The present study aimed to evaluate the correlation between the motile sperm organelle morphology examination (MSOME) and a well-known sperm morphology classification (Tygerberg criteria). For MSOME, spermatozoa were analysed at x8400 magnification by inverted microscope equipped with Nomarski differential interference contrast optics, Uplan Apo x100 oil/1.35 objective lens and variable zoom le...

Initiative: The Tygerberg Children's Hospital and Rotary Telemedicine Project in South Africa links specialists from Tygerberg Hospital to doctors at regional community or "district" hospitals to improve healthcare in rural areas. The initiative has assembled its own telemedicine system using off-the-shelf computer equipment and software that is more affordable than commercial telemedicine syst...

a Immunodeficiency Clinic, Karl Bremer Hospital, Room 12, Outpatient building, Bellville, 7530, South Africa b Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada and Epidemiology for Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium Division of Dermatology, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg Hospital, Parow, South Africa Division of Anatomical ...

shoulder dystocia GJ Hofmeyr, CA Cluver a Effective Care Research Unit, Eastern Cape Department of Health, Universities of Witwatersrand and Fort Hare, South Africa b Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa Correspondence: CA Cluver, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital,...

Methods 87 children were recruited during random clinic visits to rheumatology clinics at Tygerberg and Groote Schuur Hospital between April 2010 and April 2011. Children were diagnosed using International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR) 2001 classification criteria. Consent was obtained, medical records examined, Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaires (CHAQ), visual analogue...

2009;22(3) S Afr J Clin Nutr a Du Plessis LM, M Nutrition, RD (SA) b Labadarios D, MBChB, PhD, FACN c Singh T, MD, MA (Distance Education) a Marais D, PhD, RD (SA) a Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa b Knowledge Systems, Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa and Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Tygerberg c Christian Med...

Background: The present study aimed to evaluate the correlation between the motile sperm organelle morphology examination (MSOME) and a well-knownsperm morphology classification (Tygerberg criteria). Materials and Methods: Semen samples (one per subject) were obtained from 97 men (mean age 36.7±6.0years) from an unselected group of couples undergoing infertility investigation and treatment. A p...