Twelve tips for setting up a national registry in South Africa: Principles and practice [0.03%]
南非建立全国登记处的十二条建议：原则与实践
W Conradie,K Baatjes,L Martin et al.
W Conradie et al.
Background: Patient- and disease-specific registries provide valuable real-world data and often demonstrate greater generalisability compared to randomised controlled trials. A national thyroid surgery registry in South A...
The spectrum of thyroid disease requiring surgery: a single centre experience in South Africa [0.03%]
南非单中心手术治疗甲状腺疾病的经验
S R Čačala,S Naidu,C Faro et al.
S R Čačala et al.
Background: Thyroid disease is a frequently encountered condition for the general surgeon. Limited literature on surgery for thyroid disease is available from the study area in KwaZulu-Natal which has a largely rural Blac...
Follicular thyroid carcinoma in South Africa: Insights from 103 cases [0.03%]
南非的滤泡性甲状腺癌：来自103例患者的启示
Z Pienaar,L Martin,T Luvhengo et al.
Z Pienaar et al.
Background: Follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) accounts for approximately 17-20% of well-differentiated thyroid cancer (WDTC) worldwide. In South Africa (SA), FTC is more common than reported internationally, however, ava...
The performance of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) compared to histology in the preoperative diagnosis of thyroid cancer: a single centre study [0.03%]
细针穿刺细胞学检查与甲状腺癌术前组织病理诊断一致性的单中心研究
S Pillay,T Ntrama,G Muthen et al.
S Pillay et al.
Background: Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy globally. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is used in the diagnostic workup of thyroid nodules. There have been discrepancies between FNAC and histo...
J E J Krige,S R Thomson
J E J Krige
The South African Journal of Surgery (SAJS), established in 1962, is the official publication of the Association of Surgeons of South Africa. As a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal, the SAJS plays a vital role in disseminating surgical resea...
Gallbladder tuberculosis: an unlikely diagnosis after laparoscopic cholecystectomy [0.03%]
腹腔镜胆囊切除术后诊断胆囊结核的病例报告
M Malik,I N Palkowski
M Malik
We present a rare case of isolated gallbladder tuberculosis (GBTB) confirmed on histological diagnosis after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy for suspected chronic cholecystitis. GBTB remains an extremely rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculo...
Eight-year survival with metastatic oesophageal carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature [0.03%]
晚期食管癌转移的8年生存情况：病例报告及文献回顾
H Kasai,W Begg,M Mihalik
H Kasai
Oesophageal cancer is common and holds a poor prognosis, with an estimated 604 000 new cases in 2020 and 544 000 deaths globally. South Africa has an incidence of 4.41 and 2.39 new cases of oesophageal cancer per 100 000 males and females r...
K Hendry,O O Jolayemi
K Hendry
Acute appendicitis is one of the most commonly encountered surgical emergencies. It usually presents with typical symptoms; however, diagnostic doubt may be encountered in atypical presentations. Rarely, complicated appendicitis may manifes...
N Deveduthras,T Govender,R Harricharan
N Deveduthras
A 23-year-old female presented with spinal cord compression and worsening motor weakness due to an extradural cyst in the thoracic spine on MRI thought to be due to a benign, non-infective spinal arachnoid cyst. Surgical excision surprising...
Preliminary experience of reverse lymphatic mapping technique using indocyanine green dye lymphangiography and patent blue dye in melanoma patients undergoing sentinel lymph node biopsies: a case series [0.03%]
吲哚青绿淋巴管造影和专利蓝染料反向淋巴示踪技术在黑素瘤患者前哨淋巴结活检中的初步应用：病例系列报告
C K Hsu,F Y Hsu
C K Hsu
Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is essential for staging and treatment planning in melanoma, but access to standard techniques such as preoperative radiotracer injection may be limited in resource-constrained settings. We describe a novel ...