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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery

Published in Association with Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association

eISSN: 23094990 | ISSN: 10225536 | Current volume: 32 | Current issue: 2 Frequency: 3 Times/Year

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery (OSJ) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal which focusses on publishing original reviews and research articles on all aspects of orthopaedic surgery. The journal welcomes and will publish materials of a diverse nature, from basic science research to clinical trials and surgical techniques. Please see the Aims and Scope tab for further information. 

This is the official journal of the Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association.

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Why Publish in OSJ?

  • Rigorous peer review of your research
  • Open access format, driving high visibility and global exposure

Open access Article Processing Charge (APC) information

Publication in the journal is subject to payment of an article processing charge (APC). The APC serves to support the journal and ensures that articles are freely accessible online in perpetuity under a Creative Commons licence.

The APC for this journal is 1600 USD. Members of the Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association society maybe eligile for discount of 35%.

The article processing charge (APC) is payable when a manuscript is accepted after peer review, and before it is published. The APC is subject to taxes where applicable. Please see further details here.


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Please direct any enquiries to: jnl.orthosurgery@gmail.com

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery is an open access peer-reviewed journal publishing original reviews and research articles on all aspects of orthopaedics and traumatology. Manuscripts dealing with (but not limited to) the following areas will be considered:

· Basic science and translational research
· Spine Surgery
· Sports and arthroscopic surgery
· Joint replacement surgeries
· Upper limb surgeries
· Musculoskeletal oncology
· Paediatric orthopaedics
· Rehabilitation
· Traumatology

Editor-in-Chief
Frankie Leung Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Deputy Editor
Edward Ted Mah Department of Orthopaedics & Trauma, Northern Adelaide Local Health Network, SA Health, Flinders University of South Australia, Australia
Emeritus Editor
Kenneth Cheung Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
David Fang Centre for Orthopaedic Surgery, Hong Kong
Section Editor - Spine
Alpaslan Senkoylu Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Gazi University, Turkey
Section Editor - Hip
David SK Choon Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Section Editor - Paediatric Orthopaedics
James Hui Department of Orthopaedic Surgery National University Health System, National University of Singapore, 1E Kent Ridge Road, Singapore
Bobby Kin Wah NG Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Section Editor - Trauma
Christian Fang Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Zsolt Janos Balogh Department of Traumatology, John Hunter Hospital and University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Section Editor- Elbow and Shoulder
In-Ho Jeon Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Edward Ted Mah Department of Orthopaedics & Trauma, Northern Adelaide Local Health Network, SA Health, Flinders University of South Australia, Australia
Section Editor - Sport
A Merter Ozenci Medical Park Antalya Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics, Antalya, Turkey
Wong Tak Man Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Section Editor - Basic Science
Daisuke Sakai Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Japan
Section Editor - Musculoskeletal Oncology
Vivek Ajit Singh Consultant Orthopaedic Oncologist, University Malaya Medical Centre, Lembah Pantai,59100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Section Editor - Knee
Nicolaas C. Budhiparama Department of Orthopaedic & Traumatology, Department of Vocational Studies, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia
Sujit Kumar Tripathy Additional Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, India
Section Editor - Foot And Ankle
Richard Buckley Department of Orthopaedics, University of Calgary, Canada
Section Editor- Hand and Microsurgery
Margaret Fok Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Section Editor – Statistics
Daniel Yee Tak Fong School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Corresponding Editors
Azlina Abbas Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Shankar Acharya Department of Spine Surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital  Rajinder Nagar New Delhi, India
Saw Aik Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur 59100, Malaysia
Paul Allcock Lyell McEwin Hospital, Elizabeth Vale, SA Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Asavamongkolkul Apichat Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Alaric Aroojis Centre for Bone & Joint, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Four Bungalows, Andheri (W), Mumbai - 400053, India
Zsolt J. Balogh John Hunter Hospital and University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
Massimo Balsano Regional spinal Department of Verona
Jorge Daniel Barla Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Thierry Begue Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Antoine Beclere Hospital, Univ Paris, paris, France
Simon N. Bell Department of Surgery, Monash University School of Clinical Science at Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia
Haluk Berk Dept of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Inciralti, 35340 Izmir, Turkey
Kai Cao Spine Surgery, Orthopedics Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, China
Ying Kei Chan Room 2001, 20/F, Hing Wai Building, 36 Queen’s road central, Hong Kong SAR
Cholawish Chanlalit Department of Orthopedics, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand
Hang Cheong Cheng Hong Kong
Jason Pui Yin Cheung Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Esther Ching San Chow Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong
Tae-Joon Cho Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul,Republic of Korea, South Korea
Tsz Lung Choi Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong
Tanainit Chotanaputi Pramongkutklao Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
Wang Chow Division of Joint Replacement Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 5/F, Professional Block, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Charles Ch Li North District Hospital, Hong Kong, CN
Andrew Clarke Middlemore Hospital, Otahuhu, Auckland 1640, New Zealand
Damian Cy Mak Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, North District Hospital, Hong Kong
Shamal Das De Singapore
Ashish D Diwan Spine Service, Suite 16, L5, St George Private Hospital, Kogarah, NSW 2217, Australia
Klaus Dresing Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery and Plastic Surgery, University Medicine Göttingen, Georg-August-University, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
Christian Fang Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Margaret Fok Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Henry Chun Him Fu Division of Joint Replacement Surgery Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology Queen Mary Hospital,102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
Hiroshi Fujita Institute for Joint Replacement, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyoto Katsura Hospital, Yamada-hirao-cho, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8256, Japan
Boris Fung Division of hand surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
John George Department Of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty Of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Ashish Gupta Department of Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Ravi Gupta Government Medical College Hospital, Chandigarh, India
Hiroshi Hashizum Lecturer, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama-city, 641-8510, Japan
Taku Hatta Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tohoku Rosai Hospital, Sendai, Japan
Michael Hayes Orthopaedic Division, SPORTSMED·SA, 32 Payneham Road, Stepney, S Aus,5069, Australia
Sheung-tung Ho Hong Kong
Wai-Yip Ho Division of General Orthopaedics and oncology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Wing Yuk Ip Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
Keita Ito Department of Biomedical Engineering, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB EINDHOVEN, Netherlands
Ashok Johari Children's Orthopaedic Centre, 2nd Floor, Bobby Apartments, 143 L. J. Road, Mahim (W), Mumbai 400016, India
Jose Antonio San Juan Department of Orthopaedics, Chong Hua Hospital, Cebu City, Philippines
Takashi Kaito Spine section, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Kaewpornsawan Kamolporn Chief of Paediatric Orthopaedic Section, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2 Prannok Road,Bangkoknoi, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand
Aashay Kekatpure Apollo Spectra Mumbai, Wockhardt Hospital Mumbai, PKC Hospital, Navi Mumbai, India
Michael P. Kelly Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Chan Chee Ken Malaysia
Mauricio Kfuri James P. Stannard and Carolyn A. Stannard Distinguished Professor in Orthopedic Surgery, Surgery of the Knee and Orthopedic Trauma, Missouri Orthopaedic Institute - University of Missouri, USA
Erica Kholinne Jakarta, Indonesia
Khalid I. Khoshhal Professor of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Almadinah Almunawwarah, Saudi Arabia
Joyce SB Koh Senior Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Kenny Kwan Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Mun Keong Kwan Professor and Head of Spine Unit, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ernest Kwek Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
Hau Yan Kwok Asia Pacific (HK) Orthopaedics and Spine Centre, Rm 531, Central Building, 1 Pedder Street, Central, Hong Kong
Ying-Lee Lam Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Tak-Wing Lau Hong Kong
Somsak Leechavengvongs Upper extremity and Reconstructive Microsurgery, Institute of Orthopedics, Lerdsin General hospital, Silom Road, Bangkok 10500, Thailand
Victor YL Leung Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Denny TT Lie Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
David Limb BSc, MB BS, FRCS Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, UK
Mark Chii-Jeng Lin Department of Orthopedics, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Samuel Ka Kin Ling Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, North District Hospital, Hong Kong
Bo Liu Department of Hand Surgery, Beijing Ji Shui Tan Hospital, Beijing, P.R.China
William Lu Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Room 907, Lab Block, 21 Sassoon Road, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Yi Lu Sports Medicine Department, Beijing Ji Shui Tan Hospital, China
Arjandas Mahadev Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore
Kin Cheung Mak Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Chun Man Ma Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, North District Hospital, Hong Kong
Yukihiro Matsuyama Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu city, Shizuoka, Japan
Azhar Merican Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Berton R Moed Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 3635 Vista Avenue, 7th Floor Desloge Towers, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
Christopher Morrey Australia
Amanda My Slocum Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, North District Hospital, Hong Kong
Ronald My Wong Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
Cho Nam-Su Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Cheil Orthopedic Hospital, Seoul, Korea
Yamamoto Nobuyuki Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
Seiji Ohtori Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
Eijiro Okada Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saiseikai Central Hospital, Japan
Richard Page Deakin University Barwon Health, Australia
Kichul Park Republic of Korea
Andre Pontoh Knee & Sports Division, Orthopaedic Department, Fatmawati Hospital - Jakarta, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Vidyadhara S HOD & Consultant Spine Surgeon, Manipal Spine Care Center, Manipal Hospital, 98, Rustam Bagh, HAL-Airport Road, Bangalore - 560017, INDIA
Dino Samartzis Division of Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Alpaslan Senkoylu Professor of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Gazi University, Turkey
Lori Setton Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery, William Bevan Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University, Box 90281, 136 Hudson Hall, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Wan Yiu Shen Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 30 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Charanjeet Singh, MD Gleneagles hospital Kuala Lumpur
Kwai Ming Siu Dept of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Princess Margaret Hospital, 2-10 Princess Margaret Hospital Road, Lai Chi Kok, Hong Kong
Yuk Chuen Siu North District Hospital, Hong Kong, CN
Lucian Bogdan Solomon The University of Adelaide and Clinical Academic Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia
Oliver Stokes Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Barrack Road, Exeter, UK
Aree Tanavalee Department of Orthopaedics, Chulalongkorn, Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Apivatthakakul Theerachai Chiangmai University, Thailand
Gary Tw Chan Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong
Tanawat Vaseenon Orthopaedic department, faculty of medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Shaojie Wang Department of Joint Surgery and Sports Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University, Fujian, China
Wilson Ee Jen Wang Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Yifei Wang Department of Orthopaedic Oncology, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China
Kota Watanabe Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinonomachi, Shinjyuku-ku Tokyo, Japan
Klaus Wenda Chair of Bone, Joint and Spine Center, HSK Wiesbaden, Germany
Hok Leung Wong Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
Jimmy Wong Hong Kong
Kam Yiu Wong Princess Margaret Hospital, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Samson Wong Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
Wong Tak Man Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Yat Wa Wong Division of Joint Replacement Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 5/F, Professional Block, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Siu Bon, Anson Woo Kwong Wah Hospital, 25 Waterloo Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Mitsuru Yagi Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
Shu-Hua Yang Department of Orthopedics, Medical School, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Cho Yau Lo Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, North District Hospital, Hong Kong
Sai Hung Yeung 5/F, Flat B, Braemar Hill Mansion, 37 Braemar Hill Road, North Point, Hong Kong
Yeung Yeung Hong Kong
Çaglar Yilgör Acibadem University, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Istanbul, Turkey
Qi Yin Department of Musculoskeletal Science, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, L69 3GA, UK
Kazuo Yonenobu Graduate School of Health Care Science, Jikei Institute, Japan
Taek-Rim Yoon Chonnam National University, Republic of Korea
Kwok Yung Yuen Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
Li Zhao Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Xin-Hua Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai,200092, China
Zhaomin Zheng Department of Spine Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Corresponding Editors for Statistics
Derek Yee Tak Cheung School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong
Seifedine Kadry Faculty of Sciences, Beirut Arab University
Chun Fan Lee Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Eric Wan Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, The University of Hong Kong
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