Browsing by Author "Greeff, M."

Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Acute abdomen in a patient with situs inversus : a case report
    (Health and Medical Publishing Group -- HMPG, 1986-02) Du Toit, D. F.; Greeff, M.
    The case of a man with situs inversus who presented with acute abdomen is reported. Acute left-sided appendicitis was considered before operation, but at laparotomy an omental abscess of unknown aetiology was drained. The appendix, localized in the left iliac fossa, was removed but was normal on histological examination.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Low-velocity gunshot injury of the abdominal aorta managed by debridement and re-anastomosis : a case report
    (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1986-01) Du Toit, D. F.; Greeff, M.
    Penetrating injuries to the abdominal aorta are highly lethal despite increasing numbers of reports of successful treatment. A case of survival after a 0,25-calibre gunshot wound of the abdominal aorta is presented. The patient, a young male, also had associated injuries to the liver, stomach and jejunum. He was managed by vigorous resuscitation, emergency laparotomy, aortic debridement and end-to-end re-anastomosis. He was discharged from hospital on the 12th postoperative day.