South African Journal of Surgery

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Current Issue

Vol 60 No 2 (2022)

The full journal is available at https://ua.medpharm.co.za/journals/sajs/2022/00/60/02

Published: 2022-06-28

Editorial

Establishing and integrating datasets beyond instilling a culture of capture

S R Thomson, D L Clarke

74-76
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Trauma

A long walk to freedom: the epidemiology of penetrating trauma in South Africa – analysis of 4 697 patients over a six-year period at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital

M Bhana, P Fru, F Plani

77-83
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Damage control laparotomy outcomes in a major urban trauma centre penetrating trauma

A Kruger, D McPherson, A Nicol, S Edu, P Navsaria

84-90
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Never to be missed again – an analysis of 55 consecutive cases of traumatic diaphragmatic hernia

V F Kruger, T R A Calderan, R B de Carvalho, E S Hirano, G P Fraga

91-96
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An audit of trauma laparotomy in children and adolescents highlights the role of damage control surgery and the need for a trauma systems approach to injury in this vulnerable population

B Reid, V Kong, W Xu, V Thirayan, C Cheung, N Rajaretnam, V Manchev, W Bekker, J L Bruce, G Laing, D L Clarke

97-102
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Breast Surgery

Isolated ductal carcinoma in situ in patients presenting to two breast units in Johannesburg

L J Thornley, S Nietz, H Cubasch

103-108
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Magseed placement before neoadjuvant chemotherapy to facilitate subsequent breast-conserving surgery – a single-centre audit

F Malherbe, L Roodt, F Noor, R Gamieldien, D Chetty, D Anderson, T Thebe, L Cairncross

109-114
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Triple-negative breast cancer – a retrospective audit of 151 cases seen at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital Breast Unit

C E Nel, A Mannell, D Kruger

115-118
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Impact of COVID-19 on breast cancer diagnostic and surgical services at a South African academic hospital

T van Wyngaard, L Cairncross, S Maswime, L Roodt, F Malherbe

119-123
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Paediatric Surgery

The spectrum and outcome of paediatric emergency surgical admissions – a regional hospital analysis

K Kabongo, N Naidoo, T C Hardcastle

124-127
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Endocrine

The impact of non-closure of the platysma muscle layer on the cosmesis of thyroidectomy scar – a randomised double-blind controlled trial

O O Ayandipo, A O Afolabi, C J Onwudinjor, C Ezeme, T A Adigun, S Bello

128-133
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Oncology

Early-onset malignant solid tumours in young adult South Africans – an audit based on histopathological records of patients seen at the three academic hospitals in Johannesburg

U G Ugare, I Bombil, T E Luvhengo

134-140
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Hernia Surgery

Chronic groin pain in Desarda versus Lichtenstein hernia repair – a randomised controlled study

A S Gaur, N Sharma, P K Garg

141-145
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Perspective

Reflections on the development of the Hybrid Electronic Medical Registry in Pietermaritzburg

G L Laing, W Bekker, J L Bruce, D L Clarke

146-147
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A surgeon’s journey into the world of IT: the medwebtools.com database

R C Duvenage

148-149
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The George Hospital theatre documentation and information system

H Stark

150-151
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CPD Questionnaire

CPD Questionnaire (V60N02)

152
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