Vol 55 No 4 (2017) | South African Journal of Surgery

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Published: 2017-11-16

Editorial

“The Malignant Epidemic” still the neglected stepchild

Damian Luiz Clarke

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Trauma

Rib fracture fixation in a South African public trauma service

George V Oosthuizen, Jacques De Wet, John L Bruce, Damian L Clarke

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Barriers to accessing ATLS provider course for junior doctors at a major university hospital in South Africa

Jocinta Odendaal, Victor Yeewai Kong, TY Liu, YY Liu, Benn Sartorius, George V Oosthuizen, Damian L Clarke

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Serum alcohol levels correlate with injury severity and resource utilization

Alladden I Elshiere, Mohamed A Noorbhai, Thandinkosi E Madiba

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Laparoscopy or clinical follow-up to detect occult diaphragm injuries following left-sided thoracoabdominal stab wounds: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Gideon Malherbe, Pradeep H Navsaria, Andrew J Nicol, Sorin Edu, Sharfuddin Chowdhury

20-25
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Quantifying the funding gap for management of traumatic brain injury at a major trauma centre in South Africa

Victor Kong, Jocinta J Odendaal, John L Bruce, Grant L Laing, Ellen Jerome, Benn Sartorius, Petra Brysiewicz, Damian L Clarke

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General Surgery

Auditing surgical service provision at a South African tertiary institution: Implications for the development of district services

Grant Llewellyn Laing, D L Skinner, J L Bruce, Coleen Aldous, V Govindasamy, S R Thomson, Damian L Clarke

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Does the reporting of gastro-intestinal endoscopy meet the minimal terminology standard at King Edward VIII Hospital?

Sandhir P Maharaj, Mohamed Aslam Noorbhai, Thandinkosi E Madiba

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Surgical Education

The value of supplementary anatomy workshops for improving undergraduate performance

Alex John Scott, Graham Louw, Delawir Kahn

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Obituaries

Dr Johan van der Spuy

David Bass, Andrew J Nicol, Pradeep Navsaria, Sorin Edu

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Dr Johan Janeke

Mike Van Dyk

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Abstracts

Cape Town Trauma Congress (TSSA/SAOTS) Congress Abstracts

Editorial Office

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