Publications Print Krijnen NA, Arellano JA, Wu KY, Ring D, Teunis T, Science of Variation Group. "Do Surgeons Treat Their Patients' Upper Extremity Nerve Palsies, Like They Would Treat Their Own?". Plast Reconstr Surg. 2025 Feb 18 [Epub ahead of print] View PubMed Weber MB, Wu KY, Spinner RJ, Bishop AT, Shin AY. Triceps-to-Biceps Tendon Transfer for Restoration of Elbow Flexion in Brachial Plexus Injury. J Hand Surg Am. 2025 Feb; 50 (2):238.e1-238.e9 Epub 2023 Aug 03 View PubMed Persad LS, Wu KY, Hooke AW, Lieber RL, Shin AY, Kaufman KR. Optimal Distal Tendon Insertion Point for Elbow Flexion in Free-Functioning Gracilis Muscle Transfer for Panbrachial Plexus Injuries: A Cadaveric Study. J Hand Surg Am. 2025 Feb; 50 (2):233.e1-233.e5 Epub 2023 July 21 View PubMed Johnson AR, Said A, Acevedo J, Taylor R, Wu K, Ray WZ, Patterson JM, Mackinnon SE. An Updated Evaluation of the Management of Nerve Gaps: Autografts, Allografts, and Nerve Transfers. Semin Neurol. 2025 Feb; 45 (1):157-175 Epub 2024 Oct 11 View PubMed Santangelo G, Singh A, Catanzaro M, Wu K, Catanzaro S, Hayford K, Spinner RJ, Stone JJ. Double Crush Syndrome in the Lower Extremity: Simultaneous L5 Radiculopathy and Common Peroneal Nerve Compression. World Neurosurg. 2024 Dec 10; 194:123502 [Epub ahead of print] View PubMed Taylor RL, Zhang JK, Patterson JMM, Llaneras NS, Pripotnev S, Wu KY, Mackinnon SE. "A Video-Based Learning Module is an Effective Way to Teach the Interpretation of Pre-Operative Electrodiagnostic Studies". Plast Reconstr Surg. 2024 Nov 26 [Epub ahead of print] View PubMed Adenikinju A, Wu KY, Karim K, Carlsen B, Kakar S. Outcomes of Proximal Row Carpectomy With Interposition Arthroplasty for Advanced Wrist Arthritis. Hand (N Y). 2024 Nov 23; 15589447241298721 [Epub ahead of print] View PubMed Li NY, Wu KY, Loosbrock MF, Bishop AT, Spinner RJ, Shin AY. Injury and Biological Factors Impact Shoulder Function following Autogenous Grafting of Spinal Nerves for Pan-Brachial Plexus Reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2024 Nov 1; 154 (5):918e-927e Epub 2024 Apr 02 View PubMed Wu KY, Pino PA, Ryssman DB, Rhee PC. Combined Surgical Technique of Hyperselective and Partial Motor Neurectomies for Spastic Equinus, Equinovarus, and Claw Toe Deformities. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2024 Nov; 12 (11):e6207 Epub 2024 Nov 12 View PubMed Rode MM, Wu KY, Welling BD, Rizzo M. Arthrodesis as Salvage for Failed Metacarpophalangeal Arthroplasty. Hand (N Y). 2024 Sep 23; 15589447241279589 Epub 2024 Sept 23 View PubMed Pino PA, Crowe CS, Wu KY, Rhee PC. Combined Wrist Extensor Tenodesis and Tendon Transfers for Severe Spastic Flexed Wrist Deformity: Surgical Technique and Case Series. Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg. 2024 Sep 1; 28 (3):154-159 Epub 2024 Sept 01 View PubMed Wu KY, Pino PA, Bukowiec LG, Rhee PC. Motor Branching Pattern of the Radial Nerve for Hyperselective Neurectomy: From Anatomy to Clinical Translation. J Hand Surg Am. 2024 Jun 25 Epub 2024 June 25 View PubMed Wu KY, Asserson DB, Loosbrock MF, Bishop AT, Spinner RJ, Shin AY. Clinical Predictors of C5 Spinal Nerve Viability in Pan-Brachial Plexus Injuries. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2024 Jun 1; 153 (6):1131e-1137e Epub 2023 July 04 View PubMed Wu KY, Lee EY, Loosbrock MF, Bishop AT, Spinner RJ, Shin AY. Validation of the Root Analysis Score for C5 Viability in Patients With Pan-Brachial Plexus Injury. J Hand Surg Am. 2024 Jun; 49 (6):526-531 Epub 2024 Mar 02 View PubMed Pino PA, Wu KY, Rhee PC. Combined Hyperselective Neurectomy and Fractional Lengthening Technique for Triceps Spasticity. Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg. 2024 Mar 1; 28 (1):33-38 Epub 2024 Mar 01 View PubMed Wu KY, Hayford KM, Spinner RJ. In search of zebras: Critical analysis of the rarity of perineural breast cancer spread to the brachial plexus in men. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2024 Jan; 88:231-234 Epub 2023 Nov 04 View PubMed Mitchell EC, Wu KY, Siddiqi F, Yoo J, Ohorodnyk P, Ross D, Miller TA. "Winged" Eagle's syndrome: neurophysiological findings in a rare cause of spinal accessory nerve palsy. Illustrative cases. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2023 Dec 11; 6 (24) View PubMed Wu KY, Raghunathan A, Spinner RJ. Segmental extraneural lipomatosis of the superficial peroneal nerve: illustrative case. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2023 Dec 4; 6 (23) Epub 2023 Dec 04 View PubMed Wu KY, Amrami KK, Hayford KM, Spinner RJ. Characterizing peroneal nerve injury clinicoradiological patterns with MRI in patients with sciatic neuropathy and foot drop after total hip replacement. J Neurosurg. 2023 Dec 1; 139 (6):1560-1567 Epub 2023 June 23 View PubMed Lakomkin N, Wu KY, Hebert-Blouin MN, Spinner RJ. Lateral Displacement of the Phrenic Nerve in C5 Tumors. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2023 Nov 1; 25 (5):e246-e250 Epub 2023 Sept 14 View PubMed Wu KY, Spinner RJ. Uniting forces: Oncologic resection and nerve reconstruction. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2023 Oct; 85:534-536 Epub 2023 Apr 19 View PubMed Lenartowicz KA, Wu KY, Amrami KK, de Ruiter GCW, Desy NM, Spinner RJ. Tibial intraneural ganglion cysts arising from the tibiofemoral joint: illustrative cases. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2023 Sep 4; 6 (10) Epub 2023 Sept 04 View PubMed Wu KY, Spinner RJ. Selective upper trunk posterior division fascicular nerve transfer for proximal spinal accessory neuropathy: illustrative case. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2023 Aug 28; 6 (9) View PubMed Wu KY, Cook DJ, Amrami KK, Spinner RJ. Radial nerve myofibroma: a rare benign tumor with perineural infiltration. Illustrative case. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2023 May 8; 5 (19) Epub 2023 May 08 View PubMed Wu KY, Murthy NK, Howe BM, Dyck PJB, Spinner RJ. Diagnostic value of proximal cutaneous nerve biopsy in brachial and lumbosacral plexus pathologies. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2023 May; 165 (5):1189-1194 Epub 2023 Apr 03 View PubMed Wu KY, Suh GA, Shin AY. Chronic Polymicrobial Infectious Melanonychia Striata. JBJS Case Connect. 2023 Apr 1; 13 (2) Epub 2023 June 01 View PubMed Wu KY, Spinner RJ, Shin AY. Traumatic brachial plexus injury: diagnosis and treatment. Curr Opin Neurol. 2022 Dec 1; 35 (6):708-717 Epub 2022 Oct 27 View PubMed Mitchell EC, Haddara MM, Wu KY, Chambers SB, Ferreira LM, Gillis JA. Strength Comparison of Fibrin Glue and Suture Constructs in Upper Extremity Peripheral Nerve Coaptations: An In Vitro Study. J Hand Surg Am. 2022 Feb 26 [Epub ahead of print] View PubMed Wu KY, Gillis JA, Moran SL. Secondary Procedures following Flexor Tendon Reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 Jan 1; 149 (1):108e-120e View PubMed Chambers SB, Wu KY, Smith C, Potra R, Ferreira LM, Gillis J. Interfascicular Anatomy of the Motor Branch of the Ulnar Nerve: A Cadaveric Study. J Hand Surg Am. 2021 Dec 20 [Epub ahead of print] View PubMed Wu K, Masschelein G, Suh N. Treatment of Sagittal Band Injuries and Extensor Tendon Subluxation: A Systematic Review. Hand (N Y). 2021 Nov; 16 (6):854-860 Epub 2020 Jan 22 View PubMed Wu KY, Kim S, Liu VM, Sabino A, Minkhorst K, Yazdani A, Turley EA. Function-Blocking RHAMM Peptides Attenuate Fibrosis and Promote Antifibrotic Adipokines in a Bleomycin-Induced Murine Model of Systemic Sclerosis. J Invest Dermatol. 2021 Jun; 141 (6):1482-1492.e4 Epub 2020 Nov 23 View PubMed Wu K, Athwal GS, Ross D. Total Scapholunate Extrusion Into the Forearm in a Transscaphoid, Transcapitate Perilunate Fracture Dislocation: A Case Report. JBJS Case Connect. 2020 Jul-Sep; 10 (3):e1900534 View PubMed Wu K, Aibinder WR, Richards RS, Suh N. A New Surface Landmark for Thumb Digital Nerve Bifurcation: A Cadaveric Study. J Hand Surg Am. 2020 Apr; 45 (4):362.e1-362.e4 Epub 2019 Nov 09 View PubMed Kim SM, Truong JL, Wu K, Gabril MY, Grant A. Malignant cylindroma of the scalp treated with staged perimeter excision: A case report and literature review. JPRAS Open. 2019 Sep; 21:1-5 Epub 2019 Apr 24 View PubMed Wu K, Kim S, Rajasingham SJ, Bruni I, Fung K, Roth KE. Simulation of Urgent Airway Management in a Postthyroidectomy Hematoma. MedEdPORTAL. 2019 Feb 9; 15:10802 Epub 2019 Feb 09 View PubMed Wu K, Padmore C, Lalone E, Suh N. An Anthropometric Assessment of the Proximal Hamate Autograft for Scaphoid Proximal Pole Reconstruction. J Hand Surg Am. 2019 Jan; 44 (1):60.e1-60.e8 Epub 2018 June 20 View PubMed Wu KY, Kim S, Fung K, Roth K. Assessing nontechnical skills in otolaryngology emergencies through simulation-based training. Laryngoscope. 2018 Oct; 128 (10):2301-2306 Epub 2018 Mar 24 View PubMed Wu K, Ahluwalia R, Chinchalkar SJ, Vincent JI, Richards RS, Suh N. The Effect of Simulated Total Distal Interphalangeal Joint Stiffness on Grip Strength. Plast Surg (Oakv). 2018 Aug; 26 (3):160-164 Epub 2018 Apr 23 View PubMed Baaqeel R, Wu K, Chinchalkar SJ, Ross DC. The Effect of Isolated Finger Stiffness on Adjacent Digit Function. Hand (N Y). 2017 Mar 1; 1558944717697430 Epub 2017 Mar 01 View PubMed Wu K, Yau YC, Matukas L, Waters V. Biofilm compared to conventional antimicrobial susceptibility of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Isolates from cystic fibrosis patients. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Mar; 57 (3):1546-8 Epub 2013 Jan 07 View PubMed PST-20552082 Home Publications