Asst Prof Kenneth Wong Pak Leung

Dr Kenneth Wong is a full-time Senior Consultant at the Musculoskeletal Centre KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH). Having experienced treating children as a junior doctor under Paediatric Medicine, Paediatric Surgery and Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery from 2008-2010, Kenneth went on to specialize in Orthopaedic Surgery with a focus on children limb conditions.

He is passionate about improving treatment outcomes in children limb issues. He actively teaches the new generation of doctors and specialists. Kenneth is also keen on sharing novel techniques and treatment methods with the paediatric orthopaedic community. He regularly participates in regional and international discussions.

Kenneth is an examiner at the local universities and serves as a reviewer for multiple local and international journals.

• FRCS Ortho (Edinburgh) 2017
• MMED Ortho (Singapore) 2017
• MRCS (Edinburgh) 2010
• MB BCh BAO, LRCP & SI (Ireland) 2007

• Associate Programme Director, Singhealth Orthopaedic Residency 2023 – present
• Chairman, Singhealth Musculoskeletal ACP Workgroup (Patient Safety, Care Transition and Supervision) 2023 – present
• Paediatric Trauma Committee 2020 – present
• Member of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), 2018 – present
• Singapore Paediatric Oncology Study Group 2017 – present
• Advance Trauma Life Support Course Instructor 2017 – present
• Consultant, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, 2017 – 2024
  
• Duke-NUS School of Medicine Clinical Assistant Professor 2020 – Present
• NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Adjunct Assistant Professor 2021 – Present
• NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Clinical Lecturer 2018 – 2021
• Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Clinical Teacher 2018 – Present
• National Heath Group Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Physician Faculty Member 2017 – present
• Singhealth Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Physician Faculty Member 2017 – 2023
• Singhealth PGY1 Residency Programme Physician Faculty Member 2016 – present

• Jacques Duparc Best Poster Award - European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Annual Congress 2024 - Systematic Review of Pediatric Pulseless Pink Humerus Supracondylar Fractures
• Singapore Health Quality Improvement 2024 – Seamless Ward Initiative for Fast-tracking discharges – SWIFT discharge
• SingHealth Service from the Heart Award 2023
• National University of Singapore Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence 2022/2023
• Singapore Health Quality Improvement 2022 – Introducing Local Anaesthesia in Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery - LAPS
• SingHealth RISE Awards - Outstanding Faculty 2022
• SingHealth Health Quality Service Award 2022 - Star 
• Singapore Health Quality Improvement 2021 – Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Telemedicine Initiative Trial – POST IT
• Singapore Health Quality Improvement 2020 – A DoReMi initiative II – Dose Reduction for Minimising radiation in children.
• SingHealth Service from the Heart Award 2019
• SingHealth Rise Awards 2019 – Quality Improvement – DOse REduction for MInimising radiation in children, as easy as DOREMI
• Singapore Health Quality Service Award 2018 - Best team merit (Clinical Practice Improvement). Single clinic visit for distal radius buckle fractures discharged with wrist brace to clear up clinic slots. KKWCH; closed 7 March 2017
• SingHealth RISE Awards - Outstanding Resident 2015
• SingHealth RISE Awards - Outstanding Resident 2014
• MOHH training award 2011
• The Star Scholarship Award 2002
  
  

• Injury prevention
• Upper extremities treatment outcomes
• Clinical epidemiology
• Pediatric trauma outcomes
• Clinical practice and quality improvement
  
  

• Wong KPL, Tan HC. A review on frozen shoulder. Singapore Med J. 2010 Sep;51(9):694-7. PMID: 20938608.
• Wong KPL, Mahadev A. The cost of sustaining playground related extremity fractures in Singapore. Injury. 2011 Apr;42(4):352-5. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.05.024. PMID: 21598457.
• Poh SY, Yew KS, Wong KPL, Koh SB, Chia SL, Fook-Chong S, Howe TS. Role of the anterior intermeniscal ligament in tibiofemoral contact mechanics during axial joint loading. Knee. 2012 Mar;19(2):135-9. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2010.12.008. Epub 2011 Jan 22. PMID: 21257313.
• Seng C, Siddiqui MA, Wong KPL, Zhang K, Yeo W, Tan SB, Yue WM. Five-year outcomes of minimally invasive versus open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a matched-pair comparison study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013 Nov 1;38(23):2049-55. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182a8212d. PMID: 23963015.
• Wong KPL, Han AX, Wong JL, Lee DY. Reliability of magnetic resonance imaging in evaluating meniscal and cartilage injuries in anterior cruciate ligament-deficient knees. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2017 Feb;25(2):411-417. doi: 10.1007/s00167-016-4211-1. Epub 2016 Jun 24. PMID: 27342983.
• Wong KPL, Wong JLY, Mahadev A. Playground-related Extremity Fractures in an Asian Setting over the Last Decade - Are We Safe? J Epidemiol Glob Health. 2019 Mar;9(1):50-55. doi: 10.2991/jegh.k.190225.001. PMID: 30932390; PMCID: PMC7310760.
• Wong KPL, Chew EM, Mahadev A. Sliding the Medial Pin: A Safer Approach to Cross-pinning Humerus Supracondylar Fractures? Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg. 2019 Sep;23(3):111-114. doi: 10.1097/BTH.0000000000000230. PMID: 30664066.
• Li ZX, Wong KPL, Wong JLY, Lim KBL, Mahadev A. The utility of mini C-arm in the fixation of unstable paediatric supracondylar humeral fractures. Injury. 2019 Nov;50(11):1992-1996. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2019.09.015. Epub 2019 Sep 10. PMID: 31526599.
• Cheng SDJ, Wong KPL. Distraction osteogenesis of the humerus: a case of 100% humeral lengthening in a short duration without permanent complications. BMJ Case Rep. 2019 May 15;12(5):e228222. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228222. PMID: 31092483; PMCID: PMC6536177.
• Loong S, Lian DWQ, Kuick CH, Lim TH, Nah SA, Wong KPL, Chang KTE. Novel TFG-RET fusion in a spindle cell tumour with S100 and CD34 coexpresssion. Histopathology. 2020 Jan;76(2):333-336. doi: 10.1111/his.13971. Epub 2019 Nov 13. PMID: 31411754.
• Wong SSM, Wong KPL, Angus MIL, Chen Y, Choo CSC, Nah SA. A pilot study comparing parent and adolescent online health information seeking behaviours in elective pediatric surgical situations. Pediatr Surg Int. 2020 Feb;36(2):227-233. doi: 10.1007/s00383-019-04592-0. Epub 2019 Oct 25. PMID: 31654110.
• Woo CY, Wong KPL, Mahadev A. The single visit treatment of pediatric distal radius buckle fractures-A center's experience with the treatment algorithm. Injury. 2020 Oct;51(10):2186-2191. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2020.06.033. Epub 2020 Jun 23. PMID: 32622624.
• Wong KPL, Reddy V, Mishra N, Mahadev A, Chew EM. Lateral Pinning of the Pediatric Phalangeal Neck Fracture. Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg. 2020 Aug 28;25(2):116-119. doi: 10.1097/BTH.0000000000000313. PMID: 32868695.
• Zhang DZ, Tan TH, Wong KPL, Sundaraghavan S, Choo JTL. Reperfusion Injury with Compartment Syndrome Following Systemic Thrombolysis for Cardiac Catheterization-Related Arterial Thrombosis in an Infant. J Pediatr Intensive Care. 2020 Mar;9(1):74-76. doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1700522. Epub 2019 Nov 1. PMID: 31984163; PMCID: PMC6978165.
• Chew EM, Wong KPL, Chan CMS, Teoh LC. Suture osteosynthesis in the bony reconstruction of thumb duplication. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2021 Sep;46(7):762-767. doi: 10.1177/17531934211010078. Epub 2021 Apr 22. PMID: 33884905.
• Yap ST, Lee N, Ang ML, Chui RW, Lim K, Arjandas M, Wong KPL. Can Paediatric Femoral Fracture Hip Spica Application be Done in the Outpatient Setting? Malays Orthop J. 2021 Mar;15(1):105-112. doi: 10.5704/MOJ.2103.016. PMID: 33880156; PMCID: PMC8043651.
• Foong B, Wong KPL, Jeyanthi CJ, Li J, Lim KBL, Tan NWH. Osteomyelitis in Immunocompromised children and neonates, a case series. BMC Pediatr. 2021 Dec 11;21(1):568. doi: 10.1186/s12887-021-03031-1. PMID: 34895166; PMCID: PMC8665553.
• Soo JZ, Sio RB, Ashik M, Wong KPL, Chua KH, Mahadev A, Lim KB, Chew EM, Lam KY. Epidemiology of paediatric orthopaedic-related trauma injuries sustained across a lockdown period during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong). 2021 Sep-Dec;29(3):23094990211066131. doi: 10.1177/23094990211066131. PMID: 34928726.
• Wong KPL, Mahadev A. Rare right acetabulum aneurysmal bone cyst treated with curettage and local adjuvants in a 4-year-old girl. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Nov 1;14(11):e245586. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-245586. PMID: 34725063; PMCID: PMC8562523. 
• Mishra N, Yap ST, Lee NKL, Lua JYC, Tay YH, Saffari SE, Mahadev A, Chew EM, Wong KPL. Dose reduction for minimizing radiation in displaced paediatric supracondylar humerus fractures: single vs. automated pulse mode. J Pediatr Orthop B. 2022 May 1;31(3):296-302. doi: 10.1097/BPB.0000000000000898. PMID: 34267167. 
• Tan DJ, Tan TWX, Tay GMLH, Lee NKL, Chew EM, Mahadev A, Wong KPL. Using the radiocoronoid line for diagnosis of elbow dislocation. J Pediatr Orthop B. 2022 Sep 1;31(5):442-448. doi: 10.1097/BPB.0000000000000952. Epub 2022 Jan 17. PMID: 35045007.
• Tay LHGM, Tan WXT, Lee NKL, Chew EM, Mahadev A, Wong KPL. Retrospective analysis: risk factors predicting failure of closed reduction in pediatric diaphyseal forearm fractures treated with elastic stable intramedullary nails (ESINs). J Pediatr Orthop B. 2022 Sep 1;31(5):465-470. doi: 10.1097/BPB.0000000000000953. Epub 2022 Jan 17. PMID: 35045006.
• Monsereenusorn C, Alcasabas AP, Loh AHP, Soh SY, Wong KPL, Kimpo M, Dhamne C, Blair S, Lam C, Photia A, Rujkijyanont P, Traivaree C, Pairojboriboon S, Rodriguez-Galindo C; Asian Childhood Cancer Alliance Osteosarcoma Study Group. Impact of treatment refusal and abandonment on survival outcomes in pediatric osteosarcoma in Southeast Asia: A multicenter study. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2022 Apr;69(4):e29556. doi: 10.1002/pbc.29556. Epub 2022 Jan 17. PMID: 35038209.
• Monsereenusorn C, Alcasabas AP, Loh AHP, Soh SY, Wong KPL, Dhamne C, Blair S, Lam C, Rujkijyanont P, Traivaree C, Photia A, Veerapan P, Puhaindran ME, Oh BLZ, Wang E, Rodriguez-Galindo C. Predictors and Treatment Outcomes of Pediatric Osteosarcoma in Diverse Socioeconomic Backgrounds in Southeast Asia: A Retrospective Multicenter Study. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2022 Feb 1;23(2):631-640. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2022.23.2.631. PMID: 35225476; PMCID: PMC9272642. 
• Chou ACC, Chew EM, Chia DSY, Mahadev A, Wong KPL. Displaced paediatric volar Barton fractures with skin tenting following manipulation and reduction: a report of two cases and literature review. Journal of Orthopaedic Experience and Innovation. 2022 Sep. doi: 10.60118/001c.35699. 
• Tan WXT, Chew EM, Mishra N, Mahadev A, Chan SIL, Cha EMN, Ong LL, Wong KPL. Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Telemedicine IniTiative – POST IT. Journal of Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality. 2022; 1(1):35-44. 
• Ding BTK, Wong KPL. An unusual case of bilateral pediatric flexion-type supracondylar humeral fractures. Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2022 Oct; 29. doi:10.1016/j.visj.2022.101498.
• Dong X, Png NCY, Fortier MV, Lim JY, Wong KPL, Choo JTL, Tan EC, Jamuar SS. Fibrous dysplasia in cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome: A case report and review of literature. Am J Med Genet A. 2022 Sep;188(9):2732-2737. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62879. Epub 2022 Jul 7. PMID: 35801299.
• Tan JHI, Mat Jais IS, Wong KPL, Lee NKL, Wong YR, Chia DSY, Chew EM. The right turn around: Penrose tourniquet application in paediatrics. Injury. 2023 Mar;54(3):910-916. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2022.12.032. Epub 2023 Jan 3. PMID: 36635103. 
• Aw AAL, Wong KPL, Lee NKL, Mahadev A. The utility of ultrasound and plain radiographs in the management of developmental dysplasia of the hip. J Pediatr Orthop B. 2024 Jan 1;33(1):9-15. doi: 10.1097/BPB.0000000000001078. Epub 2023 Mar 20. PMID: 36943691.
• Ong EJY, Tham SQ, Tan TWX, Chew EM, Chia DSY, Lin WZ, Koh SCH, Mahadev A, Wong KPL. Introducing Local Anaesthesia in Paediatric hand Surgery – I-LAPS. Journal of Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality. 2023; 2(1):18-22. 
• Olandres RA, Seng DWR, Seneviratna A, Hamouda ESM, Foong BCM, Wong KPL, Mahadev A. C-reactive protein of ≥ 20 mg/L and ultrasound finding of an effusion ≥ 7 mm has a high specificity and sensitivity in diagnosing paediatric hip septic arthritis. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2023 Dec;143(12):7027-7033. doi: 10.1007/s00402-023-05005-7. Epub 2023 Aug 2. PMID: 37530844.
• Wong KPL, Tan TWX, Chan LWM, Mahadev A, Cheng MHW. Wide Resection for Pediatric Extremity Vascular Malformation-A Tertiary Hospital's Experience. J Pediatr Orthop. 2024 Jan 1;44(1):55-60. doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000002546. Epub 2023 Oct 9. PMID: 37807610. 
• Wong KPL, Zainuddin MA, Mahadev A. Peroneus brevis tendon ‘turn down lengthening’ for reconstruction post resection of right lateral foot fibromyxoid sarcoma for child in early childhood – a case report and surgical technique. 2023; 3 (1), 100228. doi: 10.1016/j.jorep.2023.100228. 
• Ong EJY, Lee NKL, Mishra N, Ng SWL, Chua ZKH, Yet LK, Bin Zainuddin MA, Lim KBL, Mahadev A, Wong KPL. Improved Comfortability and Satisfaction of Hybrid-mesh Casts in the Conservative Management of Pediatric Supracondylar Humeral Fractures: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Pediatr Orthop. 2024 Mar 1;44(3):157-163. doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000002579. Epub 2023 Nov 23. PMID: 37994645. 
• Leow XYJ, Tan JTC, Yeo TH, Wong KPL, Mahadev A, Ang B, Vasanwala RF, Ng ZM. Evaluation of risk factors associated with fragility fractures and recommendations to optimise bone health in children with long-term neurological condition. Singapore Med J. 2023 Sep;64(9):550-556. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2021124. PMID: 34600448; PMCID: PMC10564096.
• Ong EJY, Lee NKL, Chew EM, Chia DSY, Mahadev A, Wong KPL. Improving Accuracy and Consistency of Finger Range of Motion Measurements during Teleconsultations with a Standardized Single File (SSFile) Hand/Finger Position. Journal of Orthopaedic Reports. 2023; 3(1), 100246. doi.org/10.1016/j.jorep.2023.100246. 
• Goh WCK, Ong EJY, Lee NKL, Mahadev A, Wong KPL. Systematic review of paediatric pulseless pink humerus supracondylar fractures. J Pediatr Orthop B. 2023 Dec 14. doi: 10.1097/BPB.0000000000001149. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38189745. 
• E Choo, JEJ Soo, R Sultana, KPL Wong, N Mishra, SH Ahamed, KYC Kong, A Mahadev, S Ganapathy, KP Lee, SL Chong. Reliability of the modified Gartland classification in pediatric supracondylar humeral fractures. Journal of Orthopaedic Reports. 2024; 3 (2), 100267. doi.org/10.1016/j.jorep.2023.100267. 
• Soo JEJ, Wong KPL, Mishra N, Ahamed SH, Kong KYC, Mahadev A, Ganapathy S, Lee KP, Chong SL. Subclassification of Gartland extension-type II paediatric humerus supracondylar fracture using additional characteristics of breach of anterior cortex, presence of medial comminution and disruption of the hourglass minimizes unnecessary surgery. Journal of Orthopaedic Reports. 2024; 3 (2), 100264. doi:10.1016/j.jorep.2023.100264. 
• Pang YT, Yeo B, Mishra N, Zainuddin MA, Mahadev A, Wong KPL. Wide resection and reconstruction for left little finger subungual melanoma in-situ in a 6-year-old child – A case report and surgical technique. Journal of Orthopaedic Reports. 2024; 3 (2), 100269. doi.org/10.1016/j.jorep.2023.100269. 
• Chan MF, Mahadev A, Wong KPL. A rare pediatric case of proximal radius exostosis with radio-capitellar joint dislocation. International Journal of Case Reports in Orthopaedics. 2023; 5(1): 10-13. doi:10.22271/27078345.2023.v5.i1a.136. 
• Ng GYH, Mishra N, Zainuddin MA, Mahadev A, Wong KPL. Diffuse Extremity Vascular Malformation in the Setting of Septic Shock and Pneumonia. Journal of Orthopaedic Reports. 2023; 3 (1), 100236. doi: 10.1016/j.jorep.2023.100236. 
• Tan CC, Mishra N, Tan TWX, Chew EM, Allen JC, Mahadev A, Wong KPL. The modified Sauvegrain method guides the treatment of forearm fractures in adolescents. Journal of Orthopaedic Reports. 2024; 3 (2), 100260. doi:10.1016/j.jorep.2023.100260. 
• Wong KPL, Lim KBL, Teoh LC. 11 years post-surgical outcome for an isolated distal ulnar Salter-Harris IV fracture with distal radioulnar joint disruption–A case report and literature review. Journal of Orthopaedic Reports. 2024; 3 (1), 100315. doi:10.1016/j.jorep.2024.100315. 
• Tay JY, Lee NKL, Chou ACC, Zainuddin MA, Mahadev A, Wong KPL. Non-surgical interventions for isolated Salter-Harris Type I distal fibula fractures: a systematic review. Journal of Orthopaedic Reports. 2024; 3 (3), 100319. doi:10.1016/j.jorep.2024.100319. 
• Mishra N, Chan CXY, Ang CY, Lam DJL, Wong KPL, Tay GT, Zainuddin MA. Arthroscopic Broström-Gould repair for lateral ankle stabilization in adolescent patients has comparable outcomes to that of open. Journal of Orthopaedic Reports. 2024; 3 (4) 100337. doi:10.1016/j.jorep.2024.100337. 
• Tan XY, Tan NWH, Ong RYL, Seng MSF, Wong KPL. Candida tropicalis Arthritis of the knee in a Child on chemotherapy treated with intra-articular amphoterin B. Journal of Orthopaedic Reports 4 (1), 100361, 2025. doi:10.1016/j.jorep.2024.100361. 
• Wong KPL, Zainuddin MA, Mahadev A. Tendon transfers post wide resection of a left anterior calf malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor in an 8-year-old girl with background of neurofibromatosis type-I and Li-Fraumeni syndrome – A case report and surgical technique. Journal of Orthopaedic Reports. 2024; 3(4), 100354. doi:10.1016/j.jorep.2024.100354.
• Mishra, N, Chew DEM, Wong KPL, Zainuddin MA. Eccrine Poroma of the Palm: A case report and literature review. Cureus 16 (9), e69489, 2024.
• Fong, J, Chia DSY, Chew DEM, Wong KPL. Isolated remote site musculoskeletal Mycobacterium bovis infections after BCG immunisation in immunocompetent children. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore 53 (8), 514-518, 2024
• Mishra N, Ho SWL, Wong KPL, Abdul Razak HR, Zainuddin MA. Utilizing Anthropometric Measurements to Forecast Hamstring Autograft Dimensions Among Adolescents. Journal of Orthopaedic Reports 4 (2), 100432, 2025.
• Zhang W, Lim KBL, Zainuddin MA, Mahadev A, Wong KPL. A low energy paediatric medial third clavicle fracture with intrapulmonary displacement – a case report. Journal of Orthopaedic Reports 4 (2), 100438, 2025.
• Teo DYJ, Mahadev A, Zainuddin MA, Wong KPL. Calcaneal Lipofibromatosis reconstructed with Reverse Sural Artery Flap. Journal of Orthopaedic Reports 4 (2), 100401, 2025. 
• Tan EKYE, Mahadev A, Zainuddin MA, Wong KPL. Stress-shielding mimicking recurrence in a paediatric left proximal femur unicameral bone cyst with pathological fracture – A case report. Journal of Orthopaedic Reports 4 (3), 100459, 2025. 
• Wong KPL, Zainuddin MA, Mahadev A. Salvage composite graft for an Allen’s IV right ring finger avulsion injury and delayed presentation in a 15-year-old boy. Journal of Orthopaedic Reports 4 (2), 100446, 2025.