Dr. Chua Wei Liang

Dr Chua Wei Liang is a Senior Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with Orthopaedic Associates.

He favours a patient centric and practical approach when it comes to looking after his patients, with a focus on rapid recovery and optimising post-surgical pain.

He understands the value of honest and reliable medical opinions.

Prior to joining Orthopaedic Associates, Dr Chua held key leadership roles, including Head of Hip and Knee Surgery at National University Hospital (NUH) and Alexandra Hospital, as well as Deputy Head of Department at Alexandra Hospital.

Dr Chua obtained his medical degree from University College London in 2006 and earned his Masters of Medicine from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2015. He completed the NUHS Orthopaedic Residency in 2017 and was accepted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh in the same year.

He is fellowship trained, having completed 2 overseas fellowships in Orthopaedic Surgery. Firstly, an AO Trauma Travelling Fellowship in E Da Hospital, Taiwan in 2017. Followed by a fellowship in hip and knee surgery at Wrightington Hospital, UK- a major joint replacement centre of excellence in the United Kingdom.​

His areas of expertise include:

• Hip and knee joint replacement
  • Partial knee replacement
  • Navigated or robotic joint replacement
  • Anterior and posterior approach total hip replacement
• Meniscus and ligament surgeries of the knee
• Fracture surgeries of the lower limb

Evaluating the accuracy and relevance of ChatGPT responses to frequently asked questions regarding total knee replacement.

Zhang S, Liau ZQG, Tan KLM, Chua W.

Knee Surg Relat Res. 2024 Apr 2;36(1):15

Machine learning algorithms do not outperform preoperative thresholds in predicting clinically meaningful improvements after total knee arthroplasty.

Zhang S, Lau BPH, Ng YH, Wang X, Chua W.

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2022 Aug;30(8):2624-263

PMID: 34245310 

Do Patients With Diabetes Have Poorer Improvements in Patient-Reported Outcomes After Total Knee Arthroplasty?

Zhang S, Chong M, Lau BPH, Ng YH, Wang X, Chua W.

J Arthroplasty. 2021  Mar 4:S0883-5403(21)00230-8

PMID: 33775468

Short-duration chemoprophylaxis might reduce incidence of deep vein thrombosis in Asian patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty.

Zhang S, Htet KS, Tan XY, Wang X, Wang W, Chua W.

Knee Surg Relat Res. 2020 Nov 4;32(1):58. doi: 10.1186/s43019-020-00077-w.

PMID: 33148340

Gustilo IIIB Open Tibial Fractures: An Analysis of Infection and Nonunion Rates.

Singh A, Jiong Hao JT, Wei DT, Chua W, Murphy D, Thambiah J, Han CY. Indian J Orthop. 2018 Jul-Aug;52(4):406-410.

Low wear of highly cross-linked polyethylene in total hip replacement at a mean 11 year follow up.

Chua W, S Das De, A Teo, PY Nee. Orthopaedic Proceedings. Jan 2017