South African Journal of Surgery

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Current Issue

Vol 58 No 1 (2020)

Published: 2020-04-02

Editorial

Making bile duct injuries after laparoscopic cholecystectomy a ‘near-never’ event

J Lindemann, S R Thomson

2-3
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Perspective

The tangible consequences and intangible implications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy-associated bile duct injuries

J Lindemann, J E J Krige, E Jonas

4-6
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Laparoscopy and litigation: small access, small injuries, big trouble

David Bass

7-9
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General Surgery

An audit of interval cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis in a low resource healthcare system

G M Makatini, S Mewa Kinoo, B Singh

10-13
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Age is a predictor of significant endoscopic findings in dyspepsia patients in South Africa

S Cheddie, C G Manneh, B M Owczarek, Y Moodley
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Inguinal hernia repair in patients under and over 65 years of age: a district general hospital experience

A Musbahi, P Abdulhannan, O Nugud, V Garud

22-26
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Paediatric Surgery

Assessment of the delayed repair of uncomplicated inguinal hernias in infants

S N Botes, J Edge, J Apffelstaedt, Daniel Sidler

18-21
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Trauma

Efficacy and patterns of use of antimicrobial prophylaxis for gunshot wounds in a South African hospital setting: an observational study using propensity score-based analyses

M C Visbeek, J J Taljaard, M G B de Boer, U J Cronje, Elmin Steyn

27-32
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Penetrating trauma in children and adolescents in Pietermaritzburg

L Khumalo-Mugabi, S Moffatt, W Bekker, M Smith, J L Bruce, G Laing, V Manchev, D L Clarke

33-36
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A comparison of trauma scoring systems for injuries presenting to a district-level urban public hospital in Western Cape

S N Mukonkole, L Hunter, A Möller, M McCaul, S Lahri, D J Van Hoving

37-42
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Plastic surgery

The deltopectoral flap in the management of tracheostomal stenosis post laryngectomy and radiotherapy

D Liakos, C Sofianos, D R W Dower, P Ciudad, H C Chen

43
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Case Reports

Bilateral internal carotid artery occlusion with compensatory perfusion in a HIV-infected patient

S M Gowan, L M Ford, I N Human, v Goolab

44
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An Otorrhoea – a parotid connection

J Joseph, S Maharaj

45
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Letters to the Editor

Medical students’ experiences and perspectives from a local, multidisciplinary trauma conference

R R Boden, M I Majiet, Q A Parker

46-47
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Obituaries

Dr Timothy P Thulo

Myint Tun

48
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