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A comparative audit of gunshot wounds and stab wounds to the neck in a South African metropolitan trauma service.

scientific article

A comparison of base deficit and vital signs in the early assessment of patients with penetrating trauma in a high burden setting.

scientific article

A concept paper: using the outcomes of common surgical conditions as quality metrics to benchmark district surgical services in South Africa as part of a systematic quality improvement programme

scientific article published on 31 July 2013

A cost model case comparison of current versus modern management of burns at a regional hospital in South Africa

scientific article published on 18 May 2011

A hospital based surveillance system to assess the burden of trauma in KwaZulu-Natal Province South Africa.

scientific article published on 21 August 2015

A multi faceted quality improvement programme results in improved outcomes for the selective non-operative management of penetrating abdominal trauma in a developing world trauma centre.

scientific article published on 4 September 2013

A paediatric case of AAST grade IV duodenal injury with application of damage control surgery

scientific article published on 31 July 2013

A prospective audit of the use of diagnostic laparoscopy to establish the diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis

scientific article published on 18 January 2014

A raised serum lactate level is an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality in patients with isolated cerebral gunshot wounds

scientific article published on 25 April 2018

A retrospective audit of nursing-related morbidity recorded in a state hospital in KwaZulu-Natal

scientific article published on 27 March 2019

A review of geriatric injuries at a major trauma centre in South Africa

scientific article published on 12 December 2019

A selective non-operative approach to thoracic stab wounds is safe and cost effective - a South African experience

scientific article published on 05 October 2018

A single surgical unit's experience with abdominal tuberculosis in the HIV/AIDS era.

scientific article published on May 2007

Acute Kidney Injury on Presentation to a Major Trauma Service is Associated with Poor Outcomes

scientific article published on 19 July 2018

Acute appendicitis in a developing country.

scientific article published on September 2012

Acute appendicitis in the developing world is a morbid disease.

scientific article published on July 2015

An analysis of adverse events and human error associated with the imaging of patients at a major trauma centre in South Africa

scientific article published on 28 August 2019

An audit of failed non-operative management of abdominal stab wounds.

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An audit of ingested and aspirated foreign bodies in children at a university hospital in South Africa: The Pietermaritzburg experience

scientific article published on 27 February 2018

An audit of penetrating neck injuries in a South African trauma service.

scientific article published on 29 July 2015

An audit of the complications of intercostal chest drain insertion in a high volume trauma service in South Africa

scientific article published on November 2014

An audit of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a busy developing-world trauma service exposes a significant deficit in resources available to manage severe TBI.

scientific article published on 30 June 2017

An electronic colonoscopy record system enables detailed quality assessment and benchmarking of an endoscopic service.

scientific article published on 8 November 2015

Analgesia protocols for burns dressings: Challenges with implementation

scientific article published on 21 June 2019

Analysis of 5 years of morbidity and mortality conferences in a metropolitan South African trauma service

scientific article published on 17 June 2016

Analysis of Surgical Adverse Events at a Major University Hospital in South Africa

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Appendicectomy in private practice in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

scientific article published on 02 October 2018

Appendicitis: Rural Patient Status is Associated with Increased Duration of Prehospital Symptoms and Worse Outcomes in High- and Low-Middle-Income Countries

scientific article published on 13 November 2017

Application of the AAST EGS Grade for Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction to a Multi-national Patient Population

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Assessing the gap between the acute trauma workload and the capacity of a single rural health district in South Africa. What are the implications for systems planning?

scientific article published on 18 January 2014

Attenuated gastric mucosal blood flow predicts non-healing of benign gastric ulcers.

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Auditing the process of ethics approval for Master’s degrees at a South African university

article published in 2014

Avoiding the distant elephant: a model to approach the research component of specialization.

scientific article published on 14 May 2016

Blunt and Penetrating Liver Trauma have Similar Outcomes in the Modern Era

scientific article published on 21 July 2020

Burn surgeons in South Africa: A rare species

scientific article

Can We Train Military Surgeons in a Civilian Trauma Center?

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Civilian cerebral gunshot wounds in rural South African patients are associated with significantly higher mortality rates than in urban patients

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Civilian cerebral gunshot wounds: a South African experience.

scientific article published on 21 November 2016

Computed Tomography Angiography is the Definitive Vascular Imaging Modality for Penetrating Neck Injury: A South African Experience

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Contemporary management of rectal trauma - A South African experience

scientific article published on 24 February 2020

Contrast-induced nephropathy following CT scan for trauma is not rare and is associated with increased mortality in South African trauma patients

scientific article published on 18 September 2018

Correlation between ATLS training and junior doctors' anatomical knowledge of intercostal chest drain insertion.

scientific article published on 23 March 2015

Corrigendum to "Developing a blueprint for a civilian-military collaborative program in trauma training for Northern European countries: A South African experience" [Injury 51 (2020) 70-75]

scientific article published on 30 January 2020

Damage control or definitive repair? A retrospective review of abdominal trauma at a major trauma center in South Africa

scientific article published on 16 April 2019

Defining an intra-operative blunt mesenteric injury grading system and its use as a tool for surgical-decision making

scientific article published on 22 August 2018

Defining the need for surgical intervention following a snakebite still relies heavily on clinical assessment: The experience in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

scientific article published on 27 November 2017

Developing a blueprint for a civilian-military collaborative program in trauma training for Northern European countries: A South African experience

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Developing a simplified clinical prediction score for mortality in patients with cerebral gunshot wounds: The Maritzburg Score

scientific article published on 15 September 2017

Development, implementation, and evaluation of a hybrid electronic medical record system specifically designed for a developing world surgical service.

scientific article published in June 2014

Double jeopardy revisited: Clinical decision making in unstable patients with, thoraco-abdominal stab wounds and, potential injuries in multiple body cavities

scientific article published on 01 May 2011

Dyslipidaemic pancreatitis clinical assessment and analysis of disease severity and outcomes.

scientific article published on 29 April 2009

Emergency operation for penetrating thoracic trauma in a metropolitan surgical service in South Africa

scientific article published on September 2011

Endoscopy services in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, are insufficient for the burden of disease: Is patient care compromised?

scientific article published on 31 October 2017

Ensuring equitable access to high quality care: the task of uplifting trauma care in rural and district hospitals

scientific article published on 6 August 2013

Ethics of Burn Wound Care in a Low-Middle Income Country

scientific article published on 01 June 2018

Evolving Indications for Lower Limb Amputations in South Africa Offer Opportunities for Health System Improvement

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

External Validation of a Tube Thoracostomy Complication Classification System

scientific article published on 20 September 2017

Gastric Perforation After a Dog Attack

scientific article published on 01 January 2018

Haemobilia following blunt liver injury

scientific article published on 12 November 2012

Hepatic resection for benign non-cystic liver lesions.

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How far has the pendulum swung in the surgical management of sigmoid volvulus? Experience from the KwaZulu‐Natal Teaching Hospitals and review of the literature ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 2012

Hypotension of ⩽110 mmHg is Associated with Increased Mortality in South African Patients After Trauma.

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Incidence of benign pathology in patients undergoing hepatic resection for suspected malignancy

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Increased anatomic severity in appendicitis is associated with outcomes in a South African population.

scientific article published on 15 March 2017

Injuries sustained by passengers travelling in the cargo area of light delivery vehicles

scientific article published on 06 June 2014

Introducing Video‐Assisted Thoracoscopy for Trauma into a South African Township Hospital ⬇️

scientific article published on July 1, 2013

Is Clinical Research in Oesophageal Cancer in South Africa in Crisis? A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 2 November 2016

Isolated free fluid on computed tomography for blunt abdominal trauma

scientific article published on 20 June 2019

Isolated main pancreatic duct injuries spectrum and management

scientific article published in April 2006

Laparoscopy for Occult Left-sided Diaphragm Injury Following Penetrating Thoracoabdominal Trauma is Both Diagnostic and Therapeutic.

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Laparoscopy in the diagnosis and repair of diaphragmatic injuries in left-sided penetrating thoracoabdominal trauma: laparoscopy in trauma.

scientific article published on 15 August 2014

Laparotomy for organ evisceration from abdominal stab wounds: A South African experience

scientific article published on 07 August 2018

Lessons learnt from the Pietermaritzburg experience with damage control laparotomy for trauma

scientific article published on 27 June 2018

Management of intra-abdominal vascular injury in trauma laparotomy: a South African experience

scientific article published in April 2018

Mapping Population-Level Spatial Access to Essential Surgical Care in Ghana Using Availability of Bellwether Procedures

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Measuring Anatomic Severity in Pediatric Appendicitis: Validation of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Appendicitis Severity Grade.

scientific article published on 26 October 2017

Mechanical complications of central venous catheterisation in trauma patients

scientific article published on May 2017

Merits and challenges in the development of a dedicated burn service at a regional hospital in South Africa

scientific article published on 20 August 2014

Modified first world mortality scores can be used in a regional South African burn service with resource limitations

scientific article published on 30 April 2016

Mortality rates increase dramatically below a systolic blood pressure of 105-mm Hg in septic surgical patients.

scientific article published on 7 May 2016

Moving from data collection to application: a systematic literature review of surgical capacity assessments and their applications.

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Open pneumothorax: the spectrum and outcome of management based on Advanced Trauma Life Support recommendations

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Pan computed tomography for blunt polytrauma: Are we doing too many?

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Patterns of injury seen in road crash victims in a South African trauma centre

scientific article published on 22 October 2013

Pediatric Appendicitis Severity in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis.

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Penetrating cardiac injuries and the evolving management algorithm in the current era.

scientific article published on 28 September 2014

Predicting the Outcome of Non-operative Management of Splenic Trauma in South Africa

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Preparing Japanese surgeons for potential mass casualty situations will require innovative and systematic programs.

scientific article published on 8 November 2017

Prevalence, management and outcome of traumatic diaphragm injuries managed by the Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Trauma Service

scientific article published on May 2017

Primary repair of duodenal injuries: a retrospective cohort study from a major trauma centre in South Africa

scientific article published on 29 January 2019

Prophylactic antibiotics for tube thoracostomy may not be appropriate in the developing world setting

scientific article published on 22 January 2015

Quantifying the disparity in outcome between urban and rural patients with acute appendicitis in South Africa

scientific article published on 29 July 2013

Repeat laparotomy in a developing world tertiary level surgical service

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Retained weapon injuries: experience from a civilian metropolitan trauma service in South Africa.

scientific article published on May 2014

Road traffic crashes in South Africa: the burden of injury to a regional trauma centre

scientific article published on 30 September 2013

Routine cervical spine immobilisation is unnecessary in patients with isolated cerebral gunshot wounds: A South African experience

scientific article published on 25 April 2018

Selective Nonoperative Management of Abdominal Stab Wounds with Isolated Omental Evisceration is Safe: A South African Experience

scientific article published on 24 February 2020

Selective angioembolisation for splenic salvage following blunt abdominal trauma

scientific article published on 01 March 2015

Selective conservatism in the management of thoracic trauma remains appropriate in the 21st century.

scientific article published on April 2015

Selective non-operative management of abdominal stab wounds is a safe and cost effective strategy: A South African experience

scientific article published in July 2017

Selective non-operative management of stab wounds to the posterior abdomen is safe: the Pietermaritzburg experience

scientific article published on 15 January 2015

Selective nonoperative management of pharyngoesophageal injuries secondary to penetrating neck trauma: A single-center review of 86 cases

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Self-Expandable Metal Stents in Esophageal Cancer in a High HIV Prevalence Area: A Survival Analysis and Evaluation of Prediction Scores.

scientific article published on 14 November 2016

Self-expanding metal stent placement for oesophageal cancer without fluoroscopy is safe and effective.

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Spectrum of injuries resulting from gunshot wounds in car hijacking: a South African experience

scientific article published on 30 December 2018

Successful selective angiographic embolisation of a gastroduodenal pseudoaneurysm following penetrating abdominal trauma.

scientific article published on 8 August 2014

Surgical Considerations for Pediatric Snake Bites in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Surgical outreach in rural South Africa: are we managing to impart surgical skills?

scientific article published on 29 July 2013

The Combined SIRS + qSOFA (qSIRS) Score is More Accurate Than qSOFA Alone in Predicting Mortality in Patients with Surgical Sepsis in an LMIC Emergency Department

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

The Hybrid Electronic Medical Registry Allows Benchmarking of Quality of Trauma Care: A Five-Year Temporal Overview of the Trauma Burden at a Major Trauma Centre in South Africa

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

The Operative Output of District Hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal Province is Heavily Skewed Toward Obstetrical Care

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

The Role of Planned and On-Demand Relaparotomy in the Developing World.

scientific article published on 9 May 2016

The Selective Non-operative Management of Penetrating Cervical Venous Trauma is Safe and Effective

scientific article published on 15 March 2018

The Successful Implementation of a Modified Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Program for Bariatric Surgery in a South African Teaching Hospital

scientific article published on 23 October 2017

The accuracy of physical examination in identifying significant pathologies in penetrating thoracic trauma

scientific article published on 18 December 2014

The accuracy of the Alvarado score in predicting acute appendicitis in the black South African population needs to be validated.

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The correlation between ATLS and junior doctors' anatomical knowledge of central venous catheter insertion at a major trauma centre in South Africa.

scientific article published on 7 November 2017

The cost effectiveness of early management of acute appendicitis underlies the importance of curative surgical services to a primary healthcare programme ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2013

The current standard of care in the periprocedural management of the patient with obstructive jaundice.

scientific article published on November 2006

The design, construction and implementation of a computerised trauma registry in a developing South African metropolitan trauma service.

scientific article published on 2 July 2013

The effect of HIV status on clinical outcomes of surgical sepsis in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.

scientific article published on 28 July 2017

The effect of a concomitant renal injury on the outcome of colonic trauma.

scientific article published on 6 December 2017

The effect of stage of HIV disease as determined by CD4 count on clinical outcomes of surgical sepsis in South Africa

scientific article published on July 2017

The effect of systematic factors on the outcome of trauma laparotomy at a major trauma centre in South Africa.

scientific article published on September 2017

The effect of the quality of vital sign recording on clinical decision making in a regional acute care trauma ward

scientific article published on 5 July 2017

The hospital cost of road traffic accidents at a South African regional trauma centre: a micro-costing study

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The impact of mechanism on the management and outcome of penetrating colonic trauma.

scientific article published on 15 September 2017

The implications of the patterns of error associated with acute trauma care in rural hospitals in South Africa for quality improvement programs and trauma education.

scientific article published on 28 May 2013

The incidence, spectrum and outcome of paediatric trauma managed by the Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Trauma Service.

scientific article published on May 2015

The incidence, spectrum and outcomes of traumatic bladder injuries within the Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Trauma Service.

scientific article published on 25 January 2016

The introduction of an acute physiological support service for surgical patients is an effective error reduction strategy ⬇️

scientific article published on June 21, 2013

The management of colonic trauma in the damage control era.

scientific article published on 23 September 2016

The role of computed tomography angiography in the detection of aerodigestive tract injury following penetrating neck injury

scientific article published on 27 June 2016

The selective conservative management of penetrating thoracic trauma is still appropriate in the current era.

scientific article published on 19 July 2014

The selective conservative management of small traumatic pneumothoraces following stab injuries is safe: experience from a high-volume trauma service in South Africa

scientific article published on 21 June 2014

The spectrum and outcome of blunt trauma related enteric hollow visceral injury

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The spectrum and outcome of burns at a regional hospital in South Africa.

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The spectrum and outcome of paediatric traumatic brain injury in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa has not changed over the last two decades.

scientific article published on 25 August 2017

The spectrum and outcome of pregnant trauma patients in a metropolitan trauma service in South Africa.

scientific article published on 10 May 2014

The spectrum and outcome of surgical sepsis in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

scientific article published on 30 January 2017

The spectrum of diaphragmatic injury in a busy metropolitan surgical service.

scientific article published on 18 June 2009

The spectrum of gastric cancer as seen in a large quaternary hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

scientific article published on 30 January 2017

The spectrum of injuries resulting from abdominal stab wounds with isolated omental evisceration: A South African experience

scientific article published on 15 June 2018

The spectrum of injuries resulting from posterior abdominal stab wounds: a South African experience

scientific article published on May 2015

The spectrum of visceral injuries secondary to misplaced intercostal chest drains: experience from a high volume trauma service in South Africa

scientific article published on 21 May 2014

Tick-box admission forms improve the quality of documentation of surgical emergencies, but have limited impact on clinical behaviour

scientific article published on 30 April 2014

Toward a standard approach to measurement and reporting of perioperative mortality rate as a global indicator for surgery.

scientific article published on 06 May 2015

Trauma electives in South Africa provide valuable training for international surgeons

scientific article published on 26 February 2019

Trauma quality improvement: The Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Trauma Service experience with the development of a comprehensive structure to facilitate quality improvement in rural trauma and acute care in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

scientific article published on 03 January 2015

Trauma registry data as a tool for comparison of practice patterns and outcomes between low- and middle-income and high-income healthcare settings

scientific article published on 21 February 2019

Traumatic renal injury: Five-year experience at a major trauma centre in South Africa

scientific article published on 19 October 2019

Traumatic tension pneumothorax: experience from 115 consecutive patients in a trauma service in South Africa.

scientific article published on 10 March 2015

Understanding the burden and outcome of trauma care drives a new trauma systems model.

scientific article published on July 2014

Using a hybrid electronic medical record system for the surveillance of adverse surgical events and human error in a developing world surgical service

scientific article published in January 2015

Using a structured morbidity and mortality meeting to understand the contribution of human error to adverse surgical events in a South African regional hospital.

scientific article published on 22 October 2013

Utilization of age-adjusted shock index in a resource-strained setting

scientific article published on 30 August 2019

Validation of the AAST EGS grading system for perforated peptic ulcer disease

scientific article published on 04 August 2018

Validation of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma's emergency general surgery breast infection grading system

scientific article published on 13 April 2018

Validation of the Baragwanath mortality prediction score for cerebral gunshot wounds: the Pietermaritzburg experience

scientific article published on 12 September 2017

Ventilatory and intensive care requirements following oesophageal resection

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Vital sign based shock scores are poor at triaging South African trauma patients.

scientific article published on 28 August 2017

What is the yield of routine chest radiography following tube thoracostomy for trauma?

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