Location information
Address
Nelson Maandela Academic Hospital Mthatha South Afdica 5099 South Africa
Hospital type
University-affiliated
Hospital description
National Specialist Hospital
This is a teaching hospital
Description
Trainee Paediatric Surgery
Member information
Name
anelisa mnqandi
Member type
Individual independent practitioner
Specialty
General Surgeon
Subspecialties
- Paediatric
Languages spoken
- English
Professional affiliations / memberships
- PAPSA
- WOFAPS
Conditions treated
- Gastrointestinal
- Bowel Obstruction (parasitic, adhesive, mass)
- Benign polyps
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Appendicitis
- Anal disease: Hemorrhoids, fissures, fistulae, prolapse
- Incontinence
- Stomas – colostomies / ileostomies
- GI bleeds
- Hepatobiliary
- Pancreatic pseudocyst
- Paediatric
- Tracheo-esophageal fistula
- Newborn intestinal atresias
- Ano-rectal malformations
- Hirschsprung’s Disease
- Tumors (Wilms’, neuroblastoma, hepatoblastoma)
- Pectus excavatum
- Head and neck anomalies
- Abdominal wall defects (gastroschisis, omphalocoele)
- Biliary atresia/choledochal cysts
- Congenital pulmonary airway malformations
- Vascular anomalies
- Trauma and Critical Care
- Ventilator management
- Total parenteral nutrition management
- Pressor management
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) management
- Vascular
- Aneurysms
- Lymphatic disease
- Ability to do the following procedures
- Ultrasound or CT-guided drain placement
- Ultrasound or CT-guided needle biopsy
Equipment used
- Minimally invasive surgery (MIS)
- Temporary abdominal wound closure
- Gastroschisis springloaded silos
- CT
- Ultrasound
- Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST)
- Central venous catheters
- Mechanical ventilators
- Total parental nutrition (TPN)
