Browsing Department of Surgical Sciences by Title

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    • Vertebral cysticercosis : a case report 

      Vlok, G. J.; Wells, M. C. (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1988)
      Cysticercosis is a well-known condition in man, affecting the brain and neuromuscular tissue. Bony involvement is very rare. Our patient presented with destruction of the 11th thoracic vertebra and paraplegia. The diagnosis ...

    • Water-wise hand preparation – the true impact of our practice : a controlled before-and-after study 

      Potgieter, M. S. W.; Faisal, A.; Ikram, A.; Burger, M. (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2020)
      Background. South Africa (SA) and other countries worldwide are experiencing extreme drought conditions. Since the start of the drought in SA, many ways of saving water have been proposed and innovative water-saving ...

    • X linked deafness in a South African kindred 

      Thorpe, P.; Sellars, S.; Beighton, P. (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1974)
      The X linked deafness of Nance is present in a South African kindred. Recognition of the familial pattern of the disorder, together with the characteristic clinical and audiometric features, permits diagnostic precision, ...

    • Young breast cancer patients in the developing world : incidence, choice of surgical treatment and genetic factors 

      Kruger, W. M.; Apffelstaedt, J. P. (Medpharm Publications, 2007-10)
      Carcinoma of the breast is the most common cause of cancer in women in Western society. Although breast cancer occurs predominantly in older premenopausal and postmenopausal women, it also occurs in young women. Literature ...

    • The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome : a case report 

      Du Toit, D. F.; Louwrens, H.; Esterhuizen, N.; Falck, V. C.; Du Toit, L. B. (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1985)
      A vagotomy and antrectomy was performed on a 15-year-old boy with malignant gastrinoma for emergency control of massive upper gastro-intestinal haemorrhage from a large posterior penetrating duodenal ulcer in the presence ...