South African Gastroenterology Review - Volume 3, Issue 2, August 2005

Extracted from text ... The South African Gastroenterology Review - August 2005 1 SAGES 2005 A participating society in the International Surgical Week 21 - 24 August 2005 : Durban Hennie Grundling, Chris Kassianides, Keith Newton, Lindy Schulenburg and our President, Jake Krige, whose counsel and influence were invaluable in completing this task. Please enjoy the many facets this large congress brings to our medical community. Sandie R Thomson SAGES 2005 Chairman Message from SAGINS President Welcome to Durban and to the annual congress of the South African Gastrointestinal Nurses Society. We have an exciting and full programme which I hope you enjoy to ..

<b>Eponymous lectures:</b> <br>Schalk van der Merwe, Chris Hawkey, Jan Tack <br><b>International speakers:</b> <br>Jonathan Clain, Geoff Dusheiko, Chris Mulder, Michael Hafner, Markus Peck-Radosavljevic, David Metz, Rainer Schofl, Lucas Greiner <br><b>Local Speakers:</b> <br>J Dippenaar, P Goldberg, R Hift, C Househam, J Oettle, R Ramesar, H Schneider, E Song, C van Rensburg, JP Wright

Extracted from text ... The South African Gastroenterology Review - August 2005 12 Key: Sold Unsold T1 = Table 1 Subject to change: Not to scale 86 47 48 50 53 51 85 54 55 Internet Cafe 40 42 39 46 87 27 28 29 38 37 36 30 31 32 15 16 78 79 18 19 23 22 56 ENTRANCE 58 59 84 10 8 7 Cocktail Tables 24 64 65 63 61 6 4 2 1 67 _ _ 70 76 75 74 73 72 77 T1 T2 T3 HALL 2C 89 90 91 Tea & Coffee Refresh ments Tea & ..

Extracted from text ... The South African Gastroenterology Review - August 2005 13 Exhibition Table 1 - PB Mayer Medical Books & Journals Table 2 - South African Medical Association Table 3 - Elesevier List of Exhibitors : ISW 2005 1 First Medical 36 Siemens Southern Africa 68 Springer Verlag 2 High Tech Medical 37 Union Swiss 70 New Medica Endoscopy 4 Richard Wolf GmbH 38 Noster Systems (SA) cc 72 Dumblane Eco Golf & Game Estate 6 Novartis Pharmaceuticals 39 Nestle South Africa (PTY) Ltd 73 Care Direct / Health Recruitment 7 Karl Storz Endoscopy South Africa 40 Johnson & Johnson Medical ..

Extracted from text ... ABSTRACTS The South African Gastroenterology Review - August 2005 15 Poster Session Monday 22 August 2005 lunchtime PRIMARY ANASTOMOSIS AFTER IMMEDIATE COLECTOMY FOR ACUTE OBSTRUCTION DUE TO CARCINOMA OF COLON A.A.Papageorgiou, S.Meyer, D.Paramythiotis, H.-D.Heiss, N.Harlaftis 1.Proped.Surg.University Clinic, AHEPA - Hospital, GR-54006 Thessaloniki, Greece and Stauferklinik, Mutlangen, Germany. Purpose: The operation of choice for acutely obstructed carcinoma of the colon is controversial. The aim of the study was to evaluate the results of management by emergency subtotal/total colectomy with immediate anastomosis without diversion. Methods: Am emergency subtotal/total colectomy was performed in 35 patients ( mean age 71.7 years ). Intraoperative ..

Extracted from text ... The South African Gastroenterology Review - August 2005 31 SAGES - Private Practice Portfolio Phase 4: July 1, 2005 and onwards This phase will introduce the initiation of clinical validation rules for primary and secondary codes by all medical schemes. SAMA, Spesnet, Surgicom and many other groups have developed software and ICD10 lists and short lists. ICD-10 books are available from SAMA. Practice Management Software should have been updated to look up ICD codes, allow lineby- line specification (i.e. K21.0 GERD & oesophagitis should not appear under 1653 colonoscopy), and accurate rendering of ICD codes by electronic and paper ..

Extracted from text ... The South African Gastroenterology Review - August 2005 35 Professor Moshal, the son of a Durban physician, graduated with an MBChB at the University of Cape Town in 1960. He displayed an early interest in gastroenterology and immediately after completion of his internship spent two years as a registrar with the Gastrointestinal Clinic, Groote Schuur Hospital. He completed three years as a registrar in general medicine at the same hospital before proceeding overseas on a Cecil Johan Adams Travelling Fellowship.This allowed him to complete his gastroenterology training at the Hammersmith Hospital (1967) and at Harvard (1968-1969). He established the Gastrointestinal ..

Extracted from text ... Dr Mirvish was one of the first two graduates in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Cape Town. Throughout his professional life he maintained a continued interest in the Medical School, with clinical research and post-graduate teaching his special interests. He was one of the founders of the original Cape Town Postgraduate Medical Association whose journal "Clinical Proceedings" was, after a few years, taken over by the Medical Association of South Africa. In 1932 Louis Mirvish established practice as a specialist in gastroenterology and metabolic diseases, in which capacity his ability was such that in time he came ..

Extracted from text ... The South African Gastroenterology Review - August 2005 36 Emeritus Professor I N (Solly) Marks obtained a BSc (1946) and MBChB (1949) at the University of Cape Town and passed the Edinburgh Membership in 1953. He was awarded the FRCP (Edinburgh) in 1965. He served his Registrarship in Gastroenterology at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh from 1953-1956 and was a Research Fellow and Instructor in Gastroenterology at the Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia from 1956-1959. He established the Gastrointestinal Clinic at Groote Schuur on his return to South Africa in 1959, and was Head of the Clinic from 1959-1970 and again ..