Ongoing Research and Publications

Ongoing projects:

1. Anterior Cervical Spine Strap Muscle Splitting versus Smith-Robinson Approach: A Single-Centre Non inferiority Randomized Controlled Trial, At McMaster University.

2. Mortality and Morbidity Rates in Elderly Patients Following Emergency Spine Surgery: A Retrospective Study in Hamilton General Hospital, At McMaster University

3. The Relation of Expectations, Satisfaction, and Outcome in Patients with Scoliosis, At Least Two -Years Follow-Up After Scoliosis Surgery, A Multicenter Study

4. Does Pre-Operative Halo Gravity Traction in Scoliosis Patient Achieve A Satisfactory Outcome? A Minimum Two Years Follow Up In 28 Scoliosis Patients

5. Which imaging modality, QCT or DEXA scan, is better to diagnose Osteoporosis and Osteopenia in thoracolumbar fusion surgery patients?

6. Congenital spine fusion in young adolescent female without underlying autoimmune pathology successfully treated with pedicle subtraction osteotomy in lumbar spine, case report and review of the literature

7. Underestimation of Postoperative ileus as a Benign Complication in Spine Surgery. A Case Control Study in A Major Spine Surgery Centre in Saudi Arabia.

8. Association Between Rotation and Curve Magnitude in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis in KAMC, Riyadh.

9. Comparing Fusion Rates of Interbody Fusion and Posterolateral Fusion in Degenerative Lumbar Spine.

10. Incidence and risk factors of thromboembolism in patients with spinal cord injury in National Guard Hospital-Riyadh.

11. Impact of Early Versus Delayed Intervention in Open Fracture Patients Presenting to National Guard Health Affairs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

12. Effectiveness of Arthroscopic Bankart Repair With Remplissage for Shoulder Instability: A retrospective Cohort Study, A AlHussain 

13. Assessing the Influence of Obesity on Rotator Cuff Repair Surgical and FunctionalOutcomes, A AlHussain 

14. The Effect of Hga1c Level on Post-Operative Complications Following Rotator Cuff Repair, A AlHussain 

15. The Effect of Vitamin D Deficinceyon Post-Operative outcomes Following Rotator Cuff Repair, A AlHussain 

16. Residents' perspective on mentorship in Saudi orthopedic surgery Programs, A AlHussain

17. Comparing MRI Measurements to Intraoperative Measurements of Glenoid Bone A AlHussain

18. Arthroscopic Reconstruction of Massive Rotator Cuff Tears by Human Dermal Allograft Augmentation Compared to Superior Capsular Reconstruction (RCT) A AlHussain, Ivan Wong

19. Factors Leading to the Failure of Treatment in Congenital Talipes Equinovarus Using the Ponseti Method Requiring Surgical Correction.

20. Recurrence of Deformity in Blount's Disease Following Surgical Correction.

21. The Frequency and Outcomes of Nerve Palsies in Operatively Treated Supracondylar

22. Humerus Fractures in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.

23. Factors Affecting Slip Progression After in Situ Screw Fixation of Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis.
    

Recent Publications:​

1. Factors influencing the selection criteria of Saudi board orthopedic surgery applicants: a national survey of program directors. AlAssiri et al. BMC Medical Education (2024) 24:59 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-05007-4

2. Surgical management of a recurrent hydatid cyst in the thoracic spine of a postpartum patient with paraplegia: a rare case report and literature review doi: 10.21037/jss-23-11

3. Delayed Sub-axial Fracture Dislocation Surgical Management: Technical Notes and Review of the Literature DOI 10.7759/cureus.39539

4. Prevalence and Predictors of Scoliosis and Back Pain in 591 Adolescents: A Randomized, Stratified, Cross-Sectional Study in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. DOI 10.7759/cureus.26478

5. Does magnetic resonance imaging impact pre-operative plans in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients? A retrospective study Musculoskelet Surg Res, doi: 10.25259/JMSR_167_2021

6. Surgical management of spinal tuberculosis with a two-stage posterior instrumentation with bridging: a case report https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab406

7. The incidence of odontoid fractures following trauma in a major trauma center, a retrospective study. J Craniovert Jun Spine

8. Haemangioma of the lumbar spine involving the spinous process: A rare case report and review of the literature International Journal of Spine Surgery

9. Neurological disability among adults following traumatic spinal fractures in Saudi Arabia: a retrospective single center medical record review AnnSaudi MedDOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2019.8

10. Attitudes and behaviours of physicians towards the relationship with the pharmaceutical industry in Saudi Arabia DOI:org/10.26719/emhj.19.024.

11. Does delay in surgical debridement increase the risk of infection in open tibia fractures in Saudi patients? A retrospective cohort study​ J Clin Orthop Trauma DOI:org/10.1016/j.jcot.2018.02.012

12. Hallux valgus: Surgical treatment with open proximal wedge osteotomy using low-profile plate A case series. J Musculoskelet Surg Res

13. Long-term compliance with continuous positive airway pressure in Saudi patients with obstructive sleep apnea. A prospective cohort study Saudi Med J DOI:10.15537/smj.2015.8.11716

14. Outcomes of Operative Versus Nonoperative Management for Hallux Rigidus: A Tertiary Care Center Experience

15. Arthroscopic Treatment for Posterior Shoulder Instability with Posterior Glenoid Bone Loss Using Distal Tibia Allograft Augmentation. A AlHussain, Ivan Wong

16. Work-Related Shoulder Pain Among Saudi Orthopedic Surgeons, A AlHussain

17. Prevalance and risk factors of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Symptoms Among Orthopedic Surgeons in Riyadh, A AlHussain

18. Predictors of Acute Compartment Syndrome in Patients with Forearm Fractures A AlHussain Outcome of the Musquelet Technique for Complex Bilateral Distal Femoral Bone Defects A AlHussain, F Alzahrani, K AlSheikh, A Alshehri, A Alzahrani​

19. Prevalance and Predictors of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Symptoms Among Teachers in Riyadh: A Cross-Sectional Study. A AlHussain 

20. A Decade View on the Orthopedic Surgery Workforce in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia A AlHussain 

21. Mixed-Methods Analysis of a Validated Arthroscopic Knot-Tying Simulator With New Indirect Visualization Condition. A AlHussain, Ivan Wong

22. Arthroscopic spinoglenoid cyst decompression with bone grafting P. Theriault, A AlHussain, Ivan Wong

23. Incidence and Outcome of Orthopaedic and Non-Orthopaedic Sequelae After Operative Fixation of Major Pelvic Ring Fractures A AlHussain, Khaled Alabbasi, Islam El-Nagar, Amro AlHokail, Ross Leighton

24. Labral Gracilis Tendon Allograft Reconstruction and BST-CarGel for an Uncontained Acetabular Cartilage Defect. A AlHussain, Laurel MacInnis, Ivan Wong

25. Bilateral Talocalcaneal Tarsal coalition with Flat Feet Treated with Single-Stage Coalition Resection and Calcaneal Lengthening Osteotomy: A Case Report. DOI:10.25259/JMSR_109_2022.

26. Orthopedic manifestations in children with sickle cell disease: A case series. DOI: 10.4103/1658-8312.347579.

27. Optimizing pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis use in pediatric orthopedic surgical patients through implementation of a perioperative venous thromboembolism risk screening tool. https://doi.org /10.1002/pbc.28803.

28. Preoperative hyperkyphosis predicts the development of proximal junctional kyphosis for patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: results from the PORSCHE study. Can J Surg. 2019 Aug; 62(4 Suppl 1): S37–S87.

29. Large deformity and postoperative pelvic incidence–lordosis matching predict improvements in pain for patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: results from the PORSCHE study. Can J Surg. 2019 Aug; 62(4 Suppl 1): S37–S87.

30. Kyphectomy in Myelomeningocele for Severe Early-Onset Kyphosis Using Distal Intravertebral Fixation and Thoracic Growing Rod. https://dx.doi.org /10.5435%2F JAAOSGlobal-D-19-00006

31. Brace Treatment in AIS: Risk Factors for Failure - A Literature Review. https://doi.org /10.1016/j.spinee.2019.07.008

32. New Technologies in Pediatric Spine Surgery. https://doi.org /10.1016/j.ocl.2018.08.014

33. Hoa's fracture of the medial femoral condyle in a child treated with open reduction and internal fixation: A case report. https://doi.org /10.1016/j. tcr.2018.01.002Traumatic Pediatric Shoulder Fracture Dislocation Treated with Closed Reduction and Intramedullary Nailing: a case report. https://doi.org /10.1016/j. tcr.2017.05.003

34. Large Deformity and Post-Operative PI-LL Matching Predict Improvements in Pain for Patients with AIS: Results from the PORSCHE Study.

35. Outcome of the Masquelet Technique for Complex Bilateral Distal Femoral Bone Defects. Cureus 2023

36. Outcomes of Operative Versus Nonoperative Management for Hallux Rigidus: A Tertiary Care Center Experience. Cureus 2023

37. Outcomes of Hallux Valgus Corrective Osteotomy: A Tertiary Hospital Experience.Cureus 2023

38. Traumatic spinopelvic dissociation: A case series. Journal of Craniovertebral Junction ans spine. 2023

39. Clinical outcomes of percutaneous screw fixation of acetabular fracture: A minimally invasive procedure. Journal of Taibah University Medical sciences, 2022

40. One-year postoperative mortality rate among the elderly with hip fractures at a single tertiary care center. Annals of Saudi Medicine ,2020​