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SASES 2018 Congress

We are pleased to announce a stand alone conference from 13-16 September 2018

Vineyard Hotel, Cape Town

www.sasescongress.co.za

 

SASES Web Meetings

SASES would like to invite you to our upcoming Web Meetings. You can join the web meeting from the comfort of your office, hospital or home.

Time: 18h00 SA time. The site will open 30mins prior to starting.

  • Next Date in 2018

Hernia Interest Group

UPDATE

Update on the Medscheme – SASES Laparoscopic Appendectomy Pilot Study

SASES-LAP-MEDICAL-AID-UPDATE-2015.pdf (635 downloads)

Position Statement on Medical Devices

Download the Position Statement on the use of Equipment and Medical Devices in surgical settings.

Download the Medical Device Complaint Template Letter.

Evaluation-of-instrumentation-for-LAP-SURGERY.pdf (410 downloads)

Consensus Document on Appendicectomy

SASES-Apppendix-document.pdf

Interactive Webinars

View our recent successful webinars

 

 


Latest News

MWEB filters our emails

    Please be aware that most members with mweb.co.za or affiliated addresses (iafrica, worldonline, etc) do not receive SASES emails. These are filtered out by the Mweb servers.We believe our emails supply valuable information to you. We have approached Mweb who are unwilling to do anything about this.The way around this is to add our address […]

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Update on SASES and Bariatric Surgery

  Dear Members   The SASES Exco has been reviewing the position of bariatric and metabolic surgery in South Africa with the view to supporting this very necessary surgery. From the outset the SASES Exco has undertaken to drive bariatric and metabolic surgery in the public sector and is excited to note the growth of […]

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SASES 2018 Meeting Announcement

13 to 16 September Vineyard Hotel, Cape Town   At our Exco meeting held on 28 October 2017 a decision was taken that we will again host a SASES Stand Alone meeting in 2018. The choice of venue has been largely dictated by the new Eucomed regulations which take effect in January 2018. The Vineyard […]

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Update on your society’s activities since Port Elizabeth ASSA/SAGES

9 October 2017 President’s Report SASES   Dear Membership   UPDATE ON YOUR SOCIETY’S ACTIVITIES SINCE PORT ELIZABETH ASSA/SAGES   As we have entered the final quarter of 2017 it is fitting that you, the Membership, have an update on what your Society – SASES is doing for you and for endoscopic surgery.   Fellowships […]

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Laparoscopic Appendectomy Study, Medscheme

22 May 2017   The final analysis of our six-month study was completed by Medscheme.  Fedhealth has now agreed to allow all appendectomies to be done laparoscopically, by SASES surgeons, in any hospital until the end of 2017.  The usual co‑payments which applied to these patients previously, still apply but letters of motivation by the surgeon […]

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BREAKING NEWS : BONITAS MEDICAL SCHEME / LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMIES

  After our Laparoscopic Appendectomy Pilot Study which admittedly produced very small numbers, Bonitas Medical Scheme, who as you know falls under the Medscheme umbrella – our partners in the Laparoscopic Appendicectomy Study – have agreed to allow all appendectomies to be done laparoscopically without any letters of motivation being required.   The only two […]

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FEEDBACK ON MEDSCHEME LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDIX PROJECT

  The pilot project for Laparoscopic Appendicectomies under the Medscheme umbrella came to an end on 31/12/2016.      Medscheme have started to unbundle the data which shows the following: A very small cohort of patients collected into the data base. Of those collected only 33% of the surgeons involved stayed within the designated price […]

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ADVANCED LAPAROSCOPIC SUTURING COURSE

  When I became President of the Society I took a decision to attend the first available course at our much spoken about Surgical Skills Lab at the Red Cross Children’s War Memorial Hospital.  As you will know we as a Society have backed Prof Alp Numanoglu in its establishment and got permission from you at our […]

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IRR report on NHI describes government policy as catastrophic for SA healthcare

  This report suggests that NHI will destroy private healthcare and result in a drastic deterioration in South African healthcare standards. It will cause loss of medical practitioner’s autonomy and result in a huge inefficient bureacracy that is likely to be plagued by maladministration and corruption. It is likely to result in increased emigration of healthcare […]

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Laparoscopic appendectomy

A laparoscopic approach to acute appendicitis has been recommended by SASES. The benefits of the laparoscopic approach are obvious to any laparoscopic surgeon and include: Shortened hospital stay Faster return to work and normal activities Reduced risk of would sepsis Improved ability to confirm the diagnosis and locate the appendix Ability to treat other intra-abdominal pathology […]

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