South African Journal of Surgery

Article	Citations
A case of bowel perforation secondary to burn conversion	12
Perioperative antibiotic practices amongst otorhinolaryngologists (ear, nose and throat surgeons) in South Africa	9
Median arcuate ligament syndrome without weight loss: A challenging diagnosis	6
A case report on lingual schwannoma	5
Can cannabinoids contribute to cholecystitis – a case of gangrenous acalculous cholecystitis	4
A rare condition that may be confused with testicular torsion in children – testicular band	4
Cumulative incidence and management of enterocutaneous fistulas owing to laparotomy for penetrating abdominal trauma: a single centre experience	4
Pathological response of breast cancer to neoadjuvant chemotherapy at a single tertiary centre	4
Defining the contribution of human error to adverse events in a surgical service	4
A single centre audit of genetic testing in early-onset breast cancer	3
Experience of a tertiary/quaternary unit with surgery for endocrine hypertension	3
Minimal access surgical research and training in South Africa – a scoping review	3
Biochemical markers in emergency thoracic surgery in penetrating trauma	3
Retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy – introducing a new surgical technique in South Africa	3
Factors influencing the outcomes of patients with severe traumatic brain injury following road traffic crashes	3
Gall bladder torsion masquerading as appendicitis in a teenage boy	3
Gestational gigantomastia complicated by pseudo-angiomatous stromal hyperplasia – a multidisciplinary management approach	3
An audit of trauma laparotomy in children and adolescents highlights the role of damage control surgery and the need for a trauma systems approach to injury in this vulnerable population	3
Spectrum and surgical outcomes of gastrointestinal stromal tumours	3
Editorial	3
The academic progress of female general surgery and orthopaedic surgery trainees in South Africa	3
Time to regional surgical care in rural South Africa	3
A surgeon’s dress code – the patients’ perspective	3
Retrospective observational review comparing pre- and post-COVID-19 surgical services at Mankweng Hospital	2
Adult surgical admissions at a Botswana tertiary teaching hospital – spectrum, comorbidity profile, and outcomes	2

Factors influencing outcome in patients with perforated peptic ulcer disease at a South African tertiary hospital	2
Concordance of fine needle aspiration cytology and final histology of salivary gland tumours	2
Paediatric ambulant burn care treatment in a tertiary burn unit	2
South Africa needs to reject the concept of antibiotics as the primary treatment of acute uncomplicated appendicitis	2
An unusual presentation of metastatic thyroid carcinoma	2
Management and outcomes of penetrating duodenal injuries: a retrospective cohort study from a level I trauma centre	2
Symptomatic omphalomesenteric duct anomalies in children	2
Outcomes of complex burn injury patients managed at two primary and one tertiary level burns facilities in the Western Cape province of South Africa – a retrospective review	2
Epidemiology and anatomic distribution of colorectal cancer in South Africa	2
Transdiaphragmatic pericardial washout post penetrating cardiac injury found incidentally at diagnostic laparoscopy	2
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: Pilot study results from a resource constrained setting	2
Rectal suction biopsies to diagnose Hirschsprung’s disease in a low-resource environment – optimising cost-effectiveness	2
Preventing the preventable: Adolescent hepatocellular carcinoma and implications for hepatitis B virus prevention policy in South Africa	2
Late presentation of Bochdalek hernia in children – experience at a single centre	2
Broad responses and attitudes to having music in surgery (the BRAHMS study) – a South African perspective	2
Retroperitoneal necrotising fasciitis – perils of obesity and acute appendicitis	2
Embracing the future: the necessity of implementing robotic surgery in South African training institutions	2
30-day outcomes in 1 000 consecutive laparoscopic cholecystectomies undertaken in four Cape metropole public hospitals	2
A randomised control trial of intraoperative and early outcome in scalpel versus monopolar diathermy for midline abdominal incisions	1
Predicting gallstone pancreatitis in HIV infected patients	1
Thirteen-year audit of the management of anorectal fistulae in a tertiary colorectal unit	1
Extremity fasciotomy in the developing world setting – a South African experience	1
A comparative analysis of the upper gastrointestinal endoscopic reporting systems within the Durban Metropolitan complex	1
Transforming communication across surgical generations – bridging the gap	1
Gastrointestinal obstruction in neonates and infants – a four-year profile in Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital	1
Urinary pH as a prognosticator of acute kidney injury in crush syndrome	1
The adapted Caprini score as a proxy for postoperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: a tertiary hospital experience	1
Analysis of time to care and cost of damage control laparotomies in a tertiary centre in South Africa	1
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	1
A long walk to freedom: the epidemiology of penetrating trauma in South Africa - analysis of 4 697 patients over a six-year period at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital	1
Preoperative dietitian-led calorie-restricted diet: impact on left hepatic lobe volume and laparoscopic upper GIT surgery visibility	1
Procedures most frequently performed by South African-trained general surgeons – implications for training and assessment	1
The spectrum and outcome of paediatric emergency surgical admissions - a regional hospital analysis	1
Solitary fibrous tumour presenting as intussusception	1
Rectosigmoid screwdriver perforation presenting as a strangulated inguinal hernia	1
The spectrum, management and outcome of cellulitis in subtropical South Africa	1
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on presentation of surgical disease in paediatric patients at a tertiary centre in Cape Town, South Africa	1
Aortoenteric fistulas – our experiences with surgeons’ nightmare	1
Oncoplastic surgery for breast carcinoma in South Africa – an audit of outcomes from a single breast unit	1
Outcomes of surgical patients in a tertiary ICU with incidental COVID-19 in comparison with COVID-19 naïve patients	1
Colonic perforation in a right atraumatic diaphragmatic hernia	1
The profile and outcomes of patients in a newly established acute surgical care unit in a teaching tertiary hospital in Botswana	1
Effect of preoperative biliary drainage on intraoperative biliary cultures and surgical outcomes after pancreatic resection	1
South African surgical trainees Master of Medicine dissertation survey	1
Striking a balance between usability and quality control in electronic health records	1
Small bowel metastasis from embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the extremity– a case report	1
Traumatic limb amputations in polytrauma ICU admissions	1
Hydrothorax and air fluid levels in the right chest – a diagnostic dilemma	1
Genital labial phyllodes tumour recurring during pregnancy - does pregnancy impact recurrence?	1
Workplace-based assessment – a new era of surgical training competency assessment in South Africa	1

Can we trust the data? – the data detective	1
More than 60 years of Organised Trauma Care: The Johannesburg Trauma Unit at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital	1
Injury patterns in motorbike collisions – a retrospective review in an urban trauma unit in Johannesburg, South Africa	1
The South African way of trauma surgery	1
Pneumatosis intestinalis – an illusive disease	1
New hope for scar revision with a modified skin culture technique: a case report	1
The impact of non-closure of the platysma muscle layer on the cosmesis of thyroidectomy scar – a randomised double-blind controlled trial	1
Missed appendicitis presenting as necrotising fasciitis of the thigh	1
Never to be missed again - an analysis of 55 consecutive cases of traumatic diaphragmatic hernia	1
Magseed placement before neoadjuvant chemotherapy to facilitate subsequent breast-conserving surgery – a single-centre audit	1
An audit of clinically triaged women at low risk for breast cancer presenting to the Helen Joseph Mammography Unit	1
The accuracy of white cell count and C-reactive protein in diagnosing acute appendicitis at a tertiary hospital	1
Impact of COVID-19 on surgical specialist training as quantified by trainee complication rates for cataract surgery	1
Open surgical treatment for giant presacral tailgut cyst – a case report	0
Trans-anal small bowel evisceration in a patient with a perforated rectal prolapse	0
Intermediate and long-term survival prediction using prognostic scores in patients undergoing salvage TIPS for uncontrolled variceal bleeding	0
Transabdominal laparoscopic excision of a giant retroperitoneal lymphangioma	0
Development and implementation of the online undergraduate surgical teaching module at the University of KwaZulu-Natal during COVID-19	0
Experience and perceptions of laparoscopic appendectomy amongst surgical trainees in South Africa	0
Risk factors for foetal loss in injured pregnant patients: an analysis of 105 patients managed at a major trauma centre in South Africa	0
Outcomes of jaundice in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma – a sub-Saharan perspective	0
Superior mesenteric artery syndrome in an adolescent male	0
The incidence and management of complications following stenting of oesophageal malignancies	0
Technical success of endoscopic stenting for malignant gastric outlet obstruction	0
HIV associated malignancies presenting as acute pancreatitis: a case series	0
Feasibility and impact of a one-stop thyroid clinic in a low- and middle-income country	0
Epidemiological and histopathological features of colorectal adenocarcinoma in the Western Cape public health sector between 2018 and 2020	0
The utility of the bedside index of severity in acute pancreatitis at prognosticating adverse outcomes	0
The George Hospital theatre documentation and information system	0
Geographic distribution of pancreaticobiliary malignancy in central South Africa presenting to the Universitas Academic Hospital Complex	0
Adult corrosive ingestions in the Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Surgical Service	0
A dedicated quality improvement programme can increase access to paediatric minimal access surgery in South Africa	0
Perforated peptic ulcer – a case series and an African perspective	0
Small bowel intussusception caused by a metastatic testicular germ cell tumour	0
Journal stewardship: Walking the surgical editorial tightrope	0
Abbreviated laparotomy (damage control) in emergency general surgery: indications, risks and resource-based applications in the South African context	0
Defining the role of bilateral groin dissection for squamous cell carcinoma of the penis in South Africa	0
New horizons in liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma	0
Audit of an in-patient palliative care quality improvement process for patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in a South African teaching hospital	0
Outcomes of non-operative management of penetrating abdominal trauma	0
The neglected epidemic of trauma from interpersonal violence against the elderly in South Africa	0
Surgical exploration for penetrating neck trauma – an audit of results in 145 patients	0
Blindness and ophthalmoplegia from metastatic breast carcinoma	0
Solitary fibrous tumour of the parapharyngeal space – a case report	0
Tuberculous mastoiditis – a case series	0
Follicular thyroid carcinoma in South Africa: Insights from 103 cases	0
Bizarre foreign body of the breast secondary to gender-based violence	0
Damage control laparotomy outcomes in a major urban trauma centre	0
Impact of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on emergency surgical services at Groote Schuur Hospital	0
The role of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in the treatment of hepatic cystic Echinococcus in a high HIV prevalence population: a retrospective cohort st	0
HPBASA from inception to maturity	0
The vagaries of diagnosis and management of traumatic lumbar artery pseudoaneurysm	0
Colonic obstruction secondary to trauma induced intramural haematoma: a rare case report	0
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in a high-volume urban trauma centre	0
Editorial commentary: Abbreviated laparotomy: advantages and disadvantages in South African practice	0
ABSTRACTS: Transition of Care Colorectal Conference	0
Post-traumatic stress disorder in international surgeons undertaking trauma electives in a South African trauma centre	0
Establishing and integrating datasets beyond instilling a culture of capture	0
Tutankhamun – Africa’s first reported road traffic crash victim?	0
Serum albumin nadir as marker of inflammatory response in abdominal trauma	0
Triple-negative breast cancer - a retrospective audit of 151 cases seen at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital Breast Unit	0
Point-of-care ultrasound assessment of a swollen limb following snakebite envenomation – an adjunct to avoid fasciotomy	0
Trichobezoar – a rare cause of gastric perforation	0
The epidemiology of acid burns in an academic hospital in South Africa: 9-year audit	0
Outcomes of emergency abdominal surgery in an upper-middle income country urban health care system	0
Chronic groin pain in Desarda versus Lichtenstein hernia repair - a randomised controlled study	0
Reflections on the development of the Hybrid Electronic Medical Registry in Pietermaritzburg	0
Isolated ductal carcinoma in situ in patients presenting to two breast units in Johannesburg	0
The performance of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) compared to histology in the preoperative diagnosis of thyroid cancer: a single centre study	0
Open abdominal wall defects and open spina bifida at a regional hospital in northern KwaZulu-Natal – bellwether conditions for neonatal surgery capacity	0
Technology alone does not achieve error reduction – a study of handwritten, tick-sheet, ink stamp and electronic medical prescriptions	0
SAJS CPD QUESTIONS	0
The spectrum of thyroid disease requiring surgery: a single centre experience in South Africa	0
Burn-injured patients – the preferably unheard	0
Eight-year survival with metastatic oesophageal carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature	0
Predicting survival in locally advanced gastric cancer using prognostic factors – neoadjuvant rectal score and downstaging depth score	0
A comparison of invasive lobular carcinoma with other invasive breast cancers at Tygerberg Academic Hospital	0
Does HIV co-infection promote Echinococcus dissemination?	0
Pancreaticoduodenectomy for distal cholangiocarcinoma at a South African centre	0
Early detection of pancreatic adenocarcinoma	0

Massive jejunal gastrointestinal stromal tumour bleed – a case report	0
The clinical utility of PET/CT scan and tissue biopsy in the management and follow-up of paediatric Hodgkin lymphoma in South Africa	0
Adult small bowel volvulus – a case series	0
Anal plasmablastic lymphoma with complete response to antiretroviral therapy – a case report	0
Does the textbook outcome in pancreatic surgery score after pancreaticoduodenectomy for ampullary carcinoma have prognostic value?	0
Analysis of hollow visceral injuries admitted to a level one intensive care unit in South Africa	0
Spinal hydatid cyst with myelopathy: a rare case report	0
Audit to evaluate the clinical presentation and surgical management of acute appendicitis at a secondary-level hospital in the Western Cape	0
Nipple-areolar complex: commonest site of breast leiomyoma	0
Role of multidetector computed tomography-based component separation index in the management of large ventral hernias	0
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours of the liver – a systematic review	0
Damage control surgery: Trauma	0
Strategies for recovery of a surgical service in the COVID-19 era	0
Epidemiology of vascular injury in trauma-ICU patients over a decade – the KZN experience	0
The clinicopathological spectrum and treatment outcomes in metastatic colorectal cancer in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa	0
Sentinel lymph node biopsy in a resource-limited setting: a retrospective comparison of sentinel lymph node biopsy before and after the introduction of Sentimag at an academic breast unit	0
Letter: Taking the bull of competency assessment by the horns	0
South African National Cancer Prevention Services	0
A rare occurrence of multiple intestinal atresias, with successful one-procedure resection and primary anastomosis	0
Microductectomy under local anaesthetic for pathological nipple discharge. Is it time to change practice?	0
Misinterpretation of the severity of bile duct injuries by MRCP	0
Colorectal cancer in South Africa study on the effect of delayed diagnosis to treatment intervals on survival	0
Isolated peritoneal hydatid disease: a rare case report	0
A 12-year review of equestrian related injuries at a major trauma centre in South Africa	0
Outcomes of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repairs: an 11-year experience in a private surgical practice	0
Transverse colon volvulus – a case report and literature review	0
Incarcerated trans-stomal herniation resembling a stomal prolapse – a case report	0
A comparison of presenting symptoms and signs to CT-angiogram and contrast swallow in penetrating neck injury	0
SPrognostic value of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in trauma patients	0
Primary endocrine therapy can be effective in decreasing lymph node burden in hormone receptor positive breast cancers	0
Preoperative risk factors for 90-day postoperative mortality in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a cohort-based study	0
CT scan the key to unmasking a solid pseudopapillary pancreatic neoplasm in blunt abdominal trauma	0
Endoscopic findings in children born with oesophageal atresia in an academic unit in South Africa	0
Isolated Roux-en-Y versus single loop pancreaticojejunal reconstruction after pancreaticoduodenectomy – a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials	0
Adverse events associated with the use of indwelling devices in surgical patients	0
Twelve tips for setting up a national registry in South Africa: Principles and practice	0
Orbital metastases of breast carcinoma	0
A surgeon's journey into the world of IT: the medwebtools.com database	0
Wilkie’s syndrome: a fortuitous finding	0
Reflections on surgical leadership	0
A retrospective review of the management and outcome of patients with retained intrathoracic foreign bodies	0
Photo- and video-documentation of gastrointestinal endoscopy in under- resourced settings	0
Implementing robotic surgery in South African training institutions: fiddling while Rome burns	0
Mediastinal goitre – a South African case series	0
Delayed management of paediatric burn sepsis resulting in limb loss	0
The sensitivity of a neck CT scan in detecting pneumothoraces in nonpenetrating trauma	0
Breast cysticercosis – a case report	0
Impact of COVID-19 on breast cancer diagnostic and surgical services at a South African academic hospital	0
Gallbladder tuberculosis: an unlikely diagnosis after laparoscopic cholecystectomy	0
The epidemiological characteristics of major trauma in Pietersburg and Mankweng hospitals, Limpopo province	0
A rare case of adult intussusception	0
South Africa needs to embrace the role of antibiotics in the treatment of acute uncomplicated appendicitis	0
An ascaris twist	0
Interpretation of emergency CT angiograms in vascular trauma – vascular surgeon vs radiologist	0
Pan CT for blunt polytrauma – Is there a need for more selective indications?	0
Complicated Amyand’s hernia	0
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in two young women	0
Abstracts from the 52 nd Meeting of the Surgical Research Society of South Africa	0
An audit of tracheobronchial tree injuries at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal	0
Successful management of a thoracoabdominal impalement injury	0
Peptic ulcer disease-related gastric outlet obstruction – does surgery still play a role?	0
Preliminary experience of reverse lymphatic mapping technique using indocyanine green dye lymphangiography and patent blue dye in melanoma patients undergoing sentinel lymph node biopsies: a case seri	0
What is the appropriate management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis in contemporary South Africa?	0
Fungal abscess of the parotid gland – the value of microbiological assessment	0
An audit of traumatic haemothoraces in a regional hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	0
Short-stay hospitalisation for thyroid surgery – a feasible option in a resource constrained community	0
Mediastinoscopy as a diagnostic tool in a South African tertiary hospital	0
Randomised controlled trial of intramuscular tramadol versus transdermal buprenorphine patch for early postoperative surgical pain	0
A tragedy of albinism	0
Breast tuberculosis – a review and diagnostic pathway	0
Endoscopy-induced complication of barotrauma with concomitant benign pneumoperitoneum	0
Primary musculoskeletal hydatid disease – a case report	0
The mortality rate of patients with open abdomen and contributing factors – a three-year audit in a major academic trauma unit	0
The impact of thromboelastography on patients with penetrating abdominal trauma requiring intensive care	0
The rate of iatrogenic injuries in surgical patients appears resistant to multiple interventions: what can we learn from aviation safety?	0
Stakeholder engagement towards establishing a national thyroid cancer registry in South Africa	0
Association between chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer at a central hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	0
Gastro-colic fistula – a rare iatrogenic complication of Nissen fundoplication	0
Damage control surgery of the critical Jehovah’s Witness patient– a narrative review	0
Early-onset malignant solid tumours in young adult South Africans - an audit based on histopathological records of patients seen at the three academic hospitals in Johannesburg	0
The economic burden of traumatic brain injury at Pietersburg Hospital, Limpopo Province: a retrospective micro-costing study	0
A South African central hospital’s experience with malignant colorectal obstruction	0
Time to operative care for breast cancer in the Cape Metro West region	0