Dr Luk is a joint replacement surgeon specialising in hip and knee surgeries. She completed her orthopaedic residency training at Queen Mary Hospital. She is a Fellow of the Hong Kong College of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Surgeons of England. She is a trainer for the Hong Kong College of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Her clinical interests include total hip replacement by the direct anterior approach and robotic assisted joint replacement. She has received training at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Dr Luk believes in the importance of prehabilitation before surgery, and developed the Structured Non-Surgical Program for osteoarthritis at the MacLehose Medical Rehabilitation Centre.

Dr Luk is the Bone Bank Director of Queen Mary Hospital since 2024 and a member of the Hong Kong West Cluster Transplant Coordinating Committee. She is responsible for running the service for procurement, storage and supply of bone and soft tissue allografts.

Dr Luk is also passionate about medical outreach. She has volunteered her medical expertise locally and internationally in Cambodia, Tanzania, India and Zambia.

• Direct anterior approach to the hip
• Robotic assisted joint replacement
• Prehabilitation for joint replacement surgery
• Cementing techniques in arthroplasty

Selected Publications

• Luk MH, Ng FY, Fu H, Chan PK, Yan CH, Chiu KY.
  Retention of prosthetic articulating spacer after infected hip arthroplasty as a semipermanent implant: A case report. Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation. 2019;26(2):105-107. 

• Luk MH, Chan MM, Choi AK, Que TL, Wun YC.
  An Asymptomatic Patient with COVID-19 with Hip Hemiarthroplasty Performed: A Case Report of an Orthopaedic Surgeon’s Experience. JBJS Case Connect. 2020 Jul-Sep;10(3):e2000288.

• Luk MH, Yee AH, Yau R, Ho KW, Lam YL.
  Vascularised bone graft is an effective technique for extracortical bone bridging to combat cemented megaprosthesis loosening at the bone-implant junction. J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong). 2020 Sep-Dec;28(3):2309499020958167. 

• Cheung A, Chan PK, Fu H, Cheung MH, Chan VWK, Luk MH, Chiu KY.
  Metal-on-crosslinked polyethylene in total hip arthroplasty – an excellent combination at fifteen to twenty years of follow-up. Int Orthop. 2023 Oct;47(10):2547-2552. doi: 10.1007/s00264-023-05844-4. Epub 2023 May 29. PMID: 37247019. 

• Chong YY, Chan PK, Chan VWK, Cheung A, Luk MH, Cheung MH, Fu H, Chiu KY.
  Application of machine learning in the prevention of periprosthetic joint infection following total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review. Arthroplasty (London, England). 2023 Jun;5(1):38. DOI: 10.1186/s42836-023-00195-2. PMID: 37316877; PMCID: PMC10265805. 

• Luk MH, Fu H, Chan PK, Ng FY, Chiu KY.
  Two-stage Partial Component Retention and Interim Cemented Liner for Infected Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Case Report. J Orthop Case Rep. 2023 Oct;13(10):6-10. doi: 10.13107/jocr.2023.v13.i10.3914. PMID: 37885636; PMCID: PMC10599389. 

• Khoo JR, Chan PK, Wen C, Lau LCM, Leung TKC, Luk MH, Chan VWK, Cheung A, Cheung MH, Fu H, Chiu KY.
  Feasible non-surgical options for management of knee osteoarthritis during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Hong Kong Med J. 2024 Feb;30(1):56-61. doi: 10.12809/hkmj2210209. Epub 2024 Feb 19. PMID: 38369959. 

• Leung LB, Chan WV, Fu H, Cheung MH, Cheung A, Luk MH, Chan PK, Chiu KY.
  Determining the risk factors for hyperglycemia and glucose variability after total knee arthroplasty with continuous glucose monitoring: An observational cohort study. Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation. 2023;0(0). doi:10.1177/22104917231185360

• Lau LCM, Chan PK, Lui TWD, Choi SW, Au E, Leung T, Luk MH, Cheung A, Fu H, Cheung MH, Chiu KY.
  Preoperative weight loss interventions before total hip and knee arthroplasty: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Arthroplasty. 2024 May 17;6(1):30. doi: 10.1186/s42836-024-00252-4. PMID: 38755708; PMCID: PMC11100102. 

• Leung TKC, Chan PK, Fu H, Cheung A, Luk MH, Lau LCM, Chiu KY.
  Promising short-term outcomes of free-hand burring technique to implant second-generation metaphyseal cone in Asian knees – a case series. Arthroplasty. 2024 Jul 2;6(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s42836-024-00254-2. PMID: 38951944; PMCID: PMC11218123. 

• Tsui OWK, Chan PK, Cheung A, Chan VWK, Luk MH, Cheung MH, Lau LCM, Leung TKC, Fu H, Chiu KY.
  Comparison of the Cost-Effectiveness and Safety between Staged Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty and Simultaneous Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Cohort Study between 2001 and 2022. J Knee Surg. 2024 Nov;37(13):916-923. doi: 10.1055/a-2368-4516. Epub 2024 Jul 17. PMID: 39019474. 

• Chan KCA, Cheung A, Chan PK, Luk MH, Chiu KY, Fu H.
  Robotic total knee arthroplasty safely reduces length of stay in an Asian public healthcare system. Bone Jt Open. 2025 Jan 3;6(1):12-20. doi: 10.1302/2633-1462.61.BJO-2024-0184.R1. PMID: 39746375; PMCID: PMC11695079.

• Chiang V, Mak HWF, Cheung A, Chiu KY, Fu H, Luk MH, Cheung MH, Li PH. Labelling patients as allergic to beta-lactam antibiotics is associated with periprosthetic joint infection up to five years following knee arthroplasty. Bone Joint J. 2025 May 1;107-B(5):522-528. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.107B5.BJJ-2024-1007.R1. PMID: 40306661.