South African Journal of Surgery

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Vol 57 No 2 (2019)

Published: 2019-06-25

Editorial

Oesophageal cancer in South Africa: the need for a public health response

Emil Loots, Lucien Ferndale, Damian Clarke

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General Surgery

Oesophageal cancer in Area 2 of KwaZulu-Natal: predictors of late presentation

Lucien Ferndale, Benn Sartorius, Colleen Aldous, Sandie Thomson

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Disparity in oesophageal cancer management in South Africa: a comparison between two tertiary centres with special focus on the palliation of dysphagia

Daniel Nel, Musa Omar, Galya Chinnery, Eduard Jonas

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A comparison of oesophageal cancer between the public and private sectors in KwaZulu-Natal

Augustin Lutakwa, Emil Loots, Eleez Loots, Michelle Smith, Damian Luiz Clarke

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Metabolic surgery in South Africa: an initial academic hospital experience

Jeanne Lubbe, Adiel Webner, André Potgieter, Wimpie Odendaal, Charl Cooper, Anton Lambrechts

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Original Articles

General attitudes toward research: a pilot survey of HIV-positive surgical patients

Yoshan Moodley, Thandinkosi Enos Madiba

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Exploring the psychological traits of surgical specialists at an academic hospital in Bloemfontein

Ruben Van Aswegen, Jacob T Kuzhivelil, Caren Strydom, Grant Connellan, Akshay Ravgee, Gina Joubert, Johan Botes, Wilhelm Johannes Steinberg

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Paediatric Surgery

A comparison of four weight estimation systems for paediatric resuscitation

Mncedisi Junior Manyoni, Lara Nicole Goldstein, Mike Wells

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Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: profile, management and outcome of patients admitted to a tertiary hospital in Bloemfontein, South Africa

Robyn Arnold, Khotso Khokho, Kreasan Narrainsamy, Elizabeth Brits, Gina Joubert

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Trauma

Quantifying the burden of trauma imaging on the CT scan service at a major trauma centre in South Africa

Asma Abubaker Bashir, Victor Kong, Ross D Weale, John L Bruce, Grant Laing, Wanda Bekker, Damian Luis Clarke

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Advanced radiological investigations and findings amongst community assault victims admitted to a tertiary South African hospital

Francois du Toit, Stephanie Barbara Griffith-Richards, Beulah Christina van Zyl, Richard Denys Pitcher

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Hyperlactataemia with acute kidney injury following community assault: cause or effect?

David Lee Skinner, Carolyn Lewis, Kim de Vasconcellos, John Bruce, Grant Laing, Damian Luiz Clarke, David Muckart
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The spectrum of self inflicted injuries managed at a major trauma centre in South Africa

Samuel Edwin Moffatt, Victor Y Kong, Ross David Weale, Johannes Jacobus Petrus Buitendag, Abraham B Ras, Michelle T Smith, John L Bruce, Grant Llewellyn Laing, Damian L Clarke

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Neurosurgery

“A tale of two cities”: A snapshot survey of neurosurgical procedures performed in public and private sectors in eThekwini

Rohen Harrichandparsad, Sameer S Nadvi, Avashri Naidoo, Ozayr Mahomed

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The prevalence of sodium abnormalities in moderate to severe traumatic brain injury patients in a level 1 Trauma unit in Durban

Nikesh Deveduthras, Yusentha Balakrishna, David Muckart, Rohen Harrichandparsad, Timothy Hardcastle

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Case Reports

Papillary renal cell carcinoma presenting as a renal abscess

Jeff John, Michael Locketz, John Lazarus, Sunil Sinha

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Laparoscopic appendicectomy in a patient with Situs Inversus Totalis

Elie Keli, K J Nedjri, K H Ahue, O C Blégolé, B Moussa, G Aboua, A Adon, J P Dongui

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The conundrum of a resolving cavernous sinus syndrome

Lauren Maxine Ford

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Abstracts

47th Meeting of The Surgical Research Society of Southern Africa 25-28 June 2019

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Obituaries

Professor Hugh Hill Lawson: 13 January 1926 - 14 March 2019

M D Smith, J G Oettle, M G Veller

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