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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 2017:
  • 24 August - Dr Galya Chinnery - Oesophageal Achalasia
  • 23 November - to be announced

Hernia Interest Group

UPDATE

Update on the Medscheme – SASES Laparoscopic Appendectomy Pilot Study

SASES-LAP-MEDICAL-AID-UPDATE-2015.pdf (352 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 (285 downloads)

Consensus Document on Appendicectomy

SASES-Apppendix-document.pdf

Interactive Webinars

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Latest News

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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President’s Letter 2017

2 January 2017   Dear SASES Members NEW YEARS GREETINGS 2017 The new year has started and with it SASES is actively back at work hoping to make 2017 another bumper year for the Society.   1. Fellowships The year will be launched with the online application for all four of the fellowships being offered […]

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Update on the Medscheme – Appendectomy Pilot Study has ended

  Aim: To make MAS affordable Role Players: Medscheme and the Medical Aids they manage SASES members who join the pilot study Essentials of the Study: No Letters of Motivation (LOM) for Laparoscopic Appendectomies Surgeon to stay within financial parameters placed on the basket for disposables The choice of disposables within that basket as per the Surgeon […]

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Video Links from Sven Bringman

  Dr Sven Bringman from Sweden recently attended SASES 2016 as an invited guest of the Hernia Interest Group. He spoke with great authority on hernia repair and showed numerous informative operative videos to the audience.   He has supplied a link their hospital video library. The library contains numerous educational videos including demonstrations of complications and disasters. […]

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Heather Bougard Kenya Visit

Heather recently visited Kenya to help with hernia repair training. See her interesting report.        

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