The assessment of cardiac risk in elective aortic surgery by Matley, Philip John

“…The high prevalence of coronary artery disease in patients undergoing elective abdominal aortic reconstruction accounts for the fact that the commonest cause of postoperative death or major morbidity is myocardial infarction or left ventricular failure . Accurate assessment of cardiac risk is essential in patient selection for surgery and in the allocation of limited medical resources and invasive monitoring techniques. …”
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Transorbital ultrasound measurement of the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) as a screening tool for raised intracranial pressure in an acute care setting in children by Padayachy, Vaishali

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Measurements in wound healing : effects of topical agents on full thickness dermal incised wounds in an animal model by Theunissen, Daniël

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The accuracy of clinical examination of rotational and sagittal laxity of the knee by Bezuidenhout, Carel Willem

“…Purpose: This study evaluates the accuracy and reliability of clinical examination for knee laxity in degrees and millimetres when compared to movement measured by computer-assisted navigation. Methods: A cadaver lower limb was connected to a computer assisted knee surgery system (CAS) and calibrated through a mini medial parapatellar arthrotomy. …”
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Hard hitting facts on childhood head trauma: an epidemiological analysis by Ferreira, Yolandi

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The iliac and femoral vessels: dimensions and tortuosity in a South African sample. by Lunn-Collier, Robyn

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Subtrochlear sclerosis evaluation for medial coronoid disease detection and dynamic distal ulnar ostectomy for reduction of disease progression in Labrador retriever puppies

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A comparison of surgical procedure cognitive skills acquisition between the traditional apprenticeship and a digital teaching approach

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A patient-specific adaptation of the Living Human Heart Model in application to pulmonary hypertension by Abdel-Raouf, Yousof

“…The Living Heart Project aims to offer medical practitioners and researchers a full-heart electromechanical computational platform to explore and assess clinical cases pertaining to the left ventricle (LV), and the less addressed right ventricle (RV). …”
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Resection of biliary mucinous cystic neoplasms: Study of a single institutional cohort and a literature review by Kloppers, Jacobus Christoffel

“…Results: Thirteen female patients (median age 45 years) had surgery. Eleven were diagnosed by computer tomography scan after investigation of abdominal pain or a palpable mass. …”
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A comparative computed tomography study of canine laparoscopic abdominal anatomy pre- and post-insufflation

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Efficacy of the sentinel lymph node biopsy algorithm and PET/CT scan in assessing regional lymph node status in women with early stage endometrial and cervical cancer in a South Af...

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Visualisation and manipulation of 3D patient-specific bone geometry using augmented reality by Coertze, Johannes A

“…Computer-mediated reality technologies have the potential to improve the imageguided surgery (IGS) workflow; specifically, pre-surgical planning, intra-operative guidance, post-surgical assessment, and rehabilitation. …”
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The Radiological Assessment to determine whether the use of assistive devices improve Syndesmotic screw placement during surgical fixation of ankle fractures by Kriel, Renier

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Clinical predictors of pulmonary embolism in pregnancy and immediate postpartum period: a retrospective, analytical study by Sheehama, Ilona Ndapewa

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In silico identification and in Vitro assessment of a potential anticancer peptide sequence retrieved from the red sea metagenomics library by Imam, Mona Elradi

“…Current conventional anticancer therapies; surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are barely effective with deleterious side effects that ruin patients' quality of life. …”
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The design of diagnostic reading materials for South African learners in the foundation phase using English as the language of learning

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An evaluation of the impact of mHealth interventions on patients’ attendance to treatment for three common ophthalmic diseases that cause blindness: a systematic review by Madi, Meftah Mohamed Mohamed

“…Methods: A systematic review was conducted to assess the literature from various databases including; PubMed, Scopus, (Africa-Wide Information, CINAHL, Computers & Applied Sciences Complete, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition by Ebscohost) and Web of Science. …”
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A histopathological and genomics study of the mutated human FAM111B gene related POIKTMP disease by Tambwe, Nadine

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