Vol 54 No 4 (2016) | South African Journal of Surgery

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Published: 2016-12-07

Surgical Retirement

Do surgeons have a sell-by date?

David M Dent

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When should surgeons retire?

Ines Buccimazza

3-4
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Sixty-five is the time

David Alexander Thomson

5-6
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Trauma Surgery

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in penetrating abdominal trauma: A prospective single-center pilot study

Mahammed R Moydien, Ravi Oodit, Sharfuddin Chowdhury, Sorin Edu, Andrew Nicol, Pradeep Navsaria

7-10
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Computerised Tomographic Angiography (CTA) in extremity trauma – A level one hospital experience

Pieter Jordaan, S Roche, S Maqungo

11-16
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The effect of emergency medical services response on outcome of trauma laparotomy at a Level 1 Trauma Centre in South Africa

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

17-21
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Trauma unit attendance: Is there a relationship with weather, sporting events and week/month-end times? An audit at an urban tertiary trauma unit in Cape Town

Karen L Milford, Pradeep H Navsaria, Andrew Nicol, Sorin Edu

22-27
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Neurosurgery

Acute extradural haematomas in children: A 12-year experience from a single neurosurgery unit

Basil Enicker, Howard Louw, Thandinkosi Madiba

28-33
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Articles

Comparative study of extralevator vs. conventional abdominoperineal excision in a single centre in the developing world

Maurits Oostenbroek, Emile Coetzee, Adam Boutall, Robert Baigrie, Paul Goldberg

34-39
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Head and Neck Surgery

A fifteen year experience of total thyroidectomy for the management of simple multinodular goitres in a low medium income country

Adefemi O Afolabi, Omobolaji Oladayo Ayandipo, Oludolapo Afuwape, Omowonuola Ogundoyin

40-45
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Plastic surgery

Macromastia and gigantomastia: efficacy of the superomedial pedicle pattern for breast reduction surgery

Vaneshri Chetty, Elias Ndobe

46-50
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Case Reports

Management of acute complex traumatic wound with a dermal regeneration template: Case report

Ravin Raoul Patel, Maria Giaquinto-Cilliers, J Kotze, R S Hartnick, L W Van der Merwe, E B Holford

52-57
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Coverage of extensive tibial bone exposure in burn patients with three local flaps

Nebil Lahouel, Peter Mokwatlo, Elias Ndobe

58-64
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Guideline

HIG (SA) Guidelines for the Management of Ventral Hernias

H Bougard, D Coolen, R de Beer, D Folscher, J C Kloppers, M Z Koto, G B Reimers, C Sofianos, Ravichund Lakpaal Oodit

S1-S32
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