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Vol 53, No 1 (2015)

Stent graft repair of subclavian and axillary vascular injuries
Influence of diabetes mellitus on early outcome following carotid endarterectomy
Tranexamic acid use in the trauma setting
Lessons learned from the endovascular management of blunt thoracic aortic injuries
Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome: Are anatomical anomalies significant?

Vol 53, No 2 (2015)

System delays in breast cancer
Treatment outcomes of breast carcinoma
Sentinel lymph node biopsy
Quilting after mastectomy significantly reduces seroma formation
The incidence of oesophageal cancer
Chronic exertional compartment syndrome
Frontal sinus surgery

2014

Vol 52, No 4 (2014)

Predicting the need for relaparotomy in severe intra-abdominal sepsis secondary to complicated appendicitis
Exposure to key surgical procedures during specialist general surgical training in South Africa
An audit of trauma-related mortality in a provincial capital in South Africa
Propeller flaps for lower-limb trauma
Regional anaesthesia for cleft lip surgery in a developing world setting

Vol 52, No 3 (2014)

What do South African general surgeons think about their postgraduate training?
Serum lipase – the laboratory test of choice for suspected acute pancreatitis
Intraoperative examination of sentinel lymph nodes using scrape cytology
Tracheal resection for laryngotracheal stenosis
Clinical (non-histological) diagnosis of advanced prostate cancer

2013

Vol 51, No 4 (2013)

The rise and fall of CA 19-9
Endoscopic management of bile leaks after laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Understanding the contribution of human error to adverse surgical events
How should we use pre-operative biliary drainage in operable severe obstructive jaundice?
Patterns of injury in road crash victims
Intra-orbital knife blade foreign bodies

Vol 51, No 3 (2013)

Developing quality metrics for surgical services
Base deficit as an early marker of coagulopathy in trauma
Firearm injuries to children: Impact of the 2004 Firearms Control Act
Open globe injuries at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
Diverting colostomies in paediatric peri-anal burns
The scope of plastic surgery

• Inherited colorectal cancer: Plea for a national registry
• Improving pre-operative diagnosis of thyroid cancer
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa burn wound infection in a dedicated burns unit
• Laparoscopic splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenic purpura
• Is it necessary to use all the components of the modified triple test to evaluate breast masses in young women?