Vol 56 No 3 (2018) | South African Journal of Surgery

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Published: 2018-09-19

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Editorial Office

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General Surgery

Surgical resources in South Africa: a review of the number of functional operating theatres

Angela Dell, Dell Kahn

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Surgery for giant tumours of the breast: a 15 year review

Mahendra Daya, Theogren Balakrishnan

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Spectrum of disease and outcome of primary amputation for diabetic foot sepsis in rural KwaZulu-Natal

Shalen Cheddie, Che Gift Manneh, Bala Pillay

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Demographic and histological subtypes of Hurthle cell tumours of the thyroid in a South African setting

Victor Malith, Ifongo Bombil, Nadine Harran, Thifheli Luvhengo

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Requiem for Nigro or is anal squamous carcinoma still a surgical problem: Abdominoperineal excision rather than a defunctioning stoma?

J C Kloppers, Barbara Robertson, Paul A Goldberg, Emile DT Coetzee

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The causes of burn wounds among adult patients treated at Pelonomi Tertiary Hospital, Bloemfontein

Brandon Daffue, Dillon Moolman, Stephanie Ferreira, Lerée Roos, Luzanne Schoeman, Samuel J A Smit, Gina Joubert

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Neurosurgery

Evaluation of locally manufactured patient-specific custom made implants for cranial defects using a silicone mould

Adriaan J Vlok, Sachindrin Naidoo, Ameya S Kamat, Deon Lamprecht

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Urology

Fournier’s gangrene: outcome analysis and prognostic factors

Christopher Shingirirai Meki, Tonderayi I Mangwiro, John Lazarus

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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in men with penile carcinoma is associated with increased prevalence of human papilloma virus infection and younger age at presentation

Schalk W Wentzel, Lodewikus P Vermeulen, Catherine A Beukes, Jacoretha Thiart, Gina Joubert, Jacqueline Goedhals

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General/ENT surgery

Tympanoplasty surgery: a retrospective audit of surgical outcomes at a regional hospital

Shavina Naidoo, O Edkins, V Naran, S Liebenberg

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Guideline

The College of Nuclear Physicians of South Africa Practice Guidelines on Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy in Neuroendocrine Tumours

I Lawal, L Louw, J Warwick, N Nyakela, R Steyn, T Lengana, A Ellman, T Kotze, M Vangu, M Vorster, Mike Sathekge

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Case Reports

Obscure upper GIT haemorrhage: Primary renal artery aneurysm with duodenal and inferior venocaval fistulae

Brooke Puttergill, I Bombil, S Pather

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Novel technique for endoscopic retrieval of a ring-shaped gastric foreign body

Babalwa Nondela, Marion Arnold, Sharon Cox

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Be aware although it’s rare! Toxic Shock Syndrome following Endoscopic Sinus Surgery and Septoplasty

Shavina Naidoo, O Edkins

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Abdominal wall reconstruction with reconstructive tissue matrix

Ifongo Bombil, Brooke Puttergill, Bongane Stevens Ngutshane

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Timely diagnosis of vascular Ehlers Danlos syndrome – the need for genetic testing and counselling

Candice Feben, Jennifer Kromberg, Andrew McDonald, Amanda Krause

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Fibroadenoma in the axillary accessory breast

Mpapho Joseph Motsumi, Mohan Narasimhamurthy, Mogolodi Gabolwelwe

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Serotonin syndrome in burns patients

A Kenny, Wayne George Kleintjes

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A case of Amyand’s hernia in a preterm infant

Krevosha Pillay, V Gonzalez, T Rangaka

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Post-exertional thoracic pseudomeningocoele in a 41-year-old woman: a rare cause of interscapular pain

John R Ouma, S Makhure

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Laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital

Nkomba Christophe Kalenga, Onkabetse Mongale, Tebo Cyril Mosasi, Magenthran Govender

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Hepatic rupture as the initial manifestation of HELLP syndrome

Lyndsey Blair Thiessen, John Shaw

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Pneumatosis intestinalis in HIV patient with gastric outlet obstruction

Alemayehu Ginbo Bedada, A Georges, S Sheikh, M A Kayembe, M Hsiao

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Kaposi sarcoma: an unusual cause of intussusception in an adult patient

Olamide Oluwafunsho Jolayemi, Jade Caris Mogambery

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Obituaries

Mr Roy Wise

Craig Campbell

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