Doctor's Profile
Dr Siow Hua Ming
Dr Siow Hua Ming
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr Siow is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon who has been in private practice for the past two years at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital. He currently works from Novena Surgery day surgery centre and is accredited to operate in Mount Elizabeth Novena, Mount Elizabeth, Gleneagles, Mount Alvernia and Parkway East Hospitals.
His specialty interest is in Sports Medicine and Surgery for both adults and children. He take a keen interest in correctly diagnosing and treating sports and degenerative bone and joint disorders, so as to allow his patients to regain their normal functional selves through affordable quality specialist orthopaedic care.
Dr Siow’s specialty areas include:
- Sports Medicine and Arthroscopic Joint Surgery
- Adult Orthopaedic Surgery
- Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Sports Injuries –
- Sprains, strains, muscle tears, dislocations and stress fractures
- Tennis and golfer’s elbows, mallet finger
- Biceps, patella and Achilles tendinopathy
- Platelet-rich plasma (PRP), extracorporeal shock-wave therapy (ESWT)
Arthroscopic and Reconstructive Surgery –
- Shoulder stabilization for dislocations, rotator cuff repair, acromioclavicular stabilization
- Elbow stabilization, wrist fibrocartilage repairs
- Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD), avascular necrosis
- Hip labral repairs and impingement surgery
- Anterior and posterior cruciate ligament reconstructions with single or double-bundle grafts, knee collateral and posterolateral corner reconstructions
- Meniscal repairs and cysts, meniscal transplantation
- Cartilage reconstruction with matrix autologous chondrocyte implantation (MACI), mosaicplasty and microfracture
- Patella stabilization for dislocations
- Tendon repairs of upper and lower limbs (e.g. biceps, Achilles)
- Ankle ligament reconstruction
- Hallux valgus and acquired flat foot surgery
Joint Replacement Surgery – shoulder arthroplasty (reverse and total), elbow arthroplasty, hip bipolar hemiarthroplasty and total arthroplasty, knee (unicompartmental and total arthroplasty), customised MRI and computer-guided surgery
Joint and Limb Deformity Correction and Limb Lengthening – congenital and acquired, growth-guided correction, computer-guided correction and surgery, osteotomies, intramedullary nail lengthening
Trauma Surgery – fractures, dislocations and osteochondral injuries
General Orthopaedics – trigger fingers, De Quervain’s tenosynovitis, carpal tunnel release and ulnar, median and radial nerve decompressions; popliteal cysts, plantar fasciitis, ankle tendinopathy, bunions
Paediatric:
- Sports Injuries – as above
- Arthroscopic and Reconstructive Surgery – as above
- Congenital and Acquired Bone and Joint Disorders – developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), Perthes’ disease, slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE), club foot casting and correction, congenital hand and foot abnormalities
- Limb Deformity Correction and Lengthening – as above, muscle and soft tissue releases, bony deformity correction
- Knock knees and bow legs
- Flat and cavus feet and gait abnormalities – arthroereisis, orthotics
- Scoliosis – bracing, dynamic Spinecor bracing, surgery
- Fracture and Trauma Surgery – humerus supracondylar and lateral condyle fractures, forearm fractures, femur, tibia and tibial spine fractures; ankle fractures, greenstick fractures, growth plate injuries
