Hao-Hua Wu
Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery
School of Medicine
School of Medicine
B.A., University of Southern California, 2012
M.D., University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, 2017
M.D., University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, 2017
University of California, Irvine
101 The City Drive S.
Pavilion 3, 2nd Floor
Orange, CA 92868
101 The City Drive S.
Pavilion 3, 2nd Floor
Orange, CA 92868
Research Interests
His current research focuses on patient-reported outcome measures in spine surgery, global health, leadership and medical education.
Websites
Appointments
2022-2023 Fellow, Spine, Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham & Women's Hospital
2017-2022 Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
2017-2022 Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
Awards and Honors
2023 Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Young Surgeons Grant ($1665), Las Vegas, NV
2022 SICOT Oral Presentation Award ($1000), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2022 Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) North American Meeting Scholarship ($2500), Stockholm, Sweden
2022 WOF Nitin N. Bhatia, MD Donor Resident Award ($1000), Hawaii, USA
2022 ClinicalKey Global Challenge 2022 Expert Faculty ($10,000), London, UK
2021 Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS) Resident & Fellow Annual Meeting Scholarship ($2000), Atlanta, GA
2021 Resident Research Travel Grant ($600), San Francisco, CA
2021 James O. Johnston Resident Research Award ($5000), San Francisco, CA
2021 NASS Value Abstract Award ($500), Boston, MA
2020 James O. Johnston Resident Research Award ($5000), San Francisco, CA
2019 OREF California Regional Resident Research Award, Clinical Science, Third Place ($500), San Francisco, CA
2019 ClinicalKey Global Challenge 2019 Expert Faculty ($10,000), London, UK
2018 James O. Johnston Resident Research Award ($5000), San Francisco, CA
2017 Botswana Global Health Medicine Elective ($1700), Gaborone, Botswana
2017 Wilderness and Disaster Medicine Education, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Max Kade Fellowship ($2000), Vienna, Austria
2016 GAPSA Fall 2016 Professional Student Travel Grant ($400), Philadelphia, PA
2016 President Gutmann Leadership Award ($2000), Philadelphia, PA
2016 GAPSA Spring 2016 Professional Student Travel Grant ($630), Philadelphia, PA
2016 Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Innovations Funding for Education ($30,000), San Francisco, CA
2022 SICOT Oral Presentation Award ($1000), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2022 Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) North American Meeting Scholarship ($2500), Stockholm, Sweden
2022 WOF Nitin N. Bhatia, MD Donor Resident Award ($1000), Hawaii, USA
2022 ClinicalKey Global Challenge 2022 Expert Faculty ($10,000), London, UK
2021 Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS) Resident & Fellow Annual Meeting Scholarship ($2000), Atlanta, GA
2021 Resident Research Travel Grant ($600), San Francisco, CA
2021 James O. Johnston Resident Research Award ($5000), San Francisco, CA
2021 NASS Value Abstract Award ($500), Boston, MA
2020 James O. Johnston Resident Research Award ($5000), San Francisco, CA
2019 OREF California Regional Resident Research Award, Clinical Science, Third Place ($500), San Francisco, CA
2019 ClinicalKey Global Challenge 2019 Expert Faculty ($10,000), London, UK
2018 James O. Johnston Resident Research Award ($5000), San Francisco, CA
2017 Botswana Global Health Medicine Elective ($1700), Gaborone, Botswana
2017 Wilderness and Disaster Medicine Education, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Max Kade Fellowship ($2000), Vienna, Austria
2016 GAPSA Fall 2016 Professional Student Travel Grant ($400), Philadelphia, PA
2016 President Gutmann Leadership Award ($2000), Philadelphia, PA
2016 GAPSA Spring 2016 Professional Student Travel Grant ($630), Philadelphia, PA
2016 Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Innovations Funding for Education ($30,000), San Francisco, CA
Short Biography
Dr. Hao-Hua Wu is a fellowship-trained UCI Health orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in the management of cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine disorders.
He is passionate about providing excellent care and helping his patients achieve their goals of treatment. Dr. Wu is known for utilizing his expertise in neck and back disorders to recommend non-surgical treatment methods when clinically appropriate. If surgery is indicated, he is able to perform a range of open and minimally invasive spine (MIS) procedures, such as cervical laminoplasty, motion-sparing cervical disc replacement, tubular decompression for disc herniations, and robotic surgery.
Dr. Wu graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern California as a Phi Beta Kappa inductee and Trustee Scholar. He earned his medical degree at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received numerous accolades, including the President Gutmann Leadership Award, Petrus Camper Award and Max Kade Fellowship. He completed residency at the University of California, San Francisco, where he was recognized with the James O. Johnston Resident Research Award and the North American Spine Society Value Abstract Award. Dr. Wu then completed the Harvard Combined Spine Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
He is passionate about providing excellent care and helping his patients achieve their goals of treatment. Dr. Wu is known for utilizing his expertise in neck and back disorders to recommend non-surgical treatment methods when clinically appropriate. If surgery is indicated, he is able to perform a range of open and minimally invasive spine (MIS) procedures, such as cervical laminoplasty, motion-sparing cervical disc replacement, tubular decompression for disc herniations, and robotic surgery.
Dr. Wu graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern California as a Phi Beta Kappa inductee and Trustee Scholar. He earned his medical degree at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received numerous accolades, including the President Gutmann Leadership Award, Petrus Camper Award and Max Kade Fellowship. He completed residency at the University of California, San Francisco, where he was recognized with the James O. Johnston Resident Research Award and the North American Spine Society Value Abstract Award. Dr. Wu then completed the Harvard Combined Spine Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Publications
1. Silvestre J, Clemmons JA, Wu HH, Caldwell K, Kang JD. Limited number of spine surgeons among recipients of National Institutes of Health grants awarded for degenerative spine disease research. J Neurosurg Spine. 2023 Jul 28;1-8. PMID 37548536
2. Carrillo LA, Wu HH, Callahan M, Chopra A, Katyal T, Swarup I. Erratum: Rates of readmission and reoperation after operative management of midshaft clavicle fractures in adolescents. World J Orthop. 2023 Jun 18;14(6):502-504. PMID 37377989.
3. Siu J, Wu HH, Saggi S, Allahabadi S, Katayal T, Diab M. Radiographic and Perioperative Outcomes following Anterior Thoracic Vertebral Body Tethering and Posterior Lumbar Spine Tethering: A Pilot Series. Spine Deformity. 2023 Jun 25. PMID 37355490.
4. Wu HH, Mody K (co-first author), Mkandawire NC, Young S, Lau BC, Shearer DW, Agarwal-Harding KJ. The Socioeconomic Consequences of Femoral Shaft Fracture for Patients in Malawi. Malawi Medical Journal. 2023. Accepted. Proof Pending
5. Silvestre J, Wu HH, Thompson TL, Kang JD. Utility of Spine Surgery Fellowship Training for Orthopaedic Surgeons in the United States. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2023 April 1. PMID: 36729747.
6. Siu J, Wu HH, Saggi S, Allahabadi S, Katyal T, Diab M. Perioperative Outcomes of Open Anterior Vertebral Spinal Tethering versus Posterior Spinal Fusion for Skeletally Immature Patients with Idiopathic Scoliosis. JPO. 2023 Mar 1;43(3):143-150. PMID: 36746139.
7. O’Donnell JM, Gornitzky AL, Wu HH, Furie KS, Diab M. Anterior vertebral body tethering for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis associated with less early post-operative pain and shorter recovery compared with fusion. Spine Deformity. 2023 Feb 21. PMID: 36809648.
8. Theologis AA, Wu HH, Diab M. Thoracic posterior spinal instrumented fusion vs. thoracic anterior spinal tethering for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with a minimum of 2-year follow-up: a cost comparison of index and revision operations. Spine Deform. Epub 2022 Sep 21. PMID: 36131225.
9. Georgiou S, Saggi S, Wu HH, Metz LN. Comparison of 90-day Complications and Two-Year Reoperation Rates Between Anterior and Posterior Interbody Fusion for Single-level Degenerative Spondylolisthesis. NASS J. 2022 May 21;10:100127. PMID: 35637646
10. Wu HH, Brown K, Flores M, Cazzulino A, Swarup I. Diagnosis and Management of Spondylosis and Spondylolisthesis in Pediatric Patients. JBJS Reviews. March 2022. 10 (3): e21.00176. PMID: 35611834.
11. Wu HH, Carrillo LA, Chopra A, Swarup I. Rates of Operative Management of Midshaft Clavicle Fractures in Adolescents. HSS J. 2022, Vol. 18(4) 535-540.
12. Wu HH, Wright S, Metz L. Pseudoarthrosis after long adult deformity reconstruction. Seminars in Spine Surgery. Dec 2021. 33(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semss.2021.100907.
13. Allahabadi S, Wu HH, Allahabadi S, Woolridge T, Kohn MA, Diab M. Concurrent and Overlapping Surgery: Perspectives from Surgeons on Spinal Posterior Instrumented Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Journal of Children’s Orthopaedics. 2021. PMID: 34987670
14. Wu HH, Chou D, Hindoyan K, Guinn JMV, Rivera J, Duan PG, Wang MH, Xi Z, Li B, Lee A, Burch S, Mummaneni PV, Berven SH. Upper Instrumented Vertebra – Femoral Angle and Correlation with Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Adult Spinal Deformity. Spine Deform. 2021 Sep 3. PMID: 34478128.
15. Wu HH, Samuel LT, Silvestre J, Acuna AJ, Nelson CL, Israelite CL, Kamath AF. The Accuracy of patient-reported weight prior to total joint arthroplasty and arthroscopy of the lower extremity. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2021 July 31. PMID: 34331581.
16. Xi Z, Duan PG, Mummaneni PV, Liu JP, Guinn JMV, Wang MH, Li B, Wu HH, Rivera J, Burch S, Berven SH, Chou D. Posterior Displacement of L1 May be a Risk Factor for Proximal Junctional Kyphosis After Adult Spinal Deformity Correction. Global Spine Journal. 2021 May 17. PMID: 33998302.
17. Carrillo LA, Wu HH, Chopra A, Callahan M, Katyal T, Swarup I. Rates of readmission and reoperation after operative management of midshaft clavicle fractures in adolescents. World J Orthop. 2021 Dec 18;12(12):1001-1007. PMID: 35036342
18. Von Kaeppler EP, Donnelley C, Ali SH, Roberts HJ, Ibrahim JM, Wu HH, Eliezer EN, Porco TC, Haonga BT, Morshed S, Shearer DW. Study Protocol for a Pilot Masked Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Locally-applied Gentamicin versus Saline in Open Tibia Fractures (pGO-Tibia) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 2021 Feb 10;7(1):47. PMID: 33568230.
19. Chokotho L, Donnelley C, Young S, Lau BC, Wu HH, Mkandawire N, Gjertsen JE, Hallan G, Shearer DW. Cost Utility Analysis of Intramedullary Nailing and Skeletal Traction Treatment for Patients with Femoral Shaft Fractures in Malawi. Acta Orthopaedica. 2021 Mar 24;1-7. PMID: 33757393.
20. Cummins D, Hindoyan K, Wu HH, Theologis A, Callahan M, Tay B, Berven S. Risk Factors for Reoperation Following 1-2 Level Lumbar Fusions. Global Spine Journal. 2021 Jan 21. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33472423
21. Chokotho L, Wu HH, Shearer D, Lau BC, Mkandawire N, Gjertsen JE, Hallan G, Young S. Quality of Life and Functional Outcome at One Year in Patients with Femoral Shaft Fractures Treated with Intramedullary Nailing or Skeletal Traction in Malawi: A prospective observational study of 132 skeletal traction and 55 intramedullary nailing patients. Acta Orthopaedica. 2020 Jul 23;1-8. PMID: 32698707.
22. Von Kaeppler EP, Kramer EJ, Donnelley CA, Wu HH, Marseille E, Eliezer E, Roberts HJ, Shearer DW, Morshed S. The Initial Economic Burden of Femur Fractures on Informal Caregivers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Malawi Medical Journal. 2020. Accepted. Proof Pending.
23. Duan PG, Mummaneni PV, Rivera J, Guinn JMV, Wang MH, Xi Z, Li B, Wu HH, Ames C, Burch S, Berven SH, Chou D. AUG-Lower Hounsfield units of the upper instrumented vertebra are associated with proximal junctional kyphosis in adult spinal deformity surgery with minimum 2-year follow-up. Journal of Neurosurgery. 2020 August;49(2):E7. PMID 32738804.
24. Agarwalla A, Liu JN, Wu HH, Kalbian IL, Garcia GH, Shubin Stein BE. Return to Work Following Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy for Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis and Pain. Cartilage. 2020 Apr 22: 1947603520916544. PMID: 32321284. [Epub ahead of print]
25. Oguzie GC, Albright P, Ali SH, Duru NE, Iyidobi EC, Lasebikan OA, Chukwumam DC, Wu HH, Ikpeme IA. Prophylactic surgical drainage is associated with increased infection following intramedullary nailing of diaphyseal long bone fractures: a prospective cohort study in Nigeria. SICOT J. 2020;6:7. Epub 2020 Feb 18. PMID: 32068534.
26. Patterson JT, Wu HH, Chung CC, Bendich I, Barry JJ, Bini SA. Wearable activity sensors and early pain after total joint arthroplasty. Arthroplasty Today. 2020 Mar 6;6(1):68–70. doi: 10.1016/j.artd.2019.12.006. PMCID: PMC7083735.
27. Liu JN, Garcia GH, Gowd AK, Mahony G, Sinatro A, Wu HH, Dines DM, Warren RF, Gulotta LV. Return to Work after Shoulder Replacement for Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis is Similar when Hemiarthroplasty is compared to Total Shoulder Arthroplasty. HSS Journal. 2020 Oct;16(3):212-217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11420-019-09692-0. PMID: 33088235
28. Chokotho L, Lau BC, Conway DJ, Wu HH, Shearer DW, Hallan G, Gjertsen JE, Mkandawire N, Young S. Validation of Chichewa Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment SMFA (SMFA) Questionnaire: A cross-sectional study. Malawi Medical Journal. 2019 Mar; 31(1): 65-70. PMID: 31143399
29. Wu HH, Liu MB, Challa ST, Morshed S, Eliezer EN, Haonga BT, Zirkle L, Shearer DW. Development of the “squat and smile” test as a proxy for fracture healing in patients with femoral shaft fractures in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2019 Feb 20;10(4):353-359. PMID: 30801374.
30. Ibrahim J, Liu MB, Wu HH, Caldwell AM, Coughlin RR, Morshed S, Shearer DW. The extent of pediatric orthopaedic research in low-and-middle income countries and the impact of academic collaboration on research quality: a scoping review. Pediatr Surg Int. 2019 Mar;35(3):397-411. PMID: 30413920.
31. Wu HH, Ibrahim J, Conway D, Liu MB, Morshed S, Miclau T, Coughlin RR, Shearer DW. Clinical Research Course for International Orthopaedic Surgeons: 2-Year Outcomes. J Orthop Trauma. 2018 Oct;32 Suppl 7:S35-S37. PMID: 30247398.
32. Lau BC, Wu HH, Mustafa M, Ibrahim J, Conway D, Agarwal-Harding K, Shearer DW, Chokotho L. Developing Research to Change Policy: Design of a multicenter Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Comparing Intramedullary Nailing to Skeletal Traction in Malawi. J Orthop Trauma. 2018 Oct;32 Suppl 7:S52-57. PMID: 30247402.
33. Challa S, Wu HH, Cunningham BP, Liu MB, Patel K, Shearer DW, Morshed S, Miclau T. Orthopaedic Trauma in the Developing World: Where are the Gaps in Research and What Can Be Done? J Orthop Trauma. 2018 Oct;32 Suppl 7:S43-S46. PMID: 30247400.
34. Challa S, Conway D, Wu HH, Bisht R, Sherchan B, Lamichhane A, Shearer DW, Terry M, Gillenwater J. Can a 2-Day Course Teach Orthopaedic Surgeons Rotational Flap Procedures? An Evaluation of Data From the Nepal SMART Course Over 2 years. J Orthop Trauma. 2018 Oct;32 Suppl 7:S38-42. PMID: 30247399.
35. Wu HH, Liu MB, Dines DM, Kelly JD, Garcia GH. Depression and Psychiatric Disease Associated with Outcomes after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. World J Orthop. 2016 Nov 18;7(11):709-717. Review. PMID 27900267.
36. Wu HH, Liu M, Patel KR, Turner W, Baltus L, Caldwell AM, Hahn JC, Coughlin RR, Morshed S, Miclau T, Shearer DW. Impact of Academic Collaboration on Quality of Clinical Orthopaedic Research Conducted in Low- and Middle-income Countries. SICOT J. 2017;3:6. PMID: 28134090.
37. Wu HH, Patel KR, Caldwell AM, Coughlin RR, Hansen SL, Carey JN. Surgical Management and Reconstruction Training (SMART) Course for International Orthopaedic Surgeons. Annals of Global Health, 2016. 82(4): 652-658. PMID: 27986236.
38. Mustafa Diab M, Shearer DW, Kahn JG, Wu HH, Lau BC, Morshed S, Chokotho L. The Cost of Intramedullary Nailing Versus Skeletal Traction for Treatment of Femoral Shaft Fractures in Malawi: A Prospective Economic Analysis. World J Surg. 2018 Aug 9. PMID: 30094638.
39. Garcia GH, Wu HH, Park MJ, Tjoumakaris F, Tucker B, Kelly J, Sennett B. Depression Symptomatology And ACL Reconstruction Incidence And Impact On Functional Outcome, A Prospective Cohort Study. Am J Sports Med. 2016 Mar;44(3):572-9. PMID: 26628516. *Selected as featured article for editorial in AJSM - Psyched Down: AJSM 2016 44:569
40. Mustafa Diab M, Wu HH, Eliezer EN, Haonga BT, Morshed S, Shearer DW. The impact of antegrade intramedullary nailing start site using the SIGN nail in proximal femoral fractures: A prospective cohort study. Injury. 2017 Nov 18. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 29162265.
41. Bernstein DN, Wu HH, Jergesen HE. Protocols for Management of Underserved Patients Undergoing Arthroplasty: A National Survey of Safety Net Hospitals. Arch Bone Jt Surg. 2018 Jul;6(4):294-300. PMID: 30175177.
42. Jergesen HE, Thielen Z, Roever J, Vashon T, Wu HH, Yi P. Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in a Safety Net Hospital: Substance Abuse and Other Factors Affecting Short-term Complications. J Arthroplasty. 2018 May 9. Pii. S0883-5403(18)30436-4. PMID: 29853309.
43. Garcia GH, Wu HH, Chokotho L. A 41-year-old man with left thigh pain in rural Malawi. Orthopedics Today Grand Rounds. April 2017.
44. Liu JN, Wu HH, Garcia GH, Gasik K, Kalbian I, Strickland SM, Shubin-Stein B. Return to Sports After Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy for Patellofemoral Pain and Osteoarthritis. Arthroscopy. 2018 April; 34(4): 1022-1029. PMID: 29229415.
45. Garcia GH, Mahony G, Fabricant P, Wu HH, Warren R, Craig E, Gulotta L. Sports and Work Related Outcomes after Shoulder Hemiarthroplasty. Am J Sports Med. 2015 Dec 9. pii: 0363546515613077. PMID: 26657261. *Selected as featured article and podcast recorded
46. Liu JN, Garcia GH, Mahony G, Wu HH, Warren R, Craig E, Gulotta L. Sports after Shoulder Arthroplasty: A Comparative Analysis of Hemiarthroplasty and Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2016 Feb 4. Pii. S1058-2746(15)00617-5. PMID: 26853758.
47. Garcia GH, Wu HH, Liu JN, Huffman GR, Kelly J. The Remplissage Procedure for Engaging Hill-Sachs Lesions: Greater than 5-year average follow up. Am J Sports Med. 2016 Feb 17. PMID: 26888881.
48. Garcia GH, Liu JN, Mahony G, Sinatro A, Wu HH, Craig E, Warren R, Dines D, Gulotta L. Hemiarthroplasty versus Total Shoulder Arthroplasty For Shoulder Osteoarthritis: A Matched Comparison of Return to Sports. Am J Sports Med. 2016 June;44(6):1417-1422. PMID: 26960913.
49. Garcia GH, Liu JN, Sinatro A, Wu HH, Dines J, Warren R, Dines D, Gulotta LV. High Satisfaction and Return to Sports after Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: Age 55 and Younger. Am J Sports Med. 2017 March; Epub ahead of print; PMID: 28319426.
50. Wang LL, Wu HH, Bilici N, Tenney-Soeiro R. Gunner Goggles: Implementing Augmented Reality into Medical Education Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2016;220:446-9. PMID: 27046620.
51. Hurwit DJ, Liu JN, Garcia GH, Mahony G, Wu HH, Dines DM, Warren RF, Gulotta LV. A Comparative Analysis of Work-Related Outcomes after Humeral Hemiarthroplasty and Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2017 Jan 11. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 28089256
52. Liu JN, Garcia GH, Wong AC, Sinatro A, Wu HH, Dines DM, Warren RF, Gulotta LV. Return to Work After Anatomic Total Shoulder Arthroplasty for Patients 55 Years and Younger at Average 5-Year Follow-Up. Orthopedics. 2018 Feb 16: 1-6. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID 29451941.
53. Chokotho L, Mkandawire N, Conway DJ, Wu HH, Shearer DW, Hallan G, Gjertsen JE, Young S, Lau BC. Validation and Reliability of Chichewa Translation of EQ-5D in Adults with Orthopaedic Injuries in Malawi. Malawi Med J. 2017 Jun;29(2):84-88. PMID: 28955412
54. Haonga BT, Hussein ZZ, Eliezer EN, Liu MB, Wu HH. Short-term Outcomes of Gustilo Grade 3A Open Tibia Diaphyseal Fractures: Intramedullary Nail versus External Fixation. East African Orthopaedic Journal. March 2018;12(1):9-15.
55. Eliezer EN, Haonga B, Mrita FS, Liu M, Wu HH. Functional Outcome and Quality of Life after Surgical Management of Displaced Acetabular Fractures in Tanzania. East African Orthopaedic Journal. March 2016;10(1):16-20
56. Haonga BT, Eliezer EN, Makupa JE, Shearer DW, Liu M, Wu HH. SIGN HIP construct: Achieving hip fracture fixation without using an image intensifier. East African Orthopaedic Journal. March 2016;10(1):7-10.
57. Haonga BT, Liu MB, Wu HH, Zehrabanu ZH, Eliezer EN. Reoperation rates following intramedullary nailing versus external fixation of Gustilo Type 3A open tibia shaft fractures. East African Orthopaedic Journal. September 2016;10(10):55-58.
2. Carrillo LA, Wu HH, Callahan M, Chopra A, Katyal T, Swarup I. Erratum: Rates of readmission and reoperation after operative management of midshaft clavicle fractures in adolescents. World J Orthop. 2023 Jun 18;14(6):502-504. PMID 37377989.
3. Siu J, Wu HH, Saggi S, Allahabadi S, Katayal T, Diab M. Radiographic and Perioperative Outcomes following Anterior Thoracic Vertebral Body Tethering and Posterior Lumbar Spine Tethering: A Pilot Series. Spine Deformity. 2023 Jun 25. PMID 37355490.
4. Wu HH, Mody K (co-first author), Mkandawire NC, Young S, Lau BC, Shearer DW, Agarwal-Harding KJ. The Socioeconomic Consequences of Femoral Shaft Fracture for Patients in Malawi. Malawi Medical Journal. 2023. Accepted. Proof Pending
5. Silvestre J, Wu HH, Thompson TL, Kang JD. Utility of Spine Surgery Fellowship Training for Orthopaedic Surgeons in the United States. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2023 April 1. PMID: 36729747.
6. Siu J, Wu HH, Saggi S, Allahabadi S, Katyal T, Diab M. Perioperative Outcomes of Open Anterior Vertebral Spinal Tethering versus Posterior Spinal Fusion for Skeletally Immature Patients with Idiopathic Scoliosis. JPO. 2023 Mar 1;43(3):143-150. PMID: 36746139.
7. O’Donnell JM, Gornitzky AL, Wu HH, Furie KS, Diab M. Anterior vertebral body tethering for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis associated with less early post-operative pain and shorter recovery compared with fusion. Spine Deformity. 2023 Feb 21. PMID: 36809648.
8. Theologis AA, Wu HH, Diab M. Thoracic posterior spinal instrumented fusion vs. thoracic anterior spinal tethering for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with a minimum of 2-year follow-up: a cost comparison of index and revision operations. Spine Deform. Epub 2022 Sep 21. PMID: 36131225.
9. Georgiou S, Saggi S, Wu HH, Metz LN. Comparison of 90-day Complications and Two-Year Reoperation Rates Between Anterior and Posterior Interbody Fusion for Single-level Degenerative Spondylolisthesis. NASS J. 2022 May 21;10:100127. PMID: 35637646
10. Wu HH, Brown K, Flores M, Cazzulino A, Swarup I. Diagnosis and Management of Spondylosis and Spondylolisthesis in Pediatric Patients. JBJS Reviews. March 2022. 10 (3): e21.00176. PMID: 35611834.
11. Wu HH, Carrillo LA, Chopra A, Swarup I. Rates of Operative Management of Midshaft Clavicle Fractures in Adolescents. HSS J. 2022, Vol. 18(4) 535-540.
12. Wu HH, Wright S, Metz L. Pseudoarthrosis after long adult deformity reconstruction. Seminars in Spine Surgery. Dec 2021. 33(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semss.2021.100907.
13. Allahabadi S, Wu HH, Allahabadi S, Woolridge T, Kohn MA, Diab M. Concurrent and Overlapping Surgery: Perspectives from Surgeons on Spinal Posterior Instrumented Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Journal of Children’s Orthopaedics. 2021. PMID: 34987670
14. Wu HH, Chou D, Hindoyan K, Guinn JMV, Rivera J, Duan PG, Wang MH, Xi Z, Li B, Lee A, Burch S, Mummaneni PV, Berven SH. Upper Instrumented Vertebra – Femoral Angle and Correlation with Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Adult Spinal Deformity. Spine Deform. 2021 Sep 3. PMID: 34478128.
15. Wu HH, Samuel LT, Silvestre J, Acuna AJ, Nelson CL, Israelite CL, Kamath AF. The Accuracy of patient-reported weight prior to total joint arthroplasty and arthroscopy of the lower extremity. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2021 July 31. PMID: 34331581.
16. Xi Z, Duan PG, Mummaneni PV, Liu JP, Guinn JMV, Wang MH, Li B, Wu HH, Rivera J, Burch S, Berven SH, Chou D. Posterior Displacement of L1 May be a Risk Factor for Proximal Junctional Kyphosis After Adult Spinal Deformity Correction. Global Spine Journal. 2021 May 17. PMID: 33998302.
17. Carrillo LA, Wu HH, Chopra A, Callahan M, Katyal T, Swarup I. Rates of readmission and reoperation after operative management of midshaft clavicle fractures in adolescents. World J Orthop. 2021 Dec 18;12(12):1001-1007. PMID: 35036342
18. Von Kaeppler EP, Donnelley C, Ali SH, Roberts HJ, Ibrahim JM, Wu HH, Eliezer EN, Porco TC, Haonga BT, Morshed S, Shearer DW. Study Protocol for a Pilot Masked Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Locally-applied Gentamicin versus Saline in Open Tibia Fractures (pGO-Tibia) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 2021 Feb 10;7(1):47. PMID: 33568230.
19. Chokotho L, Donnelley C, Young S, Lau BC, Wu HH, Mkandawire N, Gjertsen JE, Hallan G, Shearer DW. Cost Utility Analysis of Intramedullary Nailing and Skeletal Traction Treatment for Patients with Femoral Shaft Fractures in Malawi. Acta Orthopaedica. 2021 Mar 24;1-7. PMID: 33757393.
20. Cummins D, Hindoyan K, Wu HH, Theologis A, Callahan M, Tay B, Berven S. Risk Factors for Reoperation Following 1-2 Level Lumbar Fusions. Global Spine Journal. 2021 Jan 21. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33472423
21. Chokotho L, Wu HH, Shearer D, Lau BC, Mkandawire N, Gjertsen JE, Hallan G, Young S. Quality of Life and Functional Outcome at One Year in Patients with Femoral Shaft Fractures Treated with Intramedullary Nailing or Skeletal Traction in Malawi: A prospective observational study of 132 skeletal traction and 55 intramedullary nailing patients. Acta Orthopaedica. 2020 Jul 23;1-8. PMID: 32698707.
22. Von Kaeppler EP, Kramer EJ, Donnelley CA, Wu HH, Marseille E, Eliezer E, Roberts HJ, Shearer DW, Morshed S. The Initial Economic Burden of Femur Fractures on Informal Caregivers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Malawi Medical Journal. 2020. Accepted. Proof Pending.
23. Duan PG, Mummaneni PV, Rivera J, Guinn JMV, Wang MH, Xi Z, Li B, Wu HH, Ames C, Burch S, Berven SH, Chou D. AUG-Lower Hounsfield units of the upper instrumented vertebra are associated with proximal junctional kyphosis in adult spinal deformity surgery with minimum 2-year follow-up. Journal of Neurosurgery. 2020 August;49(2):E7. PMID 32738804.
24. Agarwalla A, Liu JN, Wu HH, Kalbian IL, Garcia GH, Shubin Stein BE. Return to Work Following Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy for Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis and Pain. Cartilage. 2020 Apr 22: 1947603520916544. PMID: 32321284. [Epub ahead of print]
25. Oguzie GC, Albright P, Ali SH, Duru NE, Iyidobi EC, Lasebikan OA, Chukwumam DC, Wu HH, Ikpeme IA. Prophylactic surgical drainage is associated with increased infection following intramedullary nailing of diaphyseal long bone fractures: a prospective cohort study in Nigeria. SICOT J. 2020;6:7. Epub 2020 Feb 18. PMID: 32068534.
26. Patterson JT, Wu HH, Chung CC, Bendich I, Barry JJ, Bini SA. Wearable activity sensors and early pain after total joint arthroplasty. Arthroplasty Today. 2020 Mar 6;6(1):68–70. doi: 10.1016/j.artd.2019.12.006. PMCID: PMC7083735.
27. Liu JN, Garcia GH, Gowd AK, Mahony G, Sinatro A, Wu HH, Dines DM, Warren RF, Gulotta LV. Return to Work after Shoulder Replacement for Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis is Similar when Hemiarthroplasty is compared to Total Shoulder Arthroplasty. HSS Journal. 2020 Oct;16(3):212-217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11420-019-09692-0. PMID: 33088235
28. Chokotho L, Lau BC, Conway DJ, Wu HH, Shearer DW, Hallan G, Gjertsen JE, Mkandawire N, Young S. Validation of Chichewa Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment SMFA (SMFA) Questionnaire: A cross-sectional study. Malawi Medical Journal. 2019 Mar; 31(1): 65-70. PMID: 31143399
29. Wu HH, Liu MB, Challa ST, Morshed S, Eliezer EN, Haonga BT, Zirkle L, Shearer DW. Development of the “squat and smile” test as a proxy for fracture healing in patients with femoral shaft fractures in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2019 Feb 20;10(4):353-359. PMID: 30801374.
30. Ibrahim J, Liu MB, Wu HH, Caldwell AM, Coughlin RR, Morshed S, Shearer DW. The extent of pediatric orthopaedic research in low-and-middle income countries and the impact of academic collaboration on research quality: a scoping review. Pediatr Surg Int. 2019 Mar;35(3):397-411. PMID: 30413920.
31. Wu HH, Ibrahim J, Conway D, Liu MB, Morshed S, Miclau T, Coughlin RR, Shearer DW. Clinical Research Course for International Orthopaedic Surgeons: 2-Year Outcomes. J Orthop Trauma. 2018 Oct;32 Suppl 7:S35-S37. PMID: 30247398.
32. Lau BC, Wu HH, Mustafa M, Ibrahim J, Conway D, Agarwal-Harding K, Shearer DW, Chokotho L. Developing Research to Change Policy: Design of a multicenter Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Comparing Intramedullary Nailing to Skeletal Traction in Malawi. J Orthop Trauma. 2018 Oct;32 Suppl 7:S52-57. PMID: 30247402.
33. Challa S, Wu HH, Cunningham BP, Liu MB, Patel K, Shearer DW, Morshed S, Miclau T. Orthopaedic Trauma in the Developing World: Where are the Gaps in Research and What Can Be Done? J Orthop Trauma. 2018 Oct;32 Suppl 7:S43-S46. PMID: 30247400.
34. Challa S, Conway D, Wu HH, Bisht R, Sherchan B, Lamichhane A, Shearer DW, Terry M, Gillenwater J. Can a 2-Day Course Teach Orthopaedic Surgeons Rotational Flap Procedures? An Evaluation of Data From the Nepal SMART Course Over 2 years. J Orthop Trauma. 2018 Oct;32 Suppl 7:S38-42. PMID: 30247399.
35. Wu HH, Liu MB, Dines DM, Kelly JD, Garcia GH. Depression and Psychiatric Disease Associated with Outcomes after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. World J Orthop. 2016 Nov 18;7(11):709-717. Review. PMID 27900267.
36. Wu HH, Liu M, Patel KR, Turner W, Baltus L, Caldwell AM, Hahn JC, Coughlin RR, Morshed S, Miclau T, Shearer DW. Impact of Academic Collaboration on Quality of Clinical Orthopaedic Research Conducted in Low- and Middle-income Countries. SICOT J. 2017;3:6. PMID: 28134090.
37. Wu HH, Patel KR, Caldwell AM, Coughlin RR, Hansen SL, Carey JN. Surgical Management and Reconstruction Training (SMART) Course for International Orthopaedic Surgeons. Annals of Global Health, 2016. 82(4): 652-658. PMID: 27986236.
38. Mustafa Diab M, Shearer DW, Kahn JG, Wu HH, Lau BC, Morshed S, Chokotho L. The Cost of Intramedullary Nailing Versus Skeletal Traction for Treatment of Femoral Shaft Fractures in Malawi: A Prospective Economic Analysis. World J Surg. 2018 Aug 9. PMID: 30094638.
39. Garcia GH, Wu HH, Park MJ, Tjoumakaris F, Tucker B, Kelly J, Sennett B. Depression Symptomatology And ACL Reconstruction Incidence And Impact On Functional Outcome, A Prospective Cohort Study. Am J Sports Med. 2016 Mar;44(3):572-9. PMID: 26628516. *Selected as featured article for editorial in AJSM - Psyched Down: AJSM 2016 44:569
40. Mustafa Diab M, Wu HH, Eliezer EN, Haonga BT, Morshed S, Shearer DW. The impact of antegrade intramedullary nailing start site using the SIGN nail in proximal femoral fractures: A prospective cohort study. Injury. 2017 Nov 18. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 29162265.
41. Bernstein DN, Wu HH, Jergesen HE. Protocols for Management of Underserved Patients Undergoing Arthroplasty: A National Survey of Safety Net Hospitals. Arch Bone Jt Surg. 2018 Jul;6(4):294-300. PMID: 30175177.
42. Jergesen HE, Thielen Z, Roever J, Vashon T, Wu HH, Yi P. Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in a Safety Net Hospital: Substance Abuse and Other Factors Affecting Short-term Complications. J Arthroplasty. 2018 May 9. Pii. S0883-5403(18)30436-4. PMID: 29853309.
43. Garcia GH, Wu HH, Chokotho L. A 41-year-old man with left thigh pain in rural Malawi. Orthopedics Today Grand Rounds. April 2017.
44. Liu JN, Wu HH, Garcia GH, Gasik K, Kalbian I, Strickland SM, Shubin-Stein B. Return to Sports After Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy for Patellofemoral Pain and Osteoarthritis. Arthroscopy. 2018 April; 34(4): 1022-1029. PMID: 29229415.
45. Garcia GH, Mahony G, Fabricant P, Wu HH, Warren R, Craig E, Gulotta L. Sports and Work Related Outcomes after Shoulder Hemiarthroplasty. Am J Sports Med. 2015 Dec 9. pii: 0363546515613077. PMID: 26657261. *Selected as featured article and podcast recorded
46. Liu JN, Garcia GH, Mahony G, Wu HH, Warren R, Craig E, Gulotta L. Sports after Shoulder Arthroplasty: A Comparative Analysis of Hemiarthroplasty and Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2016 Feb 4. Pii. S1058-2746(15)00617-5. PMID: 26853758.
47. Garcia GH, Wu HH, Liu JN, Huffman GR, Kelly J. The Remplissage Procedure for Engaging Hill-Sachs Lesions: Greater than 5-year average follow up. Am J Sports Med. 2016 Feb 17. PMID: 26888881.
48. Garcia GH, Liu JN, Mahony G, Sinatro A, Wu HH, Craig E, Warren R, Dines D, Gulotta L. Hemiarthroplasty versus Total Shoulder Arthroplasty For Shoulder Osteoarthritis: A Matched Comparison of Return to Sports. Am J Sports Med. 2016 June;44(6):1417-1422. PMID: 26960913.
49. Garcia GH, Liu JN, Sinatro A, Wu HH, Dines J, Warren R, Dines D, Gulotta LV. High Satisfaction and Return to Sports after Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: Age 55 and Younger. Am J Sports Med. 2017 March; Epub ahead of print; PMID: 28319426.
50. Wang LL, Wu HH, Bilici N, Tenney-Soeiro R. Gunner Goggles: Implementing Augmented Reality into Medical Education Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2016;220:446-9. PMID: 27046620.
51. Hurwit DJ, Liu JN, Garcia GH, Mahony G, Wu HH, Dines DM, Warren RF, Gulotta LV. A Comparative Analysis of Work-Related Outcomes after Humeral Hemiarthroplasty and Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2017 Jan 11. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 28089256
52. Liu JN, Garcia GH, Wong AC, Sinatro A, Wu HH, Dines DM, Warren RF, Gulotta LV. Return to Work After Anatomic Total Shoulder Arthroplasty for Patients 55 Years and Younger at Average 5-Year Follow-Up. Orthopedics. 2018 Feb 16: 1-6. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID 29451941.
53. Chokotho L, Mkandawire N, Conway DJ, Wu HH, Shearer DW, Hallan G, Gjertsen JE, Young S, Lau BC. Validation and Reliability of Chichewa Translation of EQ-5D in Adults with Orthopaedic Injuries in Malawi. Malawi Med J. 2017 Jun;29(2):84-88. PMID: 28955412
54. Haonga BT, Hussein ZZ, Eliezer EN, Liu MB, Wu HH. Short-term Outcomes of Gustilo Grade 3A Open Tibia Diaphyseal Fractures: Intramedullary Nail versus External Fixation. East African Orthopaedic Journal. March 2018;12(1):9-15.
55. Eliezer EN, Haonga B, Mrita FS, Liu M, Wu HH. Functional Outcome and Quality of Life after Surgical Management of Displaced Acetabular Fractures in Tanzania. East African Orthopaedic Journal. March 2016;10(1):16-20
56. Haonga BT, Eliezer EN, Makupa JE, Shearer DW, Liu M, Wu HH. SIGN HIP construct: Achieving hip fracture fixation without using an image intensifier. East African Orthopaedic Journal. March 2016;10(1):7-10.
57. Haonga BT, Liu MB, Wu HH, Zehrabanu ZH, Eliezer EN. Reoperation rates following intramedullary nailing versus external fixation of Gustilo Type 3A open tibia shaft fractures. East African Orthopaedic Journal. September 2016;10(10):55-58.
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