MBBS (HK); MD (HKU); FHKCA; FHKAM(Anaesthesiology); FANZCA; FHKCA(Pain Med)

Interim Chairperson
Clinical Associate Professor

Office : K424, Queen Mary Hospital

E-mail : wongstan@hku.hk

HKU Researcher Page : rp01789

ORCID : orcid.org/0000-0002-8763-5687

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Clinical pain medicine
• Basic pain signaling pathways

POSITION AVAILABLE

We are looking for competent and motivated PhD students and Research Assistants to join our research team. Our research area is on translational pain research and pain signaling mechanisms. They should have relevant research experience in cell and molecular biology, and be able to take up new techniques (including animal pain models).

Interested candidates are welcome to contact wongstan@hku.hk

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Wong SSC*, Wang F, Chan TCW, Cheung CW.  The analgesic effect of total intravenous anaesthesia with propofol versus inhalational anaesthesia for acute postoperative pain after hepatectomy: a randomized controlled trial.   BMC Anesthesiol 2023; 23: 112.
• Wong SSC*, Chan TH, Wang F, Chan TCW, Ho HC, Cheung CW.  Analgesic effect of buprenorphine for chronic noncancer pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.   Anesth Analg 2023; 137: 59-71
• Wang F, Cheung CW, Wong SSC*.  Use of pain-related gene features to predict depression by support vector machine model in patients with fibromyalgia.  Front Genet 2023; 14: 1026672.
• Liu J, Wong SSC*.  Molecular mechanisms and pathophysiological pathways of high-fat diets and caloric restriction dietary patterns on pain.   Anesth Analg 2023; 137: 137-52.
• Leung SYD, Meng F, Liu J, Liu AJ, Ng HLL, Cheung CW, Wong SSC*.   Sub-anaesthetic dose of propofol attenuates mechanical allodynia in chronic post-ischaemic pain via regulation of PTEN/PI3K/IL-6 signalling.   Mol Pain 2023; 19: 17448069231185232.
• Ho HC, Wong SS, Cheung CW.  Individual-level and neighborhood-level shifts in mortality patterns among drug poisoning deaths in a high-density Asian city: a territory-wide, case-only analysis.   Int Health 2023.
• Fan T, Yu Y, Chen YL, Gu P, Wong S, Xia ZY, Liu JA, Cheung CW.  Histone deacetylase 5-induced deficiency of signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 acetylation contributes to spinal astrocytes degeneration in painful diabetic neuropathy.   Glia 2023; 71: 1099-119.
• Wong SSC*, Choi EKY, Chan WS, Cheung CW.  Propofol total intravenous anaesthesia versus inhalational anaesthesia for acute postoperative pain in patients with morphine patient-controlled analgesia: a large-scale retrospective study with covariate adjustment.   BMC Anesthesiol 2022; 22: 140.
• Gu P, Fan T, Wong SSC, Pan Z, Tai WL, Chung SK, Cheung CW.  Central Endothelin-1 confers analgesia by triggering spinal neuronal histone deacetylase 5 (HDAC5) nuclear exclusion in peripheral neuropathic pain in mice.   J Pain 2021; 22: 454-71
• Wong SSC, Chan WS, Cheung CW.  Analgesic effects of cannabinoids for chronic non-cancer pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression.  J Neuroimmune Pharmacol 2020; 15(4): 801-29.
• Wong SSC*, Chan WS, Fang C, Chan C, Lau TW, Leung F, Cheung CW.   Infraclavicular nerve block reduces postoperative pain after distal radial fracture fixation: a randomized controlled trial.  BMC Anesthesiol 2020; 20(1): 130.
• Wong SSC, Cheung CW.    Analgesic efficacy and adverse effects of Meperidine in managing postoperative or labor pain: a narrative review of randomized controlled trials.   Pain Physician 2020; 23: 175-201
• Chan TCW, Cheung CW, Wong SSC, Chung AYF, Irwin MG, Chan PK, Fu H, Yan CH, Chiu KY.   Preoperative dexamethasone for pain relief after total knee arthroplasty: a randomised controlled trial.   Eur J Anaesthesiol 2020; 37: 1157-67
• Wong SSC*, Leung MYY and Cheung CW.  The effect of total intravenous anaesthesia with propofol on postoperative pain after third molar surgery: a double-blind randomized controlled trial.  Eur J Pain  2019;  23(5): 844-93.
• Wong SSC*, Lee UM, Wang XMA, Chung SK, Cheung CW.  Role of DLC2 and RhoA/ROCK pathway in formalin induced inflammatory pain in mice.   Neurosci Lett 2019; 709: 134379.
• Wong SSC, Sun L, Qiu Q, Gu P, Li Q, Wang XM, Cheung CW.  Propofol attenuates postoperative hyperalgesia via regulating spinal GluN2B-p38MAPK/EPAC1 pathway in an animal model of postoperative pain.  E J Pain 2019; 23(4): 812-22.
• Wong SSC, Qiu Q, Cheung CW.  Segmental spinal myoclonus complicating lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injection.  Reg Anesth Pain Med 2018; 43(5): 554-6.
• Wong SSC, Choi SW and Cheung CW.  A comparison of chronic pain with and without neuropathic characteristics in a Hong Kong Chinese population: an analysis of pain related outcomes and patient help seeking behaviour.  PLoS One 2018; 13(10): e0204054.
• Wong SSC, Chan CW, Cheung CW.  Spinal cord stimulation for chronic non-cancer pain: a review of current evidence and practice.  Hong Kong Med J 2017; 23(5): 517-23.
• Qiu Q, Choi SW, Wong SSC, Irwin MG, Cheung CW.  Effects of intra-operative maintenance of general anaesthesia with propofol on postoperative pain outcomes - a systematic review and meta-analysis.  Anaesthesia 2016; 71(10): 1222-33.

HONOUR & AWARD

• ExpertScape, Name Top 1% World Expert in Pain, 2021