Dr Petrus Stone Inc

01/11/2025

28/09/2025

Wonderful spine surgery workshop & then a weekend of enjoying fine art, arcitecture and met some nice locals.

27/09/2025

Teaching & learning - key hole spine surgery & image guided surgery

14/08/2025

Sad to report - probably no more DBS cases to be done in Bloemfontein - Mediclinic has sold off our equipment for understandable reasons - not enough cases to justify the upkeep.

11/04/2024

Keyhole "DLIF" #519 done on Monday, just left hospital. Her previous procedure elsewhere had failed with broken screws as a results. She reports good relief of her back & leg pains. Early days though.

15/12/2023

Team Komoti & I had to remove this meningioma as an emergency yesterday. She presented with headaches, epileptic fits & was very drowsy due to the pressure. Glad to report removal was 100% and she is recovering well - awake, no obvious neurological deficit. Will do follow up scan on Monday and try to get her home before Christmas.
2023/12/18 - doing fine, scan looks good

03/12/2023

Making ends meet. Learning when & how to suture nerves.
Of soes hulle innie Kaap sê: djy werk op my nerves

02/11/2023

Back in Bethlehem for a day or two. We now consult at Hoephoep Guest House, a stone’s throw from Mediclinic. Thank you to Mediclinic & to Next Level Air for the ground & air transport. Strangely, all but one patient had “M” surnames - some Sotho, some Afrikaans, and even Italian.

05/07/2022

Did our 400th MI-DLIF operation last week, and 2 more this week. It’s arguably the smallest, least painful, safest, and most efficient way to fix/fuse a very diseased spinal joint permanently. Been at it since 2011.
More info at:
https://youtu.be/ok_NFZO9RCk or www.301.co.za

11/06/2022

Help of General Practitioner (GP) required - need help with clinics, ward rounds, theater cases, clinical admin & correspondence. Opportunity to learn desirable skills at competitive rates. Hours negotiable, 25-50 per week. Afrikaans & English proficiency.

02/09/2021

Dr Anthony Thomas and I had the privilege of doing the 1st couple of "keyhole" spine surgeries in Kimberley and the Northern Cape recently. Most of these were complex trauma cases. Due to the small incisions there was virtually no blood less & little pain, and the patients could be discharged within days, with very satisfactory outcome so far. Thanks to the patients for the trust, and to Lenmed staff & the medical representatives for the after hours travel & support.

16/07/2021

Yesterday's 7th “fly in” theater case with Dr Anthony Thomas at the lovely Lenmed Hospital in Kimberley. Thanks for the comraderie Tony & Mony! Thanks to the very supportive theater folks, anaesthetist and management. We did ETV (endoscopic third ventriculostomy) followed by craniotomy & tumour resection. Patient doing fine this morning and provisional results are promising.