K.Y., Yan C.H. and Chan P.K., Does Patellar Resurfacing Decrease Incidence Of Patellar Crepitus After Total Knee Arthroplasty - Patellar Resurfacing Versus Non-resurfacing, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 75.

Ng F.Y., Yan C.H., Chan P.K. and Chiu P.K.Y., Is Mrsa Screening Necessary Before Elective Joint Replacement Surgery, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 77.

QIU Y., Yan C.H., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Finite Element Analysis In Repairing Distal Femoral Bone Loss In Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 37.

QIU Y., Yan C.H., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., The Role Of Cemented And Press-fit Stem Extension In Repair Tibial Bone Defect In Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty — A Finite Element Analysis, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 2.

QIU Y., Yan C.H., Yau W.P. and Chiu P.K.Y., Three Dimensional Acetabular Morphology In Chinese , The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 36.

Qiu Y.Y., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Finite element analysis in design of orthopaedic implants for repairing tibial bone defects in revision total knee arthroplasty, Chinese Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 2013, 15: 18-22.

Qiu Y.Y., Yan C.H., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., The fole of cemented and press-fit stem extension in repair tibial bone defect in revision total knee arthroplasty - a finite element analysis, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Tang B., FONG M.K., Wen C., Yan C.H., Chan D., Ngan A.H.W., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Nanostiffness of Collagen Fibrils Extracted From Osteoarthritic Cartilage Characterized with AFM Nanoindentation, Soft Materials. 2014, 12: 253-261.

Wen C., Cho L., Pei S., Olive B., Chung S.K., Xu A.M., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Development of osteoarthritis-like changes in transgenic endothelin-1 over-expressed mice, 13th International Conference on Endothelin (ET-13) in Tokyo, Japan . 2013.

Wen C., Oliver B., Chung S.K., Xu A.M., Yan C.H. and Chiu P.K.Y., Development of osteoarthritis-like changes in transgenic endothelin-1 over-expressed mice, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Wen C., Yan C.H. and Chiu P.K.Y., Development of osteoarthritis-like changes in transgenic endothelin-1 overexpressed mice (published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage), Osteoarthritis Research Society International 2014 World Congress, Paris, France. 2014, 22 (Supplement): S363.

Wen C., Wong K.L., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Differential microstructure and mechanical competence of trabecular bone in knee osteoarthritis in presence or absence of subchondral cysts, 8th Combined Meeting of Orthopaedic Research Societies in San Servolo, Venice, Italy. 2013.

Wen C., Yan C.H., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Microstructural transition and mechanical incompetence of trabecular bone around subchondral cyst in knee osteoarthritis, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 39.

Wen C., Chiu P.K.Y. and Yan C.H., Young Investigator Award, the 13th International Conference on Endothelin at University of Tsukuba, Tokyo Campus on September 81, 2013 . 2013.

Wong K.L., Wen C., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Lu W.W., Mechanical incompetence of subchondral bone with cystic lesion formation in advanced knee osteoarthritis, The 6th WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering in Beijing, China. 2013.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Fu C.H.H., A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing TruMatch Instrument With Conventional Instrument In Total Knee Arthroplasty, David Fang Trophy For The Best Paper On Adult Joint Reconstruction, 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress 2013 . 2013.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Fu C.H.H., A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Trumatch Instrument And Conventional Instrument In Total Knee Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 6.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K., Fu C.H.H. and Fang C.X., A Trial Comparing Two Patient-specific Instrumentations In Total Knee Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 34.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Fang C.X. and Chan P.K., A randomized controlled trial comparing patient specific instrument with conventional instrument and computer navigation in total knee arthroplasty, The Eighth International Congress of Chinese Orthopaedic Association, Beijing, China. 2013.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Fang C.X., A randomized controlled trial comparing patient specific instruments with conventional instruments and computer navigation in total knee arthroplasty (published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage), Osteoarthritis Research Society International 2014 World Congress, Paris, France . 2014, 22 (supplement): S469.

Yan C.H., Wong C.W.S., Li T., Gong N., Chan Q. and Chiu P.K.Y., Imaging biomarkers with T1 and T2 mappings in osteoarthirs - nIn vivo human articular cartilage study, Osteoarthritis Research Society International 2014 World Congress, Paris, France (published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage). 2014, 22 (supplement): S283-4.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y. and Ng F.Y., Is it necessary to cement the tibial stem in Low Contact Stress (LCS) , The Eighth International Congress of Chinese Orthopaedic Association, Beijing, China. 2013.

Yan C.H., Patient Specific Instrument In Total Knee Arthroplasty, The 4th Twin-city Workshop In Computer-aided Total Knee Arthroplasty. 2013.

Yan C.H., Patient Specific Instrumentation In Total Knee Arthroplasty, 8th Asia Pacific Hip & Knee Symposium. 2014.

Yan C.H. and Chiu P.K.Y., Patient-specific Instruments In Total Knee Arthroplasty, Current Advances in Total Knee Arthroplasty. 2014, 56-67.

Yan C.H., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Chiu P.K.Y., Polyethylene Wear Before And After Isolated Liner Exchange In Anatomic Medullary Locking Total Hip Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 36.

Yan C.H., The Growing Burden and Management Challenges of OA in Asia, 5th Asia Pacific Osteoarthritis Expert Forum. 2013.

Yan C.H., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Chiu P.K.Y., The Linear Penetration Of Highly Cross-linked Polyethylene In Isolated Cemented Liner Exchange In Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 75.

Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y., Chan P.K. and Fang C.X., 比较全膝关节置换术中使用个体化工具，计算机导航及常规工具的随机对照试验, 中华医学会第十五届骨科学术会议暨第八届COA国际学术大会中青年优秀论文一等奖, 2013.

Yao J., Wen C., Cheung J.T., Zhang M., Yan C.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Lu W.W. and Fan Y.B., Effect of tibial drill-guide angle on mechanical environment at bone tunnel aperture after anatomic single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. , International Orthopaedics . 2014, 38: 973-981.

Yau R.C.H., Chan P.K., Chiu P.K.Y., Yan C.H. and Ng F.Y., Heterotopic Ossification After Total Knee Replacement. Is It An Issue?, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 80.

Yee D.K.H., Chiu P.K.Y., Ng F.Y. and Yan C.H., Joint aspiration for diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections of hip and knee, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery. 2013.

Zhao Y., Wong H.M., WANG W., Li P., Xu Z., CHONG Y.W., Yan C.H., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Cytocompatibility, Osseointegration, And Bioactivity Af Three-dimensional Porous And Nanostructured Network On Polyetheretherketone, Biomaterials. 2013, 37: 9264-77.

Zhao Y., Wong H.M., Wang W., Li P., Xu Z., Chong Y.W., Yan C.H., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Cytocompatibility, osseointegration, and bioactivity of three-dimensional porous and nanostructured network on polyetheretherketone, Biomaterials. 2013, 34(37): 9264-9277.

Researcher : Yau PWP

Project Title:	Effect of local application of Strontium on graft ligamentization in a rabbit anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction model
Investigator(s):	Yau WP, Lu WW
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	12/2013

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Yau WP

Project Title:	Effect of local application of Strontium on graft ligamentization in a rabbit anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction model
Investigator(s):	Yau WP, Lu WW
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	12/2013

List of Research Outputs

Fok A.W.M., Kuang G. and Yau W.P., Femoral Radiographic Landmarks for Popliteus Tendon Reconstruction and Repair: A new method of reference, The American Journal of Sports Medicine. Sage, 2014, 42: 394 - 398.

KANG X., Yoshito O., Yau W.P., Cheung P.Y.S., Hu Y. and Taylor R., Robustness and Accuracy of Feature-Based Single Image 2D-3D Registration without Correspondences for Image-Guided Intervention, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. IEEE, 2013, 60.

Kuang G., Yau W.P., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Use of a strontium-enriched calcium phosphate cement in accelerating the healing of soft tissue tendon graft whtin the bone tunnel in a rabbit anterior cruciate liagment reconstruction model, Bone and Joint Journal. 2013, 95B: 923-928.

Kuang G., Yau W.P., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Use of a strontium-enriched calcium phosphate cement in accelerating the healing of soft tissue tendon graft within the bone tunnel in a rabbit anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction model, The Bone and Joint Journal. 2013, 95-B: 923-928.

QIU Y., Yan C.H., Yau W.P. and Chiu P.K.Y., Three Dimensional Acetabular Morphology In Chinese , The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013, 36.

Yau W.P., ACL reconstruction in Hong Kong, Biomedical Engineering for Clinical Applications Symposium. 2013.

Yau W.P., Articular-sided partial-thickness rotator cuff tear: Tear completion, Asian Shoulder Elbow Group First Meeting. 2014.

Yau W.P., Compartment Syndrome, SICOT 3rd Education Day, 34th SICOT Orthopaedic World Conference. 2013.

Yau W.P. and Fok A.W.M., Delay in surgery increases rotational instability in patients suffering from anterior cruciate ligament deficiency, 33rd Annual Congress of Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

Yau W.P., Femoral Radiographic Landmarks for Popliteus Tendon Reconstruction and Repair – A New Method of Reference, 34th SICOT Orthopaedic World Conference. 2013.

Yau W.P., How accurate is physical examination in diagnosing subacromial impingement?, 22nd Spring Congress of Korean Shoulder and Elbow Society. 2014.

Yau W.P. and Fok A.W.M., How accurate is physical examination in diagnosing subacromial impingement?, 33rd Annual Congress of Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

Yau W.P., Lau W.H.V., Wong C.S. and Audenaert E.A., Incidence of Femoracetabular impingement “at-risk” radiographic signs in asymptomatic young Chinese and Whites – A Computerized tomogram study., 33rd Annual Congress of Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

Yau W.P., Knee Trauma Management, Emergency Medicine Update Course – From Clinical Evidences to Practice . 2013.

Yau W.P., Management of Shoulder Instability, APOA meets SICOT Symposium, 34th SICOT Orthopaedic World Conference. 2013.

Yau W.P., Management of anterior shoulder dislocation, Asian Shoulder Elbow Group First Meeting. 2014.

Yau W.P., Reversed total shoulder replacement, 11th Hong Kong International Orthopaedic Forum – Musculoskeletal Problems in the Elderly. 2014.

Yau W.P., Shoulder Trauma Management, Emergency Medicine Update Course – From Clinical Evidences to Practice . 2013.

Yau W.P., Kuang G., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Use of Strontium-enriched Bioactive Bone Cement in Enhancing Tendon Osteointegration in a Rabbit Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Model, 33rd Annual Congress of Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association. 2013.

Yau W.P., Kuang G., Lu W.W. and Chiu P.K.Y., Use of strontium-enriched bioactive bone cement in enhancing tendon osteo-integration in a rabbit anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction model, The 33rd Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. 2013.

Researcher : Yeung KWK

Project Title:	Materials Science & Technology 2006 Conference and Exhibition New Plasma Surface Treated Memory Alloys: Towards A New Generation of "Smart" Orthopaedic Materials
Investigator(s):	Yeung KWK
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	10/2006

Project Title:	Development of a novel method to suppress bacterial adhesion on orthopaedic implant surface using plasma-based technology
Investigator(s):	Yeung KWK, Cheung KMC, Kao RYT, Luk KDK
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2010

Project Title:	Prevention of orthopaedic implant related bacterial infections using novel plasma surface treatments
Investigator(s):	Yeung KWK, Leung FKL, Kao RYT, Cheung KMC, Luk KDK, Tam V
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	AO Foundation Research Fund
Start Date:	02/2010

Project Title:	Prevention of Orthopaedic Implant Related Bacterial Infections by Using Novel Plasma Surface Treatments
Investigator(s):	Yeung KWK, Kao RYT, Cheung KMC, Luk KDK
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Innovation and Technology Support Programme (Tier 3)
Start Date:	04/2010

Project Title:	Prevention of Orthopaedic Implant Related Bacterial Infections by Using Novel Plasma Surface Treatments
Investigator(s):	Yeung KWK
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Innovation and Technology Fund Internship Programme
Start Date:	04/2010

Project Title:	Prevention of Orthopaedic Implant Related Bacterial Infections by Using Novel Plasma Surface Treatments
Investigator(s):	Yeung KWK
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Innovation and Technology Fund Internship Programme
Start Date:	04/2010

Project Title:	Enhancement of the biofunctionality of polyetheretherkytone (PEEK) materials using plasma surface technology
Investigator(s):	Yeung KWK, Chan D, Cheung KMC, Luk KDK
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	12/2011

Project Title:	The Development of Novel Injectable and Biodegradable Polycaprolactone-Magnesium Hybrid Biomaterial for Osteoporotic Fracture Fixation
Investigator(s):	Yeung KWK, Leung FKL, Luk KDK, Cheung KMC
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2012
Completion Date:	05/2014

Project Title:	The role of magnesium ions in regulating osteogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells
Investigator(s):	Yeung KWK, Cheung KMC, Luk KDK, Wong HM
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2013
Completion Date:	05/2014

Project Title:	Development of novel biodegradable bone substitutes for osteoporotic spinal fracture treatments
Investigator(s):	Yeung KWK, Chan D, Cheung KMC, Luk KDK
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	11/2013

Project Title:	International Conference on Processing & Manufacturing of Advanced Materials ; Surface Modified 3D Porous and Nano-structured Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) For Bone Tissue Engineering
Investigator(s):	Yeung KWK
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	12/2013
Completion Date:	12/2013

List of Research Outputs

Chong Y.W., Ng C.Y.P., Choi V.W.Y., Yan L., Yang Y., Zhang W.J., Yeung K.W.K., Chen X.F. and Yu K.N., A diamond nanocone array for improved osteoblastic differentiation, Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2013, 1(27): 3390-3396.

KWAN K.H.L., Yeung K.W.K., LIU X., Wong K.K.Y., Shum H.C., Lam Y.W., Cheng S.H., Cheung K.M.C. and To M.K.T., Silver nanoparticles alter proteoglycan expression in the promotion of tendon repair, Journal of Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine. 2013, 10pp.

Kong T., Wu J., Yeung K.W.K., To M.K.T., Shum H.C. and Wang L., Micofluidic fabrication of polymeric core-shell microspheres for controlled release applications, Biomicrofluidics. AIP Publishing LLC, 2013, 7: 044128.

Li P., Zhang X., Xu R., Wang W., Liu X., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Electrochemically Deposited Chitosan/Ag Complex Coatings on Biomedical NiTi Alloy for Antibacterial Application, Surface and Coatings Technology. 2013.

Li P., Li L., Wang W., Jin W., Liu X., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Enhanced corrosion resistance and hemocompatibility of biomedical NiTi alloy by atmospheric-pressure plasma polymerized fluorine-rich coating, Applied Surface Science. 2014, 297: 109-115.

Liao C.Z., Wong H.M., Yeung K.W.K. and Tjong S.C., The development, fabrication, and material characterization of polypropylene composites reinforced with carbon nanofiber and hydroxyapatite nanorod hybrid fillers, International Journal of Nanomedicine. 2014, 9(1): 1299-1310.

Tang S.W., Tong W.Y.T., Shen W., Yeung K.W.K. and Lam Y.W., Stringent requirement for spatial arrangement of extracellular matrix in supporting cell morphogenesis and differentiation, BMC Cell Biology. 2014, 15(1).

WU J., KONG T., Yeung K.W.K., Shum H.C., Cheung K.M.C. and To M.K.T., Fabrication and characterization of monodisperse PLGA-alginate core-shell microspheres with monodisperse size and homogeneous shells for controlled drug release, Acta Biomaterialia. 2013.

WU J., Kong T., To M.K.T., Shum H.C., Wang L. and Yeung K.W.K., Modulating drug release kinetics of PLGA microspheres by fabricating PLGA-alginate core-shell drug delivery devices with microfluidic method, Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. 2013, 6: SI(1), 327.

Weng Z., Guo H., Liu X., Wu S., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Nanostructured TiO2 for energy conversion and storage, RSC Advances. 2013, 3(47): 24758-24775.

Wong H.M., Zhao Y., Tam V., Wu S., Chu P.K., Zheng Y., To M.K.T., Leung F.K.L., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., In vivo stimulation of bone formation by aluminum and oxygen plasma surface-modified magnesium implants, Biomaterials. 2013, 34: 9863-76.

Wong H.M., Zhao Y., Tam V., Wu S., Chu P.K., Zheng Y., To M.K.T., Leung F.K.L., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., Invivo stimulation of bone formation by aluminum and oxygen plasma surface-modified magnesium implants, Biomaterials. 2013, 34(38): 9863-9876.

Wong H.M., Wu S.L., Chu P.K., Cheng S.H., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., Low-modulus Mg/PCL bone substitute for osteoporotic fracture fixation, Biomaterials. 2013, 34(29): 7016-7032.

Wong H.M., Wu S., Chu P.K., Cheng S.H., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., Low-modulus Mg/PCL hybrid bone substitute for osteoporotic fracture fixation, Biomaterials. 2013, 34(29): 7016-7032.

Wong T.M., Lau T.W., Li X., Fang C.X., Yeung K.W.K. and Leung F.K.L., Masquelet Technique for Treatment of Post Traumatic Bone Defects, The Scientific World Journal. 2014.

Wu S., Liu X., Yeung K.W.K., Liu C. and Yang X., Biomimetic porous scaffolds for bone tissue engineering, Materials Science and Engineering R: Reports. 2014, 80(1): 1-36.

Wu S., Liu X., Wu G., Yeung K.W.K., Zheng D., Chung C.Y., Xu Z.S. and Chu P.K., Wear mechanism and tribological characteristics of porous NiTi shape memory alloy for bone scaffold, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A. 2013, 101 A(9): 2586-2601.

Yan K., Li H., Li P., Zhu H., Shen J., Yi C., Wu S., Yeung K.W.K., Xu Z., Xu H. and Chu P.K., Self-assembled magnetic fluorescent polymeric micelles for magnetic resonance and optical imaging, Biomaterials. 2014, 35(1): 344-355.

Yeung K.W.K. and Wong H.M., Biodegradable metallic materials for orthopaedic implantations: A review, Technology and Health Care. 2013.

Yeung K.W.K., Surface Modified 3D Porous Nano-structured Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) For Bone Tissue Engineering, Expert Forum for Material Surface Properties and Subsequent Biological Response, Shanghai, PR China. 2013.

Yeung K.W.K., The Significance of Magnesium in Osteogenesis and Its Applications in Orthopaedics, Hubei University Biomaterial Seminar, Hubei University, Hubei, PR China. 2013.

Yeung K.W.K., The Significance of Magnesium in Osteogenesis and Its Applications in Orthopaedics, The 14th Biomaterials National Congress, Xi’an, PR China. 2013.

Yeung K.W.K., The Significance of Magnesium in Osteogenesis and its Applications in Orthopaedics, Workshop on Mechanics and Biodegradation of Magnesium Alloy for Biomedical Applications, Peking University, Beijing PR China. 2014.

Zhang Y., Shen J., Li Q., Xu Z., Yeung K.W.K., Yi C. and Zhang Q., Development and characterization of co-polyimide/attapulgite nanocomposites with highly enhanced thermal and mechanical properties, Polymer Composites. 2014, 35(1): 86-96.

Zhang Y., Shen J., Li Q., Pang L., Xu Z., Yeung K.W.K. and Yi C., Effect of the adding of rod-like attapulgite upon the properties of polyimides produced by random copolycondensation, Journal of Materials Science. 2013, 48(14): 4973-4982.

Zhang Y., Shen J., Zhang Q., Xu Z., Yeung K.W.K. and Yi C., Review on F, Si and P-containing polyimides with special properties, Science of Advanced Materials. 2014, 6(1): 44-55.

Zhang Y., Shen J., Li Q., Pang L., Zhang Q., Xu Z., Yeung K.W.K. and Yi C., Synthesis and characterization of novel hyperbranched polyimides/ attapulgite nanocomposites, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing. 2013, 55: 161-168.

Zhao Y., Wong H.M., WANG W., Li P., Xu Z., CHONG Y.W., Yan C.H., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Cytocompatibility, Osseointegration, And Bioactivity Af Three-dimensional Porous And Nanostructured Network On Polyetheretherketone, Biomaterials. 2013, 37: 9264-77.

Zhao Y., Wong H.M., Wang W., Li P., Xu Z., Chong Y.W., Yan C.H., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Cytocompatibility, osseointegration, and bioactivity of three-dimensional porous and nanostructured network on polyetheretherketone, Biomaterials. 2013, 34(37): 9264-9277.

Zhao Y., Jamesh M.I., Li W.K., Wu G., Wang C., Zheng Y., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Enhanced antimicrobial properties, cytocompatibility, and corrosion resistance of plasma-modified biodegradable magnesium alloys, Acta Biomaterialia. 2014, 10(1): 544-556.

Zhao Y., Wong S.M., Wong H.M., Pan H., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Improved in vitro and in vivo biocompatibility of dual plasma modified titanium alloy, Surface and Coatings Technology. 2013, 229: 130-134.

Zhu H., Shang Y., Wang W., Zhou Y., Li P., Yan K., Wu S., Yeung K.W.K., Xu Z., Xu H. and Chu P.K., Fluorescent magnetic Fe3O4/rare earth colloidal nanoparticles for dual-modality imaging, Small. 2013, 9(17): 2991-3000.

Researcher : Yip DKH

Project Title:	To evaluate biomechanically the strongest host bone and allograft bone docking site geometry - for application in bone transplant patients undergoing limb salvage surgery
Investigator(s):	Yip DKH, Chien EP
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Low Budget High Impact Programme
Start Date:	11/2000

Project Title:	Biomechanical evaluation of the effect of incomplete cortical erosion of a diaphyseal long bone
Investigator(s):	Yip DKH
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	11/2002

Project Title:	Strength reduction of suture due to abrasion of the interference screw
Investigator(s):	Yip DKH
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	11/2004

Researcher : ZHOU L

List of Research Outputs

Lv F., SUN Y., LIM F.L., ZHOU L., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., Association of Macrophage Metalloelastase MMP12 with Intervertebral Disc Degeneration., The 9th Pan Pacific Connective Tissue Research. 2013.

Lv F., SUN Y., ZHOU L., Lu M., Chan D., Zheng Z., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., Best Participation Award, World Forum for Spine Research, Xian, China, May 2014. 2014.

Lv F., SUN Y., ZHOU L., Lu M., Zheng Z., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., The Potential of Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Intervertebral Disc Repair., Global Spine Journal. 2014, 4: po.075.

Lv F., Sun Y., ZHOU L., Lu M.M., Zheng Z.M., Cheung K.M.C. and Leung V.Y.L., The Potential of Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Intervertebral Disc Repair, World Forum for Spine Research, Xian, China, May 15-17 2014.

Researcher : Zhao Y

List of Research Outputs

Wong H.M., Zhao Y., Tam V., Wu S., Chu P.K., Zheng Y., To M.K.T., Leung F.K.L., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., In vivo stimulation of bone formation by aluminum and oxygen plasma surface-modified magnesium implants, Biomaterials. 2013, 34: 9863-76.

Wong H.M., Zhao Y., Tam V., Wu S., Chu P.K., Zheng Y., To M.K.T., Leung F.K.L., Luk K.D.K., Cheung K.M.C. and Yeung K.W.K., Invivo stimulation of bone formation by aluminum and oxygen plasma surface-modified magnesium implants, Biomaterials. 2013, 34(38): 9863-9876.

Zhao Y., Wong H.M., WANG W., Li P., Xu Z., CHONG Y.W., Yan C.H., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Cytocompatibility, Osseointegration, And Bioactivity Af Three-dimensional Porous And Nanostructured Network On Polyetheretherketone, Biomaterials. 2013, 37: 9264-77.

Zhao Y., Wong H.M., Wang W., Li P., Xu Z., Chong Y.W., Yan C.H., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Cytocompatibility, osseointegration, and bioactivity of three-dimensional porous and nanostructured network on polyetheretherketone, Biomaterials. 2013, 34(37): 9264-9277.

Zhao Y., Jamesh M.I., Li W.K., Wu G., Wang C., Zheng Y., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Enhanced antimicrobial properties, cytocompatibility, and corrosion resistance of plasma-modified biodegradable magnesium alloys, Acta Biomaterialia. 2014, 10(1): 544-556.

Zhao Y., Wong S.M., Wong H.M., Pan H., Yeung K.W.K. and Chu P.K., Improved in vitro and in vivo biocompatibility of dual plasma modified titanium alloy, Surface and Coatings Technology. 2013, 229: 130-134.

Researcher : Zhou F

Project Title:	Influence thalamocortical connectivity in experimental pain stimuli: a study of functional MRI
Investigator(s):	Zhou F, Hu Y, Luk KDK
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	05/2014
Completion Date:	03/2015

List of Research Outputs

LIU X., LI X., Zhou F., CUI J., Tsang A.H.W., Zhou Y., Wu E.X. and Hu Y., Exploration of Resting State Networks in Human Cervical Spinal Cord, 2014.

Researcher : Zhou G

Project Title:	A mesenchymal stem cell and firefly luciferase-based high-throughput screening (HTS) platform for osteogenesis-promoting small molecule compounds
Investigator(s):	Zhou G, Cheung KMC, Luk KDK, Kao RYT
Department:	Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Applied Research
Start Date:	08/2008

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