Organ transplantation during the COVID-19 pandemic - impact on deceased organ donor referrals and consent rates in the Western Cape, South Africa [0.03%]
2019冠状病毒病大流行期间的器官移植——南非西开普省潜在器官捐献者和家属同意率的影响
H Bookholane,T Du Toit,E Muller et al.
H Bookholane et al.
Background: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on transplantation is multifactorial. This study reports on its influence on deceased donation for transplantation in the Western Cape. ...
Brachial artery injuries - the impact of the anatomical site of injury on postoperative outcomes [0.03%]
肱动脉损伤-损伤的解剖部位对术后结果的影响
S Mansor,K Alsharief,A Almadany et al.
S Mansor et al.
Background: The start of the armed conflicts in Libyan society in 2011 led to a dramatic increase in the incidences of unusual types of brachial artery injuries, which were previously uncommon. In this study, the postoper...
A South Africa tertiary centre experience with redo mitral valve replacement [0.03%]
南非三甲中心人工二尖瓣置换的再次手术经验
D Kistan,M Booysen,G Alexander et al.
D Kistan et al.
Background: Severe cardiac failure from mechanical mitral valve thrombosis due to poor warfarin control is a major cause of emergency redo mitral valve replacement (MVR) in South Africa. This study aimed to review the out...
Surgical training during the COVID-19 pandemic - a single institution's trainee survey [0.03%]
新冠肺炎疫情期间的外科培训——一项机构学员调查
R Botha,J H Cardoso,A Lombard et al.
R Botha et al.
Background: Few studies have assessed the impact of COVID-19 on surgical training in low- and middle-income countries. The aim of this study was to survey the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on postgraduate surgical train...
Patient perceptions of surgical training in the private sector in South Africa - a single centre survey [0.03%]
南非私立医院外科培训患者的感知状况——一项中心调查
D Lutrin,H Etheredge,J Fabian et al.
D Lutrin et al.
Background: As the worldwide demand for specialist surgeons increases, and to complement surgical training provided through governmental institutions, private hospitals are increasingly hosting trainees. Wits Donald Gordo...
Immunohistochemical determination of mismatch repair gene product in colorectal carcinomas in a young indigenous African cohort [0.03%]
年轻土著非洲人群结直肠癌错配修复基因蛋白免疫组化检测
R Holla,A Vorster,M Locketz et al.
R Holla et al.
Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) in the indigenous African population of South Africa is uncommon (age standardised incidence rates of 11.29 for males and 7.27/100 000 for females) and tends to occur at a young age. Ly...
Microsatellite instability in north Indian colorectal cancer patients and its clinicopathological correlation [0.03%]
北印度结直肠癌患者微卫星不稳定性及其临床病理相关性分析
A Yadav,A Kumar,N Rastogi et al.
A Yadav et al.
Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most deadly and fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world. Microsatellite instability (MSI) has been found associated with CRC, especially in prognostication. The ...
The influence of HIV status on the duration of chemoradiotherapy for anal squamous cell carcinoma [0.03%]
HIV感染对肛鳞癌放化疗周期影响的研究
A R Zubi,D J Surridge
A R Zubi
Background: The HIV epidemic has changed the demographic of patients with anal squamous cell carcinoma. The influence of HIV status on the ability to complete standard chemoradiotherapy was studied. ...
Observational Study
South African journal of surgery. Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir chirurgie. 2022 Mar;60(1):16-21. DOI: 2022
Outcomes for open and laparoscopic appendicectomy for complicated appendicitis in children [0.03%]
儿童复杂性急性阑尾炎开腹及腹腔镜切除术的结局研究
N Fourie,C De Vos,D Sidler
N Fourie
Background: The study aimed to compare the outcomes of paediatric laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) with open appendectomy (OA) for complicated appendicitis (CA). All trainees could perform OA without supervision. ...
The negative appendicectomy rate at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital - a 10-year review [0.03%]
乔安娜福斯学术医院的阑尾炎手术率十年回顾
S J Grossberg,J D Brener,E L Bizos et al.
S J Grossberg et al.
Background: The negative appendicectomy rate (NAR) is defined as the proportion of surgically removed appendices that are pathologically normal. The acceptable NAR has been a debated issue. Previously, a higher rate was a...