Vol. 63 No. 2 (2025)

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Published: 2025-12-13

Guest Editorial

What is the appropriate management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis in contemporary South Africa?

DL Clarke

103-104
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Viewpoint

South Africa needs to embrace the role of antibiotics in the treatment of acute uncomplicated appendicitis

M Brombacher, DL Clarke

101-102
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South Africa needs to reject the concept of antibiotics as the primary treatment of acute uncomplicated appendicitis

VY Kong, DL Clarke

105-106
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Review

Minimal access surgical research and training in South Africa – a scoping review

H Mangray, S Madziba, A Ngobese, Y Govender, DL Clarke

40-44
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Breast tuberculosis – a review and diagnostic pathway

H Alzarooni, H Molabe, F Malherbe

45-51
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Breast Surgery

Pathological response of breast cancer to neoadjuvant chemotherapy at a single tertiary centre

A Khamajeet, L Caincross, H Molabe, D Luchoo, F Malherbe

68-73
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General Surgery

Impact of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on emergency surgical services at Groote Schuur Hospital

K Dookhony, S Rayamajhi, S Peters, P Navsaria

34-39
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Paediatric Surgery

Paediatric ambulant burn care treatment in a tertiary burn unit

TW Rensburg, H Rode, V Chidambaram, AM Johnson, R Denson, SG Cox

62-67
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Trauma Surgery

Prognostic value of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in trauma patients

R Pswarayi, MS Moeng

74-79
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An audit of tracheobronchial tree injuries at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal

X Ntombela, V Ntola, TC Hardcastle

80-86
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Injury patterns in motorbike collisions – a retrospective review in an urban trauma unit in Johannesburg, South Africa

S Makhadi, Q Qwabe, E Laney, MS Moeng

91-94
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Case Report

Incarcerated trans-stomal herniation resembling a stomal prolapse – a case report

N Shaikh, RV Blanco, M Vente, R Ebrahim

31-33
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Anal plasmablastic lymphoma with complete response to antiretroviral therapy – a case report

D Montwedi, M Ramabulana, N Khan

98-100
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Massive jejunal gastrointestinal stromal tumour bleed – a case report

IN Palkowski, S Visagie, M Malik

95-97
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Trichobezoar – a rare cause of gastric perforation

L Raphael, E Georgiou

88-90
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Clinical Images

An unusual presentation of metastatic thyroid carcinoma

B Ngqamba, I Buccimazza, S Ismail

87
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CPD Questionnaire

CPD Questionnaire (V63N02)

Editorial Office

110
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