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Perineural Injection Therapy for Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain: A Novel Management Approach

Jern Tung Choong, Anwar Suhaimi, Daniel Chiung-Jui Su, King Hei Stanley Lam

Cureus. 2025 Feb 19;17(2)

Novel Ultrasound Examination and Guided Intervention of Peri-Oral Musculature and Fascia in Wind Players with Embouchure Problems: Technical Note

Daniel Chiung-Jui Su, Mei-Chen Yeh and King Hei Stanley Lam

Diagnostics 2025, 15, 514

Ultrasound-Guided Platelet-Rich Plasma Injection for Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Injury: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Chen-Yu Hung, Bow Wang, King Hei Stanley Lam, Ke-Vin Chang

Asia Pacific Journal of Pain: 1-11, 2025

Rapid Decrease in Dextrose Concentration After Intra-Articular Knee Injection: Implications for Mechanism of Action of Dextrose Prolotherapy

Kenneth Dean Reeves, Jordan R. Atkins, Clare R. Solso, Chin-I Cheng, Ian M. Thornell, King Hei Stanley Lam, Yung-Tsan Wu, Thomas Motyka and David Rabago

Biomedicines 2025, 13(2), 350

A Novel Approach of Ultrasound-Guided Transforaminal Cervical Nerve Root Injection With Fluoroscopic Validation: A Case Report and Technical Illustration

Tsung Ju Wu, Chih-Wei Lee, King Hei Stanley Lam, Chen-Yu Hung

Cureus 16(12): e74937

Ultrasound-guided regenerative injection for carpal tunnel syndrome: A narrative review and authors' clinical experience

Yung-Tsan Wu, King H.S. Lam, Chueh-Hung Wu, Ke-Vin Chang, Wei-Ting Wu, Tyng-Guey Wang, Wen-Shiang Chen, Chih-Peng Lin, Kenneth D. Reeves

Rehabilitation Practice and Science 2024;2024(2):1-25

Selective ultrasound-guided nerve root block improves outcomes for discectomy in patients with cervical disc disease: a randomized, controlled, single-blinded study

Marwa M. Abdelrady, King H. Lam, Nehal Shabaan, Manal Hassanien, Esam Mokbel, Doaa W. Nada, Amira M. El Sharkawy, Kareem M. Ramadan, Yasser Ghoraba, Abdallah E. Allam, Ghada M. Aboelfadl

Minerva Anestesiologica. 2024 September;90(9):748-58

A Novel Treatment of Fascial Pain With Glucopuncture: Three Clinical Cases

King Hei Stanley Lam, Jan Kersschot, Teinny Suryadi

Cureus. 2024 May 2;16(5): e59544

Optimizing genicular nerve chemical ablation

Andrés Rocha-Romero, Tony Kwun Tung Ng, and King Hei Stanley Lam

Korean J Pain (2024)

Reliability of Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography for Evaluating Psoas Major and Quadratus Lumborum Stiffness: Gender and Physical Activity Effects

Emma Feng Ming Zhou, Arnold Yu Lok Wong, Yong Ping Zheng, King Hei Stanley Lam, Siu Ngor Fu

Ultrasound Med Biol. 2024 Apr; 50(4): 564-570

Ultrasound Evaluation and Guided Injection of the Subscapularis andSerratus Anterior Muscles Between the Scapula and the Thoracic Cage

Daniel Chiung-Jui Su MD, RMSK, CIPS, Chen-Yu Hung MD, RMSK, King Hei Stanley Lam MBBS, MScSEM, MScSMHS, RMSK, CIPS, FIPP, POCUS (MSK)

J Ultrasound Med (2024)

A Comparison of Precision and Safety using Three Recognized Ultrasound-Guided Approaches to Cervical Medial Branch Blocks: A Cadaver Study

Agnes R Stogicza, Alan Berkman, Andre Marques Mansano, Thiago Nouer Frederico, Raja Reddy, Charles Oliveira, Wesley Chih-Chun Chen, Christ Declerck, Stanley Lam, Micha Sommer, Edit Racz, Fabricio Dias Assis, Andrea M Trescot, Javier de Andres Ares, Maria Luz Padilla Del Rey, Sander van Kuijk

Pain Physician 2024 Jan;27(1):E157-E168.

Sonographic Assessment of Deltoid Muscle Tendons: Advancing the Understanding of Lateral Shoulder Pain

Ping-Tang Liu, Wei-Ting Wu, Ke-Vin Chang, Sheng-Heng Tsai, Bow Wang, King Hei Stanley Lam, Jeimylo De Castro, Levent Özçakar

Asia Pacific Journal of Pain (2023)

Effectiveness of Hypertonic Dextrose Injection (Prolotherapy) in Plantar Fasciopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Hugo P.Y. Fong MBBS, Meng-Ting Zhu MSc, David P. Rabago MD, Kenneth D. Reeves MD, Vincent C.H. Chung PhD, Regina W.S. Sit MD

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2023, 104 (11), 1941-1953

Treatment of failed back surgery syndrome with regional sugar water injections: A clinical case report

Jan Kersschot, King Hei Stanley Lam, Teinny Suryadi, Lisa Nurhasanah, Tanti Atjoe Kesoema

Medical Research Archives (2023), 11(12), 4889

Volume Effect of Nerve Hydrodissection for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Prospective, Randomized, and Single-Blind Study

Chien-Yao Huang, MD, Chia-Ying Lai, MD, Kenneth Dean Reeves, MD, King Hei Stanley Lam, MBBS, MSc ,Tsung-Ying Li, MD, Chin-I Cheng, PhD, Yung-Tsan Wu, MD

J Ultrasound Med (2023)

Infraspinatus Fascial Dysfunction as a Cause of Painful Anterior Shoulder Snapping: Its Visualization via Dynamic Ultrasound and Its Resolution via Diagnostic Ultrasound-Guided Injection

King Hei Stanley Lam, Daniel Chiung Jui Su, Yung-Tsan Wu, Mario Fajardo Pérez, Kenneth Dean Reeves, Philip Peng, Bradley Fullerton

Diagnostics 2023, 13(15), 2601

The Potential of Glucose Treatment to Reduce Reactive Oxygen Species Production and Apoptosis of Inflamed Neural Cells In Vitro

Juin-Hong Cherng, Shu-Jen Chang, Hsin-Da Tsai, Chung-Fang Chun, Gang-Yi Fan, Kenneth Dean Reeves, King Hei Stanley Lam and Yung-Tsan Wu

Biomedicines 2023, 11(7), 1837

Ultrasound-Guided Interventions for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses

King Hei Stanley Lam, Yung-Tsan Wu, Kenneth Dean Reeves, Felice Galluccio, Abdallah El-Sayed Allam, Philip W. H. Peng

Diagnostics 2023, 13(6), 1138

A novel infrapatellar approach of ultrasound-guided intra-articular injection of the knee from both lateral and medial side: a case series

King Hei Stanley Lam, Yung-Tsan Wu, Kenneth Dean Reeves, Admir Hadzic, Mario Fajardo Perez, Sau Nga Fu

SAGE journals (2023)

Ultrasound-guided dry needling versus traditional dry needling for patients with knee osteoarthritis: A double-blind randomized controlled trial

Johnson C. Y. Pang, Amy S. N. Fu, Stanley K. H. Lam, B. Peng, Allan C. L. Fu

PLOS ONE (2022)

Efficacy of Botulinum Toxin, Local Anesthetics, and Corticosteroids in Patients with Piriformis Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Alan D. Kaye, Ammar Salti, Abdullah AlKharabsheh, Felice Galluccio, Ahmed Amine El Oumri, King Hei Stanley Lam, Ahmed Bashawyah, Abdallah El-Sayed Allam, Faisal M. Hilal and Giustino Varrassi

Pain Physician 2022; 25:325-337

Erratum: Figure of the published manuscript titled: “Comment on the safety of the ultrasound-guided hydrodissection technique for carpal tunnel syndrome”

King Hei Stanley Lam, Wai Wah Mark Lai, Ho Yin Allen Ngai, Wing Keung Ricky Wu & Yung-Tsan Wu

J Ultrasound (2022)

Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Hydrodissection for Pain Management: From Anatomy to Techniques

King Hei Stanley Lam, Yung-Tsan Wu & Kenneth Dean Reeves

Musculoskeletal Ultrasound-Guided Regenerative Medicine, 2022, 343–354

Novel Ultrasound-Guided Cervical Intervertebral Disc Injection of Platelet-Rich Plasma for Cervicodiscogenic Pain: A Case Report and Technical Note

King Hei Stanley Lam, Chen-Yu Hung, Tsung-Ju Wu, Wei-Hung Chen, Tony Kwun Tung Ng, Jui-An Lin, Yung-Tsan Wu and Wai Wah Lai

Healthcare 2022, 10(8), 1427

The Effectiveness of Hydrodissection with 5% Dextrose for Persistent and Recurrent Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Retrospective Study

Ta-Chung Chao, Kenneth Dean Reeves, King Hei Stanley Lam, Tsung-Ying Li and Yung-Tsan Wu

J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11(13), 3705

Efficacy of a Novel Intra-Articular Administration of Platelet-Rich Plasma One-Week Prior to Hyaluronic Acid versus Platelet-Rich Plasma Alone in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial

Yung-Tsan Wu, Tsung-Ying Li, Kuei-Chen Lee, King Hei Stanley Lam, Chih-Ya Chang, Cheng-Kuang Chang and Liang-Cheng Chen

J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11(11), 3241

Mechanism of Glucose Water as a Neural Injection: A Perspective on Neuroinflammation

Yung-Tsan Wu, Yen-Po Chen, King Hei Stanley Lam, Kenneth Dean Reeves, Jui-An Lin and Cheng-Yi Kuo

Life 2022, 12(6), 832

Motor-Sparing Neural Ablation with Modified Techniques for Knee Pain: Case Series on Knee Osteoarthritis and Updated Review of the Underlying Anatomy and Available Techniques

Tony Kwun-tung Ng, King Hei Stanley Lam and Abdallah El-Sayed Allam

BioMed Research International, Volume 2022, Article ID 2685898

A Novel Somatic Treatment for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: A Case Report of Hydrodissection of the Cervical Plexus Using 5% Dextrose

K. Dean Reeves, Jessica Shaw, Rebekah McAdam, King Hei Stanley Lam, Sean W. Mulvaney, David Rabago

Cureus 14(4): e23909.

Atlas of Interventional Orthopedics Procedures Chapter 9: Therapeutic Dextrose Injection: Prolotherapy, Perineural Injection Therapy, andHydrodissection; Atlas of Interventional Orthopedics Procedures

Kenneth Dean Reeves, Stanley K H Lam, and David Rabago

Atlas of Interventional Orthopedics Procedures (1st Edition), Elsevier, 25 February 2022

Novel Motor-Sparing Ultrasound-Guided Neural Injection in Severe Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Comparison of Four Injectates

Yung-Tsan Wu, Stanley K. H. Lam, Chia-Ying Lai, Si-Ru Chen, Yu-Ping Shen, Yu-Chi Su, Tsung-Ying Li, Chueh-Hung Wu

BioMed Research International, vol. 2022, Article ID 9745322, 10 pages, 2022

Comment on the Safety of the Ultrasound-guided Hydrodissection Technique for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Stanley K. H. Lam, Mark W. W. Lai, Allen H. Y. Ngai, Ricky W. K. Wu and Yung-Tsan Wu

Journal of Ultrasound (2022)

Commentary: Ultrasound-Guided Triamcinolone Acetonide Hydrodissection for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Stanley K. H. Lam, Mark W. W. Lai, Allen H. Y. Ngai, Ricky W. K. Wu and Yung-Tsan Wu

Front. Med. 8:833862

Efficacy of 5% Dextrose Water Injection for Peripheral Entrapment Neuropathy: A Narrative Review

Yung-Tsan Wu, Chueh-Hung Wu, Jui-An Lin, Daniel Chiung-Jui Su, Chen-Yu Hung and Stanley K. H. Lam

International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2021, 22(22), 12358

Dynamic Ultrasound for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Caused by Squeezed Median Nerve between the Flexor Pollicis Longus and Flexor Digitorum Tendons

Stanley K. H. Lam, Yung-Tsan Wu

Pain Medicine, pnab316

Practical Considerations for Ultrasound-Guided Hydrodissection in Pronator Teres Syndrome

Stanley K. H. Lam, Mark W. W. Lai, Allen H. Y. Ngai and Ricky W. K. Wu

Pain Medicine, pnab277

Comments on “Dorsal scapular nerve entrapment neuropathy managed by ultrasound-guided hydrodissection – a case report”

Stanley K. H. Lam, Chen-Yu Hung, Daniel Su

J Ultrason 2021; 21: e267–e269

Efficacy of hypertonic dextrose injection (prolotherapy) in temporomandibular joint dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Regina Wing-Shan Sit, Kenneth Dean Reeves, Claire Chenwen Zhong, Charlene Hoi Lam Wong, Bo Wang, Vincent Chi-ho Chung, Samuel Yeung-shan Wong and David Rabago

Scientifc Reports, 2021, 11:14638

Letter to the Editor: Comments on “Ultrasound Imaging of the Posterior Cruciate Ligament and its Mimic, the Posterior Meniscofemoral Ligament”

Stanley K. H. Lam, Chen-Yu Hung, Daniel Su, Ping-Tang Liu

Wiley Online Library & PubMed, 2021

Ultrasound-guided L5/S1 in Intradiscal Needle Placement Using Biplanar Approach with the Patient in the Lateral Decubitus Position: A Report of Three Cases

Stanley K. H. Lam, Chen-Yu Hung, Tsung-Ju Wu

Wiley Online Library & PubMed, 2021

Prognostic Factors in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Treated with 5% Dextrose Perineural Injection: A Retrospective Study

Tsung-Yen Ho, Si-Ru Chen, Tsung-Ying Li, Chun-Yi Li, Stanley K. H. Lam, Liang-Cheng Chen and Yung-Tsan Wu

International Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021; 18(9): 1960–1965

Ultrasound-Assisted Intraosseous Injection of Platelet-Rich Plasma for a Patient With Tibial Plateau Subchondral Bone Marrow Lesion: A Case Presentation and Technical Illustration

Stanley K. H. Lam, Chen-Yu Hung, and Andy Hung

Cureus. 2020 Dec; 12(12): e12312

Musculoskeletal Medicine in Family Practice

Allen HY Ngai

FP Links, Issue 198, August 2020, 11-13

Ultrasound-Guided Cervical Intradiscal Injection with Platelet-Rich Plasma with Fluoroscopic Validation for the Treatment of Cervical Discogenic Pain: A Case Presentation and Technical Illustration

Stanley K. H. Lam et al.

Journal of Pain Research, 2020: 13 2125–2129

Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Hydrodissection for Pain Management: Rationale, Methods, Current Literature, and Theoretical Mechanisms

Stanley K. H. Lam et al.

Journal of Pain Research, 2020: 13 1957–1968

Shear Wave Elastography to Guide Perineural Hydrodissection: Two Case Reports

Stanley K. H. Lam et al.

Diagnostics, 2020, 10(6), 348

Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Intradiscal Injection for Discogenic Pain: Technical Innovation and Presentation of Two Cases

Stanley K. H. Lam et al.

Journal of Pain Research, 2020: 13, 1103-1107

Efficacy of Intra-articular Hypertonic Dextrose (Prolotherapy) for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Reginia Sit and Ricky Wu et al.

The Annals of Family Medicine, Volume 18, No. 3, May 2020, 235-242

Loss of the “Seesaw Sign” of the Sciatic Nerve in a Marathon Runner Complaining of Hamstring Cramping

Stanley K. H. Lam et al.

Pain Medicine, Volume 21, Issue 2, February 2020, e247-e248

Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Family Medicine

Mark W. W. Lai

FP Links, Issue 189, November 2019, 14

Intra-articular and Extra-articular Platelet-rich Plasma Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis: A 26-week, Single-arm, Pilot Feasibility Study

Reginia Sit, Ricky Wu and Andrew Ip et al.

The Knee Journal, Volume 26, Issue 5, October 2019, 1032-1040

Treatment of Temporomandibular Dysfunction With Hypertonic Dextrose Injection (Prolotherapy): A Randomized Controlled Trial With Long-term Partial Crossover

Wynand Francois Louw, K. Dean Reeves, Stanley K. H. Lam, An-Lin Cheng

Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Volume 94, Issue 5, May 2019, 820–832

Clinic-Based Patellar Mobilization Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Clinical Trial Article

Reginia Sit and Keith Chan et al.

The Annals of Family Medicine, Volume 16, No. 6, November – December 2018, 521-528

Healing of Complete Tear of the Anterior Talofibular Ligament and Early Ankle Stabilization after Autologous Platelet Rich Plasma: a Case Report and Literature Review

Mark W. W. Lai and Reginia Sit

The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery, Volume 6, No.2, March 2018, 146-149

Dynamic Sonography for Snapping Knee Syndrome Caused by the Gracilis Tendon.

C. Y. Hung, K. V. Chang, S. Lam.

J Ultrasound Med, Volume 37, Issue 3, March 2018, 803-804

Clinical Effectiveness of Patella Mobilisation Therapy versus a Waiting List Control for Knee Osteoarthritis: a Protocol for a Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial

Regina W. S. Sit, Keith K. W. Chan, Benjamin H. K. Yip, Daisy Dexing Zhang, Kenneth Dean Reeves, Y. H. Chan, Vincent C. H. Chung, Samuel S Wong

BMJ Open, Volume 8, 2018, e019103

Transition from Deep Regional Blocks toward Deep Nerve Hydrodissection in the Upper Body and Torso: Method Description and Results from a Retrospective Chart Review of the Analgesic Effect of 5% Dextrose Water as the Primary Hydrodissection Injectate to Enhance Safety

Stanley K. H. Lam, Kenneth Dean Reeves, and An-Lin Cheng

BioMed Research International, Volume 2017,2017, Article ID 7920438

Dynamic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound of the Knee Joint, From Simple Supine Dynamic Scans to Kinematic Scans

Stanley K. H. Lam

HKMA CME Bulletin, June 2017, 3-11

Application of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Diagnosing and Managing Musculoskeletal Pain

Stanley K. H. Lam

HKMA CME Bulletin, November 2014, 4-12

Clinical, Radiological and Ultrasonographic Findings Related to Knee Pain in Osteoarthritis

Keith K. W. CHAN, Regina W. S. SIT, Ricky W. K. WU, Allen H. Y. NGAI

PLoS, 2014, ONE 9(3): e92901

Symptoms, Signs and Quality of Life (QoL) in Osteoarthritis (OA)

Keith K. W. Chan and Ricky W. K. Wu

Chapter on "Symptoms, Signs and Quality of Life (QoL) in Osteoarthritis" in Bruce M. Rothschild (eds.), "Principle of Osteoarthritis, its definition, character, derivation and modality-related recognition", IntechOpen, 2012

Snapping Elbow Syndrome: A Report of Two Cases

Keith K. W. Chan and Ricky W. K. Wu

The Hong Kong Practitioner, Volume 33, No.4, December 2011, 159-168

A Qualitative Study on Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis to Evaluate the Influence of Different Pain Patterns on Patient's Quality of Life and to Find Out Patients' Interpretation and Coping Strategies for the Disease

Keith K. W. Chan and Loretta W. Y. Chan

Rheumatology Reports, Volume 3:e3, 2011

Musculoskeletal Medicine in Family Practice

Keith K. W. Chan

The Hong Kong Practitioner, Volume 12:1-2, June 2010

Recommendations for the Use of Paracetamol in Acute and Chronic Pain

Chia Yook Chin; Keith KW Chan; Chun-Jen Liu; Harry Isbagyo; Muhaini Othman; Tran Viet Luan.

Medical Progress, Volume 37, No.17, 2010, 578-583