Editorial
Message from the President

Obituary

Welcome to the Congress

News

• WGO South African Training Centre 25-year anniversary
• Oesophageal cancer initiative: Frere Hospital stent placement training workshop

Gastroenterology Foundation

Guideline

• SAGES dyspepsia guidance

Review

• Palliative management of oesophageal cancer in South Africa
• Metabolic and bariatric surgery in an era of anti-obesity medication
• Diverticular disease in Africans: myth or fact?
• Sjögren protein-losing enteropathy: a systematic review

Case Reports

• Revisiting protein-losing enteropathy: a rare case of chorea
• Pyoderma gangrenosum preceding the diagnosis of ulcerative colitis: a case report

Product Focus

• Focus on Spasmomen^®

Original Research

• Small bowel capsule endoscopy for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding not associated with a reduction in iron or haemoglobin support

SAGES Congress Abstracts: 2025