Papua New Guinea Medical Journal

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Published online 04 July 2025

MJ25004Professor John Vince: a remarkable 5 decades of service to health in Papua New Guinea

Trevor Duke , Cornelia Kilalang, Nakapi Tefuarani and James Amini

 

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Published online 04 July 2025

MJ24010Management and outcomes of retained placenta at a provincial hospital in Papua New Guinea: a retrospective observational study

John Kukiti, Ian Umo, Alice Siwawata, Rodney Talo and Grace Kariwiga

 

Retained placenta accounted for 35% of maternal deaths at the Alotau Provincial Hospital in Papua New Guinea between 2014 and 2022. This retrospective study analysed 180 cases from 13,731 deliveries over 8 years (2014–2022). The incidence of retained placenta was 1.9%. The mortality rate was 0.6% with most emergencies arising from unsupervised village births, despite the increase in supervised deliveries.

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Published online 02 July 2025

MJ22002Total colonic aganglionosis – long-segment Hirschsprung disease management successfully performed in Papua New Guinea

J. Mulu, O. H. Poki, I. Kevau and S. Fose

 

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Published online 13 February 2025

MJ05002_COCorrigenda to: The first fifty years of the Papua New Guinea Medical Journal: a celebration of its Golden Jubilee

Michael P. Alpers

 

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Published online 07 January 2025

MJ22001Open indirect inguinal hernia repair: a feasibility study on simple purse-string suture (SPSS) application at deep ring

Elvis B. Japhleth and Edwin M. Machine

 

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These articles have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication. They are still in production and have not been edited, so may differ from the final published form.

MJ24006, Accepted 14 July 2025

Factors affecting outcomes of patients with intestinal obstruction operatively managed at Alotau Provincial Hospital: A hospital-based, cross-sectional study

Isaiah Borchem, Ian Umo and Kennedy James

 

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MJ25005, Accepted 08 July 2025

Describing Primary Care in rural Western Province, Papua New Guinea

Mikaela Seymour , Maggy Mase, Maria Rumints, Belinda Yamkeok, Margaret Eko, Jamee Newland, Nalisa Neuendorf, Pamela Toliman and Angela Kelly-Hanku

 

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MJ24003, Accepted 30 June 2025

Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccination in two provincial hospitals of Papua New Guinea.

Ian Umo, Alexia Wangnapi, Venessa Soctine, Dorothy Adilawa, Prisca Joroto, Michealynne Kulai and Robert Commons

 

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MJ24008, Accepted 30 June 2025

The direct medical cost of operatively managing forearm fractures at Port Moresby General Hospital, Papua New Guinea: A retrospective cost of illness study.

Kila Garo, Ian Umo, Jackson Nuli, Richard Kulau, Henao Asa and Ikau Kevau

 

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MJ24007, Accepted 08 May 2025

The Direct Medical Cost of Managing Traumatic Brain Injuries at Port Moresby General Hospital, Papua New Guinea; a Prospective Cost of Illness Study

Walter Paka, Ian Umo, Esther Apuhae and Benjamin Thomas

 

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1. Open indirect inguinal hernia repair: a feasibility study on simple purse-string suture (SPSS) application at deep ring

   Papua New Guinea Medical Journal 65 (1)

   Elvis B. Japhleth, Edwin M. Machine

2. Head injury management in a resource limited setting – a prospective analysis of head injury patients and their outcomes in a provincial hospital in Papua New Guinea

   Papua New Guinea Medical Journal 64 (1)

   Kennedy James, Ikau Kevau

3. Prevalence of enteric pathogens in shellfish in Madang Province of Papua New Guinea

   Papua New Guinea Medical Journal 64 (1)

   Sinafa Robby, Monalisa P. Kas, Kevin Soli, Glennis Rai, Andrew R. Greenhill, Lloyd Werry, Stephanie Tringin, Kathleen Diapong, Aisak Pue, William Pomat, Kari Iamba, Paul F. Horwood, Mohammad Yazid Abdad

4. Total colonic aganglionosis – long-segment Hirschsprung disease management successfully performed in Papua New Guinea

   Papua New Guinea Medical Journal 65 (1)

   J. Mulu, O. H. Poki, I. Kevau, S. Fose

5. Healthcare workers’ willingness to respond to duty during infectious disease outbreaks in low- and middle-income countries in the Western Pacific Region: a pilot study in Papua New Guinea

   Papua New Guinea Medical Journal 64 (1)

   Anna Oswald, Matt Mason, Vanessa Sparke, Peta-Anne Zimmerman

6. Management and outcomes of retained placenta at a provincial hospital in Papua New Guinea: a retrospective observational study

   Papua New Guinea Medical Journal 66 (1)

   John Kukiti, Ian Umo, Alice Siwawata, Rodney Talo, Grace Kariwiga