Human flexor tendon tissue engineering: revitalization of biostatic allograft scaffoldsColin Y L Woon
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, 770 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA
Tissue Eng Part A 18:2406-17. 2012
..In conclusion, tendon surface scoring increases surface and core reseeding in vitro and may be incorporated as a final step in allograft processing before clinical implantation...
Delayed diagnosis of chronic mesenteric ischaemiaC Y L Woon
Department of Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608
Singapore Med J 48:e9-e12. 2007
..For patients with the triad of chronic, unrelenting weight loss, sitophobia (food fear) and postprandial abdominal pain, this condition must be considered, and actively sought after with angiography...
- Extra-anatomic revascularization and aortic exclusion for mycotic aneurysms of the infrarenal aorta and iliac arteries in an Asian population
Colin Y L Woon
Department of Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Am J Surg 195:66-72. 2008
..To study the clinical presentation, management and eventual outcome of patients with mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysms managed with aortic exclusion and extra-anatomic reconstruction...
- Flap resurfacing of postinfection soft-tissue defects of the hand
Colin Y L Woon
Department of Hand Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Plast Reconstr Surg 120:1922-9. 2007
..Severe suppurative infections of the hand require antibiotics and excisional debridement for control and reversal. This sometimes results in large soft-tissue defects for which primary closure may not be possible...
- Resurfacing hemipulp losses of the thumb: the cross finger flap revisited: indications, technical refinements, outcomes, and long-term neurosensory recovery
Colin Yi Loong Woon
Department of Hand Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Ann Plast Surg 61:385-91. 2008
..The proximal and middle phalanges of both the index and long fingers may serve as donor sites, allowing the surgeon to best select skin cover based on defect size and options in finger positioning...
- Spontaneous spinal epidural haematomas and the prognostic implications of interval to surgical decompression: a report of two cases
Colin Yi Loong Woon
Spine Service, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169608
J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) 17:216-9. 2009
..The interval to surgical decompression greatly influences the prognosis for neurological recovery...
- Subtalar arthroscopy and flurosocopy in percutaneous fixation of intra-articular calcaneal fractures: the best of both worlds
Colin Yi Loong Woon
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
J Trauma 71:917-25. 2011
..In practiced hands, this technique yields good results with minimal morbidity...
- Rice bodies, millet seeds, and melon seeds in tuberculous tenosynovitis of the hand and wrist
Colin Yi Loong Woon
Department of Hand Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Ann Plast Surg 66:610-7. 2011
..Combination therapy comprising thorough excisional debridement and antituberculous chemotherapy will minimize recurrence of this difficult-to-treat disease...
LCP external fixation - External application of an internal fixator: two cases and a review of the literatureColin Yi Loong Woon
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, 169608, Singapore
J Orthop Surg Res 5:19. 2010
..Both patients found that the LCP external fixators facilitated mobilization and were more manageable and aesthetically acceptable than traditional bar-Schanz pin fixators...
- Hazards of steroid injection: Suppurative extensor tendon rupture
Colin Yi Loong Woon
Department of Hand Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Indian J Plast Surg 43:97-100. 2010
..We discuss the pitfalls of local steroid injection and the appropriate management of infectious extensor tenosynovitis arising in such situations...
- The effect of suture coated with mesenchymal stem cells and bioactive substrate on tendon repair strength in a rat model
Jeffrey Yao
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA
J Hand Surg Am 37:1639-45. 2012
..We sought to evaluate the histologic and biomechanical effect of delivering both cells and bioactive substrates on a suture delivery vehicle in comparison with sutures coated with bioactive substrates alone...
