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Oral English in South African theater of the 1980s
In this paper I examine the role of theater in promoting a new nonracial democracy in South Africa during the 1980s.1 Theater performances are seen as mediations between oral and literate English, enacted in the dramatic relations of the fictional world on the stage and in the theatrical relationship between performers and their audiences in the social space of the theater. Studies of two South African plays, Sophiatown and Asinamali, demonstrate how these connections are embodied in the presentation of the plays; I also show how they direct an audience's perceptions of their social world towards creative alternatives to that world
First Experience With The GoBack-Catheter For Successful Crossing of Complex Chronic Total Occlusions in Lower Limb Arteries
Purpose: To evaluate the use of the GoBack-catheter (Upstream Peripheral Technologies) in complex revascularizations
in lower limb arteries. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective single-center study, the results of the first 100
consecutive patients including 101 limb-revascularizations, performed between May 2018 and July 2020 with the study
device, were analyzed. In all cases, guidewire-crossing failed, and all lesions were chronic total occlusions (CTO), either de
novo, reocclusions, or in-stent reocclusions. Successful crossing was defined as passing the CTO using the study device.
Patency at discharge and after 30 days was defined as less than 50% restenosis on duplex sonography, without target
lesion revascularization. Results: Median lesion length was 24 cm and 38 patients (37.6%) had a calcium grading according
to the peripheral arterial calcium scoring system (PACSS) of 4 or 5. In 20.8% of patients, an occluded stent was treated.
CTOs involved the femoropopliteal segment in 91.1%, iliac arteries in 5.9%, and tibial arteries in 7.9%. The GoBackcatheter
was employed for entering into or crossing through parts or the full length of a CTO or an occluded stent as
well as for re-entering into the true lumen after subintimal crossing. The device was used via contralateral and ipsilateral
antegrade as well as retrograde access with an overall technical success rate of 92.1%. In 3 patients minor bleeding
occurred at the crossing or re-entry site, which were managed conservatively. Thirty-day adverse limb events comprised
minor amputations in 4 patients (4.0%), 1 major amputation (1.0%), and reocclusions in 7 limbs (6.9%). Conclusion:
The new GoBack-catheter offers versatile endovascular applicability for complex CTO recanalization in a broad range of
peripheral vascular interventions with a high technical success and low complication rate
English language usage in South African theatre since 1976
Thesis (M.A.)--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Arts, 1989
First Experience With The GoBack-Catheter For Successful Crossing of Complex Chronic Total Occlusions in Lower Limb Arteries
Purpose: To evaluate the use of the GoBack-catheter (Upstream Peripheral Technologies) in complex revascularizations
in lower limb arteries. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective single-center study, the results of the first 100
consecutive patients including 101 limb-revascularizations, performed between May 2018 and July 2020 with the study
device, were analyzed. In all cases, guidewire-crossing failed, and all lesions were chronic total occlusions (CTO), either de
novo, reocclusions, or in-stent reocclusions. Successful crossing was defined as passing the CTO using the study device.
Patency at discharge and after 30 days was defined as less than 50% restenosis on duplex sonography, without target
lesion revascularization. Results: Median lesion length was 24 cm and 38 patients (37.6%) had a calcium grading according
to the peripheral arterial calcium scoring system (PACSS) of 4 or 5. In 20.8% of patients, an occluded stent was treated.
CTOs involved the femoropopliteal segment in 91.1%, iliac arteries in 5.9%, and tibial arteries in 7.9%. The GoBackcatheter
was employed for entering into or crossing through parts or the full length of a CTO or an occluded stent as
well as for re-entering into the true lumen after subintimal crossing. The device was used via contralateral and ipsilateral
antegrade as well as retrograde access with an overall technical success rate of 92.1%. In 3 patients minor bleeding
occurred at the crossing or re-entry site, which were managed conservatively. Thirty-day adverse limb events comprised
minor amputations in 4 patients (4.0%), 1 major amputation (1.0%), and reocclusions in 7 limbs (6.9%). Conclusion:
The new GoBack-catheter offers versatile endovascular applicability for complex CTO recanalization in a broad range of
peripheral vascular interventions with a high technical success and low complication rate
First Experience With The GoBack-Catheter For Successful Crossing of Complex Chronic Total Occlusions in Lower Limb Arteries
Purpose: To evaluate the use of the GoBack-catheter (Upstream Peripheral Technologies) in complex revascularizations
in lower limb arteries. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective single-center study, the results of the first 100
consecutive patients including 101 limb-revascularizations, performed between May 2018 and July 2020 with the study
device, were analyzed. In all cases, guidewire-crossing failed, and all lesions were chronic total occlusions (CTO), either de
novo, reocclusions, or in-stent reocclusions. Successful crossing was defined as passing the CTO using the study device.
Patency at discharge and after 30 days was defined as less than 50% restenosis on duplex sonography, without target
lesion revascularization. Results: Median lesion length was 24 cm and 38 patients (37.6%) had a calcium grading according
to the peripheral arterial calcium scoring system (PACSS) of 4 or 5. In 20.8% of patients, an occluded stent was treated.
CTOs involved the femoropopliteal segment in 91.1%, iliac arteries in 5.9%, and tibial arteries in 7.9%. The GoBackcatheter
was employed for entering into or crossing through parts or the full length of a CTO or an occluded stent as
well as for re-entering into the true lumen after subintimal crossing. The device was used via contralateral and ipsilateral
antegrade as well as retrograde access with an overall technical success rate of 92.1%. In 3 patients minor bleeding
occurred at the crossing or re-entry site, which were managed conservatively. Thirty-day adverse limb events comprised
minor amputations in 4 patients (4.0%), 1 major amputation (1.0%), and reocclusions in 7 limbs (6.9%). Conclusion:
The new GoBack-catheter offers versatile endovascular applicability for complex CTO recanalization in a broad range of
peripheral vascular interventions with a high technical success and low complication rate