Clinical Professional Consultant of Orthopaedics and Traumatology  

Office: (852) 3505 3715
Email: kevinho@cuhk.edu.hk
Address: : Room 74047, 5/F, Lui Che Woo Clinical Sciences Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong

Clinical Expertise

1. Lower Limb Arthroplasty
2. Traumatology
3. Cartilage and Degenerative Joint Condition

Specialized Research Areas

1. Clinical Trial, Cartilages, Arthritis

Selected Publications

1. Chen Y, Sun Y, Pan X, Ho K*, Li G. “Joint distraction attenuates osteoarthritis by reducing secondary inflammation, cartilage degeneration and subchondral bone aberrant change.” Osteoarthritis and cartilage / OARS, Osteoarthritis Research Society 2015.
2. Lau JC, Ho KW*, Sadiq S. “Patient characteristics and risk of subsequent contralateral hip fracture after surgical management of first fracture.” Injury, 2014; 45(10):1620-3.
3. Ho KWK*, LJ, Sadiq S. “Survivability of a cannulated hip prosthesis in elderly patients with a complex proximal femoral fracture.” Orthopaedic Product News, 2013; February/March(issue 151):26-28.
4. Ho KW*, Whitwell GS, Young SK. “Reducing the rate of early primary hip dislocation by combining a change in surgical technique and an increase in femoral head diameter to 36 mm.” Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery, 2012; 132(7):1031-6.
5. Ho KWK*, Chakravertty R, van Vliet A, Mahomed NN. “Fracture of a 36-mm ceramic-on-ceramic total hip arthroplasty.” Current Orthopaedic Practice, 2012; 23(3):258-61 10.1097/BCO.0b013e3182536264.
6. Deans VM, Ho KW*, Prakash U, Parsons N, Griffin DR, Foguet P. “Femoral neck narrowing following hip resurfacing using posterior and Ganz approaches at two years.” Hip international : the journal of clinical and experimental research on hip pathology and therapy, 2011; 21(5):596-601.
7. Gilbody J, Prasthofer AW, Ho K*, Costa ML. The use and effectiveness of cadaveric workshops in higher surgical training: a systematic review. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 2011;93(5):347-52.
8. Beazley JC, Ho K*, Ilchyshyn A, Foguet P. “Total hip replacement in an adolescent patient with harlequin ichthyosis; a case report.” Hip international: the journal of clinical and experimental research on hip pathology and therapy, 2011; 21(4):487-9.
9. Ho KW*, Beazley J, Parsons N, Costa ML, Foguet P. “Narrowing of the femoral neck after resurfacing arthroplasty of the hip: a comparison of cemented and uncemented femoral components.” Hip international: the journal of clinical and experimental research on hip pathology and therapy, 2010; 20(4):542-6.
10. Ho KW*, Gilbody J, Jameson T, Miles AW. “The effect of 4 mm bicortical drill hole defect on bone strength in a pig femur model.” Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery; 2010; 130(6):797-802.