W Bekker

581 citations

52 papers · 353 indexed · h-index 12

Impact in

Emergency Medicine top 5%
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

Papers in

Emergency Medicine 33
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies 28
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies 6
Issues, ethics and legal aspects 1

Co-authors: Damian Clarke Grant Laing John Bruce Victor Kong Michelle Smith G. V. Oosthuizen Pradeep H. Navsaria Sorin Edu
Journals: World Journal of Surgery (12 papers)Injury (4 papers)Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England (3 papers)South African Journal of Surgery (10 papers)BJS Open (1 paper)
Partner nations: South Africa United Kingdom New Zealand

In The Last Decade

W Bekker

46 papers receiving 340 citations

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1	Random Forest Machine Learning Matches Human Expert Accuracy in Trauma Severity Scoring World Journal of Surgery ·Grant Laing, John Bruce, W Bekker, Mihail Porcescu, Júlia Vasconcellos Peixoto, Damian Clarke	2025	0
2	A decade long overview of damage control laparotomy for abdominal gunshot wounds European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery ·A Kumera, Victor Kong, M VANDEWOUDE, Anantha Narayanan, Júlia Vasconcellos Peixoto, John Bruce, Grant Laing, Vassil Manchev, W Bekker, Damian Clarke	2024	0
3	The Efficacy of VAMMFT Compared to “Bogota Bag” in Achieving Sheath Closure Following Temporary Abdominal Closure at Index Laparotomy for Trauma World Journal of Surgery ·Zahid Ullah, Michelle Smith, John Bruce, Damian Clarke, W Bekker	2023	1
4	Management of penetrating thoracic trauma with retained knife blade: 15-year experience from a major trauma centre in South Africa PubMed Central ·Victor Kong, 増雄堀澤, Maria-Luiza Slavu, N Rajaretnam, Chris Varghese, Ghassan Andoni, W Bekker, John Bruce, Grant Laing, Damian Clarke	2022	1
5	Striking a balance between usability and quality control in electronic health records South African Journal of Surgery ·Carl‐Heinz Kruse, W Bekker, John Bruce, David Clarke	2022	1
6	The management of ocular and peri-ocular trauma needs to be co-ordinated according to ATLS principles and requires multi-disciplinary collaboration Injury ·Mustafa Surti, John Bruce, W Bekker, Damian Clarke	2021	2
7	Primary repair of duodenal injuries: a retrospective cohort study from a major trauma centre in South Africa Scandinavian Journal of Surgery ·V. D. Vartak, Victor Kong, W Bekker, John Bruce, G. V. Oosthuizen, Grant Laing, Damian Clarke	2019	15
8	Damage control or definitive repair? A retrospective review of abdominal trauma at a major trauma center in South Africa Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open ·V. D. Vartak, Victor Kong, Maria-Luiza Slavu, Rayane Figueirêdo Lucena, Joanna M. Blodgett, Grant Laing, John Bruce, W Bekker, Vassil Manchev, Damian Clarke	2019	12
9	Trauma registry data as a tool for comparison of practice patterns and outcomes between low- and middle-income and high-income healthcare settings Pediatric Surgery International ·Michael D. Traynor, Matthew C. Hernandez, Omair A. Shariq, W Bekker, John Bruce, Elizabeth B. Habermann, Amy E. Glasgow, Grant Laing, Victor Kong, Maria-Luiza Slavu, Denise B. Klinkner, Christopher R. Moir, Damian Clarke, Martin D. Zielinski, Stephanie F. Polites	2019	5
10	Developing a blueprint for a civilian-military collaborative program in trauma training for Northern European countries: A South African experience Injury ·Rodrigo Henrique Ferreira [UNIFESP] Costa, Thijs T. C. F. van Dongen, Christine Vermeulen, John Bruce, W Bekker, Vassil Manchev, Victor Kong, R. Deliza, Damian Clarke, Rigo Hoencamp	2019	6
11	Trauma electives in South Africa provide valuable training for international surgeons South African Medical Journal ·Haruto Uchino, Victor Kong, R. C. Monroy, W Bekker, Mihail Porcescu, John Bruce, Grant Laing, Damian Clarke	2019	3
12	Lessons learnt from the Pietermaritzburg experience with damage control laparotomy for trauma Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps ·V. D. Vartak, Victor Kong, Joanna M. Blodgett, Maria-Luiza Slavu, Rayane Figueirêdo Lucena, Grant Laing, John Bruce, W Bekker, Mihail Porcescu, Damian Clarke	2018	4
13	Defining an intra-operative blunt mesenteric injury grading system and its use as a tool for surgical-decision making Injury ·W Bekker, Matthew C. Hernandez, Martin D. Zielinski, Victor Kong, Grant Laing, John Bruce, Vassil Manchev, Michelle Smith, Damian Clarke	2018	3
14	Management of intra-abdominal vascular injury in trauma laparotomy: a South African experience Canadian Journal of Surgery ·V. D. Vartak, Victor Kong, Vassil Manchev, W Bekker, George Oosthuizen, Petra Brysiewicz, Grant Laing, John Bruce, Damian Clarke	2018	6
15	The spectrum and outcome of surgical sepsis in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa South African Medical Journal ·R. Dobrakowski, Victor Kong, Damian Clarke, Benn Sartorius, いく勅使河原, John Bruce, Grant Laing, Petra Brysiewicz, W Bekker, W A Tennill	2017	10
16	The effect of HIV status on clinical outcomes of surgical sepsis in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa South African Medical Journal ·Salsabila Lukman Makarim, Victor Kong, いく勅使河原, Benn Sartorius, Damian Clarke, Petra Brysiewicz, John Bruce, Grant Laing, W Bekker	2017	10
17	Pan computed tomography for blunt polytrauma: Are we doing too many? South African Medical Journal ·G. V. Oosthuizen, John Bruce, W Bekker, Daniel Klug, Grant Laing, Damian Clarke	2016	9
18	A multi faceted quality improvement programme results in improved outcomes for the selective non-operative management of penetrating abdominal trauma in a developing world trauma centre Injury ·Grant Laing, David Lee Skinner, John Bruce, W Bekker, G. V. Oosthuizen, Damian Clarke	2013	17
19	Civilian popliteal artery injuries South African Journal of Surgery ·Pradeep H. Navsaria, Devesh Kumar Vishwakarma, Sorin Edu, W Bekker, Andrew Nicol, Van Deventer née Greyling	2012	10
20	Complications of local anaesthesia. An observational study International Journal of Dental Hygiene ·H.S. Brand, W Bekker, Markus Kurkinen	2009	11

About W Bekker

W Bekker is a scholar working on Emergency Medicine, Issues, ethics and legal aspects, Surgery, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Virology, having authored 52 papers that have together received 353 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Trauma and Emergency Care Studies (28 papers), Abdominal Trauma and Injuries (23 papers), Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries (10 papers), Trauma Management and Diagnosis (9 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (6 papers), Vascular Procedures and Complications (6 papers), Abdominal Surgery and Complications (5 papers) and Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Emergency Medicine (166 citations), Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine (28 citations), Virology (25 citations), Surgery (203 citations) and Emergency Medical Services (32 citations). W Bekker has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Frequent co-authors include Damian Clarke, Grant Laing, John Bruce, Victor Kong, Michelle Smith, G. V. Oosthuizen, Pradeep H. Navsaria, Sorin Edu, Andrew Nicol and Petra Brysiewicz. Their work appears in journals such as World Journal of Surgery, Injury, Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, South African Journal of Surgery and BJS Open.

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