Oct-Dec 2025
Volume 11, Issue IV
“FROM RAGS TO RICHES”: 1995-2025 ESTABLISHEMENT OF A REGIONAL PEDIATRIC SURGICAL SERVICE IN RURAL SOUTH AFRICA
Milind Chitnis [1], Jessica Davies [2]
[1] Associate Professor and Head of Department of Pediatric Surgery, Frere & Cecilia Makiwane Hospitals,
Walter Sisulu University, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
[2] Medical intern, Frere and Cecilia Makiwane Hospitals, International Association of Student Surgical
Societies, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
LONG-TERM CLINICAL FOLLOW-UP OF CHILDREN BORN WITH ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.
Corné de Vos [1,2], Daniel Sidler [3], Lizelle van Wyk [2], Pierre Goussard [2]
[1] Division of Pediatric Surgery, Tygerberg Hospital, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
[2] Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Tygerberg Hospital, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
[3] Division of Medical Ethics and Law, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
SOLUBLE FIBER SELECTION FOR PEDIATRIC BOWEL MANAGEMENT: EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON AND PRACTICAL GUIDELINES
Marion Arnold [1], Arthur Schmidt [1,2], Lisarae Ungerer [3], Stephanie Harris [3],
Nosandiswa Dlamini [1], Hannah Levy [1], Maloma Makashe [1], Patience Mojapelo [1],
Naidoo Nikkia [1], Rachel Otter [1], Ratshivombela D [1], Alexandra Van Stelten [1]
[1] Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa
[2] Philipps University of Marburg, Germany
[3] Division of Neurosurgery, Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa
ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA, DUODENAL ATRESIA AND ILEAL PERFORATION IN A 1000g PREMATURE NEONATE COMPLICATED BY A RECURRENT TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA: A CASE PRESENTATION
Rainier Bence, Mohamed Abdelsalam, Corné de Vos
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Tygerberg Hospital, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
PEUTZ-JEGHER’S POLYPOSIS: CHILDHOOD PRESENTATION OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC INTERMITTENT BOWEL OBSTRUCTION CAUSED BY INTESTINAL POLYPS IN RURAL SOUTH AFRICA: A CASE SERIES
Tebogo Thelele [1], Elliot Motloung [2]
[1] Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
[2] Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sefako Makgatho Health Science University, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
WAUGH SYNDROME: AN INTERESTING CLUSTER OF PRESENTATIONS AT A TERTIARY INSTITUTION
Eliyah Aaron Sischy [1], Matlhatse Phuti Maluleke [1], Nooreen Amod [2], Alireza Dehghan-Dehnavi [2], Elliot Motloung [1]
[1] Department of Pediatric Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Molotlegi Street, Ga-Rankuwa Zone 1, Gauteng, South Africa, 0208
[2] Department of Diagnostic Radiology, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Gauteng, South Africa
TOTAL TUBULAR COLONIC AND APPENDICEAL TRIPLICATION CYSTS WITH AN ILEAL DUPLICTION AND RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA: A CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW
Teboho Shabalala, Hansraj Mangray, Sanele Madziba, Amanda Ngobese, Yashlin Govender, Tafadzwa Dube-Zhiruvik, Zizodwa Nginase
[1] Department of Paediatric Surgery, Grey’s Hospital in Pietermaritzburg
[2] College of Health Sciences - Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
PAINLESS OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE IN A CHILD: A RARE CHASE OF HEPATIC ARTERY ANEURYSM
Tenisha Singh [1], Nirav Patel [1], Aluwani Mphahlele [1], Nicola Lahoud [2], John Devar [2]
[1] Department of Pediatric Surgery, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
[2] Department of Surgery, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
A CALL FOR APPROPRIATE URINARY CATHETERS IN NEONATES
Johannes Petrus Potgieter, Eliyah Aaron Sischy, Elliot Motloung
[1] Department of Paediatric Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Molotlegi Street, Ga-Rankuwa, Gauteng, South Africa