D Nel,V Burch,K Beley et al.
D Nel et al.
We thank Professor Thomson for his highly insightful letter to our manuscript "Procedures most frequently performed by South African-trained general surgeons - implications for training and assessment"1 and the opportunity it creates to fur...
S R Thomson
S R Thomson
I read with interest the survey by Nel et al.1 "Procedures most frequently performed by South African-trained general surgeons - implications for training and assessment". I am heartened to see the long overdue move towards workbased assess...
B Ngqamba,I Buccimazza,S Ismail
B Ngqamba
A 55-year-old female presented with a 6-year history of a scalp mass. Clinical assessment revealed a non-toxic right thyroid nodule and 18 x 17 cm scalp mass with facial varicosities (Figure 1). A skull X-ray (Figure 2a) and brain computeri...
L Raphael,E Georgiou
L Raphael
This report describes a rare case of a gastric trichobezoar complicated by gastric perforation in a 14-year-old female. The patient presented with severe abdominal pain and vomiting. Computer tomography (CT) scan showed a pneumoperitoneum w...
I N Palkowski,S Visagie,M Malik
I N Palkowski
We present a rare case of a massive gastrointestinal bleed from a gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) originating from the jejunum. GISTs make up only 0.1-3% of all gastrointestinal neoplasms and typically present as an occult or chronic...
Anal plasmablastic lymphoma with complete response to antiretroviral therapy - a case report [0.03%]
抗逆转录病毒治疗后完全缓解的肛门浆细胞样淋巴瘤1例报告
D Montwedi,M Ramabulana,N Khan
D Montwedi
A 40-year-old male, known to be positive with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), presented with a large perianal mass and faecal obstruction. His CD4 count was 121 cells/mm3 suggesting advanced HIV disease, and he was started on second...
Incarcerated trans-stomal herniation resembling a stomal prolapse - a case report [0.03%]
incarcerated trans-腹壁造口疝与造口脱出的病例报告
N Shaikh,R V Blanco,M Vente et al.
N Shaikh et al.
Trans-stomal herniation, where abdominal contents protrude through the stomal aperture and lie between the two intestinal walls of the stom a is a very rare complication of stomas and can resemble a stomal prolapse. We describe a unique cas...
Injury patterns in motorbike collisions - a retrospective review in an urban trauma unit in Johannesburg, South Africa [0.03%]
南非约翰内斯堡城市创伤中心摩托车碰撞损伤模式的回顾性分析
S Makhadi,Q Qwabe,E Laney et al.
S Makhadi et al.
Background: Motorbike collisions (MBC) pose significant public health challenges in low- to middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly in urban settings. This study examines the injury patterns of patients involved in ...
An audit of tracheobronchial tree injuries at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal [0.03%]
德班·夸祖鲁-纳塔尔中心医院支气管树损伤的审计报告
X Ntombela,V Ntola,T C Hardcastle
X Ntombela
Background: Tracheobronchial tree injuries (TBTI) represent a type of trauma that is rare among all trauma patients, with a paucity of literature available in Africa. These may result from blunt or penetrating trauma to t...
Prognostic value of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in trauma patients [0.03%]
中性粒细胞淋巴细胞比值(NLR)在创伤患者中的预后价值分析
R Pswarayi,M S Moeng
R Pswarayi
Background: Trauma mortality exhibits three peaks: immediate, early, and late post-traumatic. Early deaths are often due to haemorrhage and central nervous system injury, whereas late deaths are associated with sepsis and...