Vol. 61 No. 2 (2023)

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Published: 2025-12-13

Guest Editorial

Embracing the future: the necessity of implementing robotic surgery in South African training institutions

T Forgan, J Lazarus
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Trauma Surgery

An observational cross-sectional study to assess teaching, knowledge and resource availability to provide surgical burn care by surgical trainees in hospitals in KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa

N Mabaso, MTD Smith, NL Allorto

116-124
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Interpretation of emergency CT angiograms in vascular trauma – vascular surgeon vs radiologist

P Parag, TC Hardcastle

77-82
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The impact of thromboelastography on patients with penetrating abdominal trauma requiring intensive care

M Hannington, D Nel, M Miller, A Nicol, P Navsaria

133-138
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Surgical Oncology

The clinicopathological spectrum and treatment outcomes in metastatic colorectal cancer in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa

S Kader, Y Moodley, TE Madiba

86-90
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Breast Surgery

Sentinel lymph node biopsy in a resourcelimited setting: a retrospective comparison of sentinel lymph node biopsy before and after the introduction of Sentimag at an academic breast unit

M Yousef, L Roodt, A Masu, D Nel, F Malherbe

91-95
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Paediatric Surgery

Rectal suction biopsies to diagnose Hirschsprung’s disease in a low-resource environment – optimising cost-effectiveness

L Hartford, N Schönfeldt, R Mohanlal, C Bebington, J Loveland, C Westgarth-Taylor, G Brisighelli

96-99
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General Surgery

The utility of the bedside index of severity in acute pancreatitis at prognosticating adverse outcomes

TN Makofane, DL Clarke, F Anderson, L Ferndale

100-103
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Adult corrosive ingestions in the Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Surgical Service

AM Mthethwa, M Govender, DL Clarke

144-149
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A South African central hospital’s experience with malignant colorectal obstruction

N Ndlovu, S Kader, Y Moodley, S Cheddie, TE Madiba

139-143
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Endocrine Surgery

Mediastinal goitre – a South African case series

I Bombil, PN Mogane, RA Muganza

111-115
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Case Report

Fungal abscess of the parotid gland – the value of microbiological assessment

AK Ogonowski Bizos, M White, J Fagan, V Pretorius

83-85
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The vagaries of diagnosis and management of traumatic lumbar artery pseudoaneurysm

VC Ntola, SKS Ntloko

108-110
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Obituaries

Professor John Terblanche 1935–2023

Jake Krige
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Dr Stan Weakley 27 July 1953–10 February 2023

Neil Comley, Kate van Tonder
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CPD Questionnaire

CPD Questionnaire (V61N02)

Editorial Office
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