South African Journal of Surgery

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Vol 59 No 3 (2021)

The full journal is available at https://ua.medpharm.co.za/journals/sajs/2021/00/59/03

Published: 2021-09-13

Editorial

Time to introduce mentorship into surgical training programmes?

J Edge

74-76
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General Surgery

Surgery in South Africa – challenges and barriers

P Naidu, I Buccimazza

77-82
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Surgery in South Africa – the attitudes toward mentorship in facilitating general surgical training

P Naidu, I Buccimazza

82-85
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Clinicopathological spectrum of small bowel obstruction and management outcomes in adults – experience at a regional academic hospital complex

M R Mthethwa, C Aldous, T E Madiba

118-123
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The spectrum of abdominal wall desmoid fibromatosis and the outcomes of its surgical treatment

I Bombil, L Ngobese

124-126
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Diabetes and lower extremity amputation – rehabilitation pathways and outcomes at a regional hospital

P Manickum, S S Ramklass, T E Madiba

128
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Trauma

Surgical rib fixation as an alternative method of treatment for multiple rib fractures: an audit of results compared with traditional medical management

B I Monzon-Torres, L M Fingleson, M S Moeng

86-90
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The spectrum of blunt abdominal trauma in Pietermaritzburg

P Rhimes, S E Moffatt, V Y Kong, J L Bruce, M T D Smith, W Bekker, G L Laing, D L Clarke

90-93
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The correlation between full moon and admission volume for penetrating injuries at a major trauma centre in South Africa

V Kong, A Keizer, M M Donovan, R D Weale, N Rajaretnam, J L Bruce, A Elsabagh, D L Clarke

94-97
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An analysis of paediatric snakebites in north-eastern South Africa

J J P Buitendag, S Variawa, D Wood, G Oosthuizen

97-101
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Breast Surgery

An audit of patients clinically deemed as high risk for malignant breast pathology at the Helen Joseph Hospital Breast Clinic

H M Brink, G Rubin, C A Benn, S Lucas

102-107
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The surgical burden of breast disease in KwaZulu-Natal province

V U Ehlers, C F Kohler, E Lutge, A Tefera, D L Clarke, I Buccimazza

108-112
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An audit of patients presenting with clinically benign breast disease to the Helen Joseph Hospital Breast Imaging Unit

N C Christofides, G Rubin, C A Benn

113-117
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Plastic surgery

Factors affecting bacteriology of hand sepsis in South Africa

M Van der Vyver, A Madaree

129
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Paediatric Surgery

A 7-year retrospective review of renal trauma in paediatric patients in Johannesburg

N Z Mashavave, A Withers, T Gabler, V Lack, D Harrison, J Loveland

127
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Case Reports

Cardiac tamponade following post-pericardiotomy syndrome

K Gandhi, J S K Reinders, P H Navsaria

130
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An inguinal hernia imposter

R R Patel, S Tu, J Plaskett

130
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Biliary tract anatomical variance – the value of MRCP

C Ferreira, C B Noel

131
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The role of surgery in Conn’s syndrome – a case of refractory hypertension secondary to an aldosterone secreting adenoma

M D Carides, N T Sishuba, I Bombil, C Christofides

131
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CPD Questionnaire

CPD Questionnaire (V59N03)

132
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