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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 2019: To be announced
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Hernia Interest Group

UPDATE

Update on the Medscheme – SASES Laparoscopic Appendectomy Pilot Study

SASES-LAP-MEDICAL-AID-UPDATE-2015.pdf (775 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 (500 downloads)

Consensus Document on Appendicectomy

SASES-Apppendix-document.pdf

Interactive Webinars

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Latest News

SASES 2018 talks & photos

Presentations and photos from the 2018 SASES congress are available online.

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Live Bariatric Workshop

Department of Surgery
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University/Dr George Mukhari Hospital Faculty Management and Staff: Prof. Zac Koto, Prof. Heine van der Walt, Dr. Anel Lengton
Date: Friday 15th February 2019
Time: 7:00am to close of day
Venue: S113, 1st floor, Clin path building, SMU campus

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Bariatric accreditation

SASES has been involved in the development of accreditation for bariatric surgeons in South Africa. There are now 2 possible ways for a surgeon to achieve accreditation for performing bariatric surgery. Please visit this page for further details. http://sases.org/for-doctors/bariatric-accreditation/

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‘NHI will be an unmitigated disaster’

  “Despite its proven incompetence at managing public service organisations, the government is determined to create a vast centralised healthcare system. Instead of failing only some South Africans, as it does now, government healthcare will soon fail all South Africans,” wrote Ivo Vegter in Daily Maverick; 27 August 2018. “The government keeps proving that it […]

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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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