Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
Selected Highlights from Research Findings
Pioneering research was conducted on the intralesional infiltration of Bleomycin in vascular malformations, which has gained widespread international recognition. This work makes Prof Ionescu one of the leading paediatric oncologists in South Africa.
Contact person: Prof GO Ionescu.
Prof Becker is directly involved in seven international multicentre randomized double blind comparative trials - four of which have already been completed. The group has been highly commended in several trials for their drug accountability. The multinational randomized double blind study to compare the efficacy and safety of a new synthetic penta saccharide with a low molecular weight heparin (dalteparin) in the prevention of venous thrombo-embolism in high-risk abdominal surgery, evoked a highly laudable response from the international scene.
Contact person: Prof JHR Becker.
The research on Fibrinogen Pretoria, which was done in close collaboration with Prof M Matsuda and Dr T Sugo of the Division of Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi-Ken, Japan, has now reached the final phase. The manuscript has been accepted for the Pretoria Academic Hospital Jubilee 'Festschrift' of the SA Medical Journal, which was published in December 2002.
Contact person: Prof RC Franz.
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