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  • Pectus carinatum : when less is more 
    Martinez-Ferro, M.; Bellia-Munzon, B.; Schewitz, Ivan Anton; Toselli, L. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019)
    Awareness of pectus carinatum has increased among the medical community over the last several decades, as innovative options for nonsurgical treatments have become more widely known. Management alternatives have shifted ...
  • Recommendations for lung cancer screening in Southern Africa 
    Koegelenberg, Coenraad F.N.; Dorfman, Shane; Schewitz, Ivan Anton; Richards, Guy A.; Maasdorp, Shaun; Smith, Clifford; Dheda, Keertan (AME Publishing Company, 2019-09)
    Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in southern Africa. Early trials of chest radiograph-based screening in males at high risk for lung cancer found no mortality benefit of a radiograph alone, ...
  • Supply chain resilience : interconnectedness of disruptions, strategies and outcomes in the South African FMCG industry 
    Magagula, S.M.; Meyer, A.; Niemann, Wesley (MC Cant, 2020)
    BACKGROUND: Organisations face greater competition and exposure to disruptions and risks due to an increase in globalisation, and as a result, they must continuously seek strategies to improve their supply chain ...
  • Thoracoscopy : the past, the present and the future! A personal journey 
    Schewitz, Ivan Anton (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2018)
    Thoracoscopy, in my opinion, is underutilised in Africa, for a multiplicity of reasons. These include a lack of expertise, the perceived cost and difficulties in obtaining and maintaining equipment. The benefits, however, ...
  • Unintended consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa 
    Schewitz, Ivan Anton; Zar, Heather J.; Masekela, Refiloe; Gordon, Stephen; Ozoh, Obianuju; Kagima, Jacqueline; Gray, Diane; Binegdie, Amsalu; Irungu, Anne; Worodria, William (Scientific Scholar, 2020-09)
    As we write this, a patient is in a local South African Hospital on a ventilator following a cardiac arrest after a massive pulmonary embolus. He recently returned from overseas. When he arrived, he had a cough and phoned ...