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Desmond Kwok

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Assistant Clinical ProfessorSurgeryMcMaster University

24 publications.

01

Infection and Nonunion Rates in Open Fractures

Natoli RM, Marchand LS, Bzovsky S, Hagen JE, Gage MJ, Stennett CA, O’Hara NN, Jeray KJ, Petrisor B, Sprague S

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American volume202517 citations
02

Consult and kyphoplasty delay impacts on geriatric vertebral compression fracture outcomes

Surendran V, Shi V, Kwok D, Martyniuk A, Pahuta M, Guha D

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery20251 citations
03

Canadian Spine Society

Chan V, Gausper A, Liu A, Andras LM, Illingworth KD, Skaggs DL, Imbeault R, Dufresne J, Parent S, Deschênes S

Canadian Journal of Surgery2025
04

A Canadian national survey of the medical management of acute traumatic spinal cord injury

Alhantoobi M, AlKhoori N, Martyniuk A, Pahuta M, Kwok D, Sharma S, Guha D

Journal of Spine Surgery2025
05

P.148 Consult and kyphoplasty delay impacts on geriatric vertebral compression fracture outcomes

Surendran V, Shi V, Kwok D, Martinyuk A, Pahuta M, Guha D

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences2024
06

A Machine Learning Algorithm to Identify Patients at Risk of Unplanned Subsequent Surgery After Intramedullary Nailing for Tibial Shaft Fractures.

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma20213 citations
07

Risk Factors Associated With Infection in Open Fractures of the Upper and Lower Extremities

Tornetta P, Della Rocca GJ, Morshed S, Jones C, Heels-Ansdell D, Sprague S, Petrisor B, Jeray KJ, Del Fabbro G, Bzovsky S

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Global Research and Reviews202038 citations
08

Calcified Thoracic Disc Herniations in the Elderly: Revisiting the Laminectomy for Single Level Disease

Oitment C, Kwok D, Steyn C

Global Spine Journal201910 citationsOpen Access
09

Wound Surface Area as a Risk Factor for Flap Complications among Patients with Open Fractures

Shea P, O'Hara NN, Sprague SA, Bhandari M, Petrisor BA, Jeray KJ, Zhan M, Slobogean GP, Pensy RA

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery201817 citations
10

Are large clinical trials in orthopaedic trauma justified?

Sprague S, Tornetta P, Slobogean GP, O’Hara NN, McKay P, Petrisor B, Jeray KJ, Schemitsch EH, Sanders D, Bhandari M

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders20186 citationsOpen Access
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