New clinical skills training centre aims to improve quality and safety[Nicci Botha] The quality and outcomes of the health service often boils down to getting the basics right, such as employing best practices in clinical procedures... | |
World's first successful penile transplant at Tygerberg[Frank Graewe] A team of pioneering surgeons from Stellenbosch University (SU) and Tygerberg Hospital in Belville performed the first successful penile transplant in the world in a marathon nine-hour operation... | |
Breakthrough craniofacial surgery performed at Tygerberg Academic Hospital[Frank Graewe] Professor Frank Graewe teamed up with the World Craniofacial Foundation and Smile Foundation SA to help give normal lives to two African girls who suffered from serious skull defects... | |
Breakthrough craniofacial surgery: Round 2Akikere: before and after | |
Breast reconstruction and radiation therapy - is it really safe?[Frank Graewe] It has been shown that adjuvant radiotherapy after mastectomy significantly reduces local recurrence rates and improves overall survival in node-positive breast cancer patients... | |
Keloid surgery gives a man his life back[Frank Graewe] Aaron Hairundu from Windhoek, Namibia started developing keloids in his early 20s... | |
SU's second successful penis transplant[Nicci Botha] Stellenbosch University's faculty of medicine and health sciences announced today that it has performed a second successful penile transplant... | |
Urgent need to restructure SA's organ transplant process[Danette Breitenbach] The drop in the number of organ transplants is indicative of a need to change the procurement process under the auspices of a new authority... | |
What are craniofacial syndromes?[Frank Graewe] In the first of a series of three, Professor Frank Graewe broadly outlines the exact nature of craniofacial deformities and syndromes... | |
Ain't no mountain high enoughThe Kilimanjaro Challenge 2014 team at the summit | |
Once, twice, three times a 'ladyboy': A case of transsexualism[Chamendran Naidoo] Summer vacation is upon us, oh my readers. Conjured images appear of transoceanic flights, bleached Thai beach sand and sensual massages often concluded with the legendary 'happy ending'. Many of these 'happy endings' however have ended in a 'not-so-happy surprise' when the patron discovers his coy mistress to be a smiling mister. |