Dr Wu Pang Hung - Orthopaedic Surgery

Dr Wu Pang Hung

Orthopaedic Surgeon

Medical Reviewer

Specialty

Orthopaedic Surgery

Languages

Cantonese, English, Hokkien, Mandarin

Gender

Male

Insurance Panel

Great Eastern, HSBC Life, Prudential^

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Key achievements

  • One of the earliest Singaporean surgeon to be accredited to perform uniportal and biportal endoscopic spine surgery in cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine
  • One of the earliest doctor to perform uniportal full endoscopic and unilateral biportal endoscopic posterolateral approach interbody fusion in lumbar in Singapore
  • One of the earliest doctor to start ambulatory lumbar endoscopic awake discectomy spine surgery protocol in Singapore

Experience

Research & publications

Wu, P. H., et al. (2023). Ambulatory uniportal versus biportal endoscopic unilateral laminotomy with bilateral decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis—cohort study using a prospective registry. European Spine Journal.

Wu, P. H., et al. (2023). Prospective Cohort Study with a 2-Year Follow-up of Clinical Results, Fusion rate, and Muscle Bulk for Uniportal Full Endoscopic Posterolateral Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Asian Spine Journal, 17(2), 373–381.

Wu, P. H., et al. (2022). Differentiation of pain-related functional limitations in surgical patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) using the Oswestry Disability Index: a Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network (CSORN) study. The Spine Journal, 22(4), 578–586.

Kim J. Y., Kim H. S., Wu P. H., Jang I. T. (2021). Alleviating Paravertebral Muscle Spasm after Radiofrequency Ablation Treatment of Hypersensitive Basivertebral and Sinuvertebral Nerves for Chronic Discogenic Back Pain. Pain Physician. 24(6), 883–892.

Wu, P. H., Sebastian, M., Kim, H. S., & Heng, G. T. Y. (2021). How I do it? Uniportal full endoscopic pseudoarthrosis release of left L5/S1 Bertolotti’s syndrome under intraoperative computer tomographic guidance in an ambulatory setting. Acta Neurochirurgica, 163(10), 2789–2795.

Wu, P. H., et al. (2022). Comparative Clinical and Radiographic Cohort Study: Uniportal Thoracic Endoscopic Laminotomy With Bilateral Decompression by Using the 1-Block Resection Technique and Thoracic Open Laminotomy With Bilateral Decompression for Thoracic Ossified Ligamentum Flavum. Operative Neurosurgery, 22(6), 391–399.

Wu, P. H., et al. (2020). Posterior endoscopic cervical foramiotomy and discectomy: clinical and radiological computer tomography evaluation on the bony effect of decompression with 2 years follow-up. European Spine Journal, 30(2), 534–546.

Wu, P. H., et al. (2022). Retrospective Case Control Study: Clinical and Computer Tomographic Fusion and Subsidence Evaluation for Single Level Uniportal Endoscopic Posterolateral Approach Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Versus Microscopic Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Interbody Fusion. Global Spine Journal, 13(2), 304–315.

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