H Alzarooni,H Molabe,F Malherbe
H Alzarooni
Breast tuberculosis (TB) is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, accounting for 0.1% of all breast conditions globally, with a higher incidence in endemic regions such as India, East Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. It can mimic breast ...
Minimal access surgical research and training in South Africa - a scoping review [0.03%]
南非的微创手术研究和培训-系统综述
H Mangray,S Madziba,A Ngobese et al.
H Mangray et al.
Background: Minimal access surgery (MAS) has been on the rise internationally; however, there seems to be limited information regarding research and training in the general and paediatric surgical (GPS) disciplines in Sou...
South Africa needs to reject the concept of antibiotics as the primary treatment of acute uncomplicated appendicitis [0.03%]
南非需要拒绝将抗生素作为急性单纯性阑尾炎主要治疗手段的观点
V Y Kong,D L Clarke
V Y Kong
The movement in the high-income countries of the world away from surgery as the mainstay of treatment for acute uncomplicated appendicitis, has been well documented and is supported both in the literature and by several prominent surgical s...
South Africa needs to embrace the role of antibiotics in the treatment of acute uncomplicated appendicitis [0.03%]
南非需要正视抗生素在急性单纯性阑尾炎治疗中的作用
M Brombacher,D L Clarke
M Brombacher
There has been a sea change in the management of acute appendicitis over the last quarter of a century. This arose from the realisation that with early imaging and clinical scoring systems appendicitis could be diagnosed early and the patho...
What is the appropriate management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis in contemporary South Africa? [0.03%]
南非当代急性单纯性阑尾炎的适当治疗措施是什么？
D L Clarke
D L Clarke
Acute appendicitis has afflicted humankind throughout our existence but has been a surgical disease for little over one hundred and fifty years. Leonardo da Vinci first drew the appendix in 1508, and several anatomists described it over the...
Implementing robotic surgery in South African training institutions: fiddling while Rome burns [0.03%]
机器人手术在南非培训机构的实施：掩耳盗铃式的培训教育制度改革
J J Fagan
J J Fagan
The Editor of the SAJS invited a commentary on the article "Embracing the future: the necessity of implementing robotic surgery in South African training institutions" by Forgan and Lazarus, in which they defend the decision of the Provinci...
E Jonas,M Brand
E Jonas
In an article in this edition of the journal Mthunzi et al. report on the geographic distribution of pancreaticobiliary malignancy in central South Africa. The incidence of pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) that was calculated in clusters ac...
M Mercouris,F Gool,M Kariem et al.
M Mercouris et al.
This case report describes a 33-year-old male with HIV on antiretroviral therapy who presented to a district-level hospital with a progressively enlarging back mass. Contrast-enhanced CT revealed a large multiseptated cystic mass in the pos...
T van der Merwe,E Georgiou
T van der Merwe
This report describes a 13-year-old male patient admitted with superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS) requiring urgent surgery for decompression due to worsening pain and elevated lactate levels. SMAS is a rare cause of upper gastrointe...
Gastro-colic fistula - a rare iatrogenic complication of Nissen fundoplication [0.03%]
胃结肠瘘——Nissen抗反流手术的一种罕见的医源性并发症
I N Palkowski,M L Kemp
I N Palkowski
We present a case of an iatrogenic gastro-colic fistula following a Nissen fundoplication which was complicated by extensive adhesions. While gastro-colic fistulae are not an identified complication of Nissen fundoplication, it is, however,...