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List of works by John Lambert Bruce

A case of selective non-operative management of penetrating gunshot wound injury of the liver and kidney in a pregnant patient

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

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

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

scientific article published on 05 October 2018

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

scientific article published on 19 July 2018

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

scientific article published on 29 July 2015

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

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

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

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

Auditing surgical service provision at a South African tertiary institution: Implications for the development of district services

scientific article published in November 2017

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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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

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 predictors of mortality in pediatric trauma patients

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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 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

Empirical antimicrobial therapy for probable v. directed therapy for possible ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically injured patients

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Gastric Perforation After a Dog Attack

scientific article published on 01 January 2018

Hybrid use of REBOA in a South African tertiary trauma unit for penetrating torso trauma

scientific article published on 03 June 2019

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

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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

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

scientific article published on July 1, 2013

Isolated free fluid on computed tomography for blunt abdominal trauma

scientific article published on 20 June 2019

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

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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

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

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

scientific article published on 7 May 2016

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

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

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

scientific article published on 8 November 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

Quantifying the funding gap for management of traumatic brain injury at a major trauma centre in South Africa

scientific article published in November 2017

Rib fracture fixation in a South African public trauma service

scientific article published in November 2017

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 angioembolisation for splenic salvage following blunt abdominal trauma

scientific article published on 01 March 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 nonoperative management of pharyngoesophageal injuries secondary to penetrating neck trauma: A single-center review of 86 cases

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

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

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 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 absolute number of repeat operations for complex intra-abdominal sepsis is not a useful predictor of non-survival

scientific article published on June 2017

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

scientific article published on 15 September 2017

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 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 spectrum and outcome of blunt trauma related enteric hollow visceral injury

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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 surgical sepsis in Pietermaritzburg, 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 usefulness of routine histological examination of appendicectomy specimens in a South African tertiary centre

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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

Trauma electives in South Africa provide valuable training for international surgeons

scientific article published on 26 February 2019

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

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

scientific article published on July 2014

Validating the utilisation of venous bicarbonate as a predictor of acute kidney injury in crush syndrome from sjambok injuries

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

scientific article published on 04 August 2018

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

scientific article published on 12 September 2017

Validation of the Simplified Motor Score in patients with traumatic brain injury at a major trauma centre in South Africa

scientific article published in February 2018

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

scientific article published on 28 August 2017

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