South African Journal of Surgery

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Vol. 63 No. 3 (2025)

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Published: 2025-09-04

Opinion Piece

Taking the bull of competency assessment by the horns

SR Thomson

166-169
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Articles

DJ Du Plessis Lecture: Reflections on surgical leadership

DL Clarke

170-175
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Survey

Uptake of laparoscopy after intensive training in minimal access surgery during general surgical programme at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

SS Ngema, Prof MZ Koto

111-117
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Breast Surgery

Time to operative care for breast cancer in the Cape Metro West region

EO Owolabi, F Malherbe, L Cairncross, J Fargher, I Schamrel, GA Smith, T Ngcobo, T Esterhuizen, K Chu

135-140
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Hernia Surgery

Outcomes of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repairs: an 11-year experience in a private surgical practice

KA Naidu, SB Ismail, S Ebrahim

129-134
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Paediatric Surgery

Gastrointestinal obstruction in neonates and infants – a four-year profile in Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital

O Baratedi, J Scribante, A Withers, J Loveland

141-146
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Trauma Surgery

A comparison of presenting symptoms and signs to CT-angiogram and contrast swallow in penetrating neck injury

KA Misra, TC Hardcastle

151-157
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A retrospective review of the management and outcome of patients with retained intrathoracic foreign bodies

B Manicum, TC Hardcastle

158-163
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The epidemiology of acid burns in an academic hospital in South Africa: 9-year audit

B Beneke, S Znamerovskyi, A Muganza, T Netshiongolwe

147-150
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in a high-volume urban trauma centre

S Makhadi, L Mohlala, EE Nweke, N Elebo, MS Moeng

107-110
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Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery

Preoperative dietitian-led calorie-restricted diet: impact on left hepatic lobe volume and laparoscopic upper GIT surgery visibility

FM Price, L van den Berg, FN Schutte, A Bezuidenhout, JGM Smit, E Francis, R Nel, L Robb

182-186
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Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

Epidemiological and histopathological features of colorectal adenocarcinoma in the Western Cape public health sector between 2018 and 2020

K Naidoo, W Begg, AC Van Wyk, RS Ramesar

187-192
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Case Report

A rare condition that may be confused with testicular torsion in children – testicular band

A Hanbeyoglu, T Tartar, U Bakal, T Akkus, A Kazez

118-119
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Colonic obstruction secondary to trauma induced intramural haematoma: a rare case report

KS Möller, E Georgiou, Y Gurdayal

126-128
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Retroperitoneal necrotising fasciitis – perils of obesity and acute appendicitis

BJM Bornman, J Plaskett, SR Thomson

176-178
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Solitary fibrous tumour of the parapharyngeal space – a case report

H Melariri, A Mukhtar, S Labuschagne, E Joseph, N Siyeka, Johan Opperman

120-122
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Isolated peritoneal hydatid disease: a rare case report

J Botha, M Mihalik

179-181
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Wilkie’s syndrome: a fortuitous finding

IN Palkowski, K Polden

123-125
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Obituaries

In memoriam: Dr Barbaro Ignacio Monzon Torres 1965–2025

MS Moeng

165
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David Stein 1932–2025

David Bass

193
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Abstracts

Abstracts from the 52nd Meeting of the Surgical Research Society of South Africa

Editorial Office

S1-S29
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Online Ahead of Print

Audit to evaluate the clinical presentation and surgical management of acute appendicitis at a secondary-level hospital in the Western Cape

I Palkowski, K Polden, C Claassen, Y Lee, AH Stark

194-198
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Eight-year survival with metastatic oesophageal carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature

H Kasai, W Begg, M Mihalik

199-201
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Development and implementation of the online undergraduate surgical teaching module at the University of KwaZulu-Natal during COVID-19

S Ebrahim; M Motala; JM Van Wyk

202-233
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Gallbladder tuberculosis: an unlikely diagnosis after laparoscopic cholecystectomy

M Malik, IN Palkowski

234-236
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CPD Questionnaire

CPD Questionnaire (V63N03)

Editorial Office
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