Publications
Professional Peer-Reviewed Journals
Handlebar hernia: traumatic abdominal wall hernia with multiple enterotomies. A case report and review of the literature. Edmund Kessler, MD, et al. Elsevier, Journal of Pediatric Surgery (2007) 42, 567 – 569.
Duplication cyst of the terminal ileum: A cause of abdominal pain in infants. Nirupama Anne, MD, Edmund Kessler, MD, Ratnakishore Pallapothu, MD, Madhurima Anne, BA. Surgical Rounds. September 2005, Vol 28; No. 9: Page 428.
Rapunzel syndrome causing gastric emphysema and small bowel obstruction. Adam A. Klipfel, MD, Edmund Kessler, MD, FACS, Moshe Schein, MD. Surgery 2004 -Volume 133,1:Page 120.
Rudloff U, MD, Jobanputra S, MD, Smith-Levitin, Michelle, MD, Kessler E, MD, Meckel’s diverticulum complicating pregnancy – Case report and review of the literature. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Springer-Verlag 2004.10.1007
Piotr J Gorecki, MD, Edmund Kessler, MD, FACS, Moshe Schein, MD, FACS. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome for Intractable Constipation. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. March 2000, Vol 190; 3:371.
Spigland N, Wesson D, Kessler E. Current Management of Long-Gap Esophageal Atresia. Current Surgery 1997, Vol 54; 7:408-409.
Kessler E. Duodenal Web as a Cause of Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction. Children’s Hospital Quarterly 1995, Vol 7; 1:21-25
Kessler E, Lange M, Kessel I, Ross-Thompson S. Intra-Duct Carcinoma (DCIS) of the Breast. Is there a Place for Breast Conserving Surgery? South African Journal of Surgery 1995, Vol 33; 1:63.
Kessler E, Gaylis H. Non-Ruptured Aortic Aneurysms. Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Vol152; 6:781
Gaylis H, Kessler E. Ruptured Aortic Aneurysms. Surgery 1990, Vol 87; 3:300
Kessler E, Mieny CJ. Biliary Pancreatitis. South African Medical Journal 1979;49:49
Kessler E., Bremner CH, Bremner CG. The Effect of Intravenous Domperidone on the Resting Lower Oesophageal Sphincter Pressure in Dogs and Baboons. South Africa Medical Journal 1979:56:679.
Chait LA, Kessler E. An Anti-Drooling Operation in Cerebral Palsy. South African Medical Journal 1979;56:676
Kessler E. The Role of Hyperalimentation in the Management of the Burnt Patient. Proceedings of the mine Medical Officer’s Association of South Africa 1979, Vol LVIII;426:1-9.
Kessler E, Chappell JS. Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in Children. South African Medical Journal 1979;56:676.
Kessler E, Stein A. Diaphragmatic Hernia as a Long Term Complication of Stab Wounds of the Chest. American Journal of Surgery 1976, Vol132;1:34.
Kessler E. Closed Duodenal Injuries. South African Journal of Surgery 1975, Vol 13;1:15
Kessler E. Hyperalimentation in the Management of Gastrointestinal Cutaneous Fistula. South African Journal of Surgery 1974, Vol. 12;2:101.
Kessler E, Chappell S. Perforation of Bowel associated with Blunt Abdominal Trauma in Children. South African Medical Journal 1974;48:2396.
Kessler E. The Role of Gastroferrin in Iron Absorption. The Leech 1969, Vol. 39;1:16.
Kessler E. The Management of Carcinoma of the Rectum: A Review. The Leech 1968, Vol. 38; 2:35
Books
Kessler, E. Know Your Breasts. K.Y.B. Pocket Book Publishers, South Africa: 1994.
Presentations
The Kimurua Procedure for Long Gap Esophageal Atresia (Poster Presentation) Presented at the American Pediatric Surgical Association, 1998. Puffinburger, K., Lazar, E. and Kessler, E.
Clinical review of conservative management of carcinoma of the breast comparing results to radical mastectomy over a ten year period. International Surgical Society at the World Congress of Surgery, Toronto Canada. 1989.
Clinical review of 10 cases of Eggshell Aorta and a proposal for a new technique of treatment. South African Vascular Society Meeting, Bloemfontein, South Africa. 1989
Clinical review of a 25-year experience of surgery of aortic aneurisms South African Surgical Research Society. 1979.
Assessment of the effect of Intravenous Domperidone on the Resting Lower Oesophageal Sphincter Pressure in Dogs and Baboons- a manometric study. South African Surgical Research Society. 1978.
Clinical review of a 25-year experience of surgery in the treatment of Biliary Atresia Annual British Association of Pediatric Surgeons, Edinburgh Scotland, 1978.
Clinical review of biliary pancreatitis. Surgical Research Society of South Africa 1975.
Clinical review of traumatic injuries of the rectum. Association of Surgeons Annual Meeting, Cape Town South Africa, 1975.
Clinical research on the evaluation of stab wounds of the chest. Association of Surgeons Annual Meeting, Cape Town South Africa, 1975.
The Role of Gastroferrin in Iron Absorption. Annual Student Medical Council Conference at the University of the Witwatersrand. 1967.