About Dr Yu Chao Lee
Dr Yu Chao Lee is an Adelaide Spine Surgeon who consults and treats all spinal conditions including degenerative spine disease of the lumbar and cervical spine, spinal deformity, spinal tumour and spi ...
Special interests
Qualifications
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Orthopaedic Surgery)
Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (University of Adelaide)
Awards and Publications
Minimally invasive stabilization for thoracolumbar and lumbar fractures: a comparative study with short segment open Schanz screw constructs.
Yu Chao Lee, Michael Selby, Mario Zotti, Deb Roy, Brian Freeman. Journal of Spine Surgery. 2019 Mar;5(1):13-18.
Minimally invasive stabilization of the fractured ankylosed spine: a comparative case series study.
Francis Brooks, Matthew Rackham, Ben Williams, Deb Roy, Yu Chao Lee, Michael Selby. Journal of Spine Surgery. 2018 Jun;4(2):168-172.
Traumatic subaxial cervical facet subluxation and dislocation: epidemiology, radiographic analyses, and risk factors for spinal cord injury.
Ryan D. Quarrington, Claire F. Jones, Petar Tcherveniakov, Jillian M. Clark, Simon J.I. Sandler, Yu Chao Lee, Shabnam Torabiardakani, John J. Costi, Brian J.C. Freeman. The Spine Journal. 2018 Mar;18(3):387-398.
Most Cited Publications in Cervical Spine Surgery.
Yu Chao Lee, Francis Brooks, Simon Sandler, Yun-Hom Yau, Michael Selby, Brian Freeman. International Journal of Spine Surgery 2017;11:19.
Operative Management of Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease
Yu Chao Lee, Mario Giuseppe Tedesco Zotti, Orso Lorenzo Osti. Asian Spine Journal. 2016 Aug;10(4):801-19.
Confirmation of microevolutionary increase in spina bifida occulta among Swiss birth cohorts.
Yu Chao Lee, Lucian Bogdan Solomon, Frank Jakobus Rühli, Regula Schiess, Lena Öhrström, Thomas Sullivan, Hatem Alkadhi, Maciej Henneberg. European Spine Journal. 2011 May;20(5):776-80.
Secular trend in the opening of the sacral canal: an Australian study.
Lucian Solomon, Frank Rühli, Yu Chao Lee, Maciej Henneberg. Spine. 2009 Feb 1;34(3):244-8.
Reconstruction of Chronic Foveal TFCC Tears with an Autologous Tendon Graft.
Gregory I. Bain, Kevin Eng, Yu Chao Lee, Duncan Mcguire, Matthias Zumstein. Journal of Wrist Surgery. 2015 Feb;4(1):9-14.
Anatomic foveal reconstruction of the triangular fibrocartilage complex with a tendon graft.
Gregory Bain, Duncan McGuire, Yu Chao Lee, Kevin Eng, Matthias Zumstein. Techniques in Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery. 2014 Jun;18(2):92-7.
Cable-augmented, quad ligament tenodesis scapholunate reconstruction: rationale, surgical technique, and preliminary results.
Gregory Bain, Adam Watts, James McLean, Yu Chao Lee, Kevin Eng. Techniques in Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery. 2013 Mar;17(1):13-9.
Posterolateral and anterolateral approaches to unicondylar posterolateral tibial plateau fractures: a comparative study.
Lucian B. Solomon, Aaron W. Stevenson, Yu Chao Lee, Robert P.V. Baird, Donald W. Howie. Injury. 2013 Nov;44(11):1561-8.
Repair of the acutely unstable elbow: use of tensionable anchors.
Yu Chao Lee, Kevin Eng, Angus Keogh, James McLean, Gregory Bain. Techniques in Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery. 2012 Dec;16(4):225-9.
The effect of hip position on the length of trochanteric muscles: potential implications for early postoperative management of hip arthroplasty.
Yu Chao Lee, Stuart A. Callary, Donald W. Howie, Dominic Thewlis, Lucian B. Solomon. Journal of Arthroplasty. 2012 Jun;27(6):953-60.
Anatomy of piriformis, obturator internus and obturator externus: implications for the posteriorsurgical approach to the hip.
Lucian B. Solomon, Yu Chao Lee, Stuart A. Callary, Martin Beck, Donald W. Howie. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British Volume. 2010 Sep;92(9):1317-24.