N Kruger, S Abramowitz, G Nitschke. Machine learning in diagnosing cervical spine injuries. Global Spine Journal. 2022;12(3_suppl):4S-204S. doi:10.1177/21925682221096074 H Gamieldien, N Kruger. MBChB fifth-year student response to e-learning in orthopaedic surgery during COVID 19. Afr J Health Professions Educ 023;15(1):https://doi.org/10.7196/AJHPE.2023.v15i1.1629 N Kruger. Instructional course lecture: Spondylolysis, SA Orthopaedic Journal Winter 2015 | Vol 14, No 2
N Kruger. The Ethics of Prescribing Death. South African Orthopaedic Association Bulletin, Presidents Medal essay, November 2022
De Villiers, T, Kruger N. 2021. Design and Development of a Traction Device for Semi-Automated Closed Cervical Spine Reduction Procedures. Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Human Biology. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35513
McGuire DT, Kruger N. Cervical corpectomy and anterior standalone plate stabilization in sub-axial cervical spine trauma: a retrospective review of the radiological outcomes. SA orthop. j. 2010 Jan ; 9( 1 ): 48-54.
M Workman, N Kruger. A survey of the use of traction for the reduction of cervical dislocations SA Orthop J 2019;18(2) DOI 10.17159/2309-8309/2019/v18n2a2
G Ayik, T Mukabeta,G Nyandoro, C Osborne, N Kruger. Adherence to a standard operating procedure for patients with acute cervical spine dislocations: review of a tertiary, referral, academic hospital in South Africa. SA Orthop J 2021;20(2):81-87. http://dx.doi. org/10.17159/2309-8309/2021/v20n2a3
NA Kruger. Heterotopic Ossification. In: Dr Juliette M Stander, The ASCI Handbook Fourth edition 2021, African Sun Media, p127-129, eISBN: 9780620908177
NA Kruger, J Stander. Closed traction-reduction of post-traumatic C-spine UFD/BFD In:Dr Juliette M Stander, The ASCI Handbook Fourth edition 2021, African Sun Media, p29-33, eISBN: 9780620908177
P Venter, N Kruger, Plaster Application in Orthopaedics for Primary Health Care, LION, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.15641/0-7992-2550-1
K Laubscher, S Roche, S van der Walt, Prof S Roche, N Kruger. ORTHOPAEDIC EMERGENCIES. In: M Held, Orthopaedics for Primary Health Care, LION, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.15641/0-7992-2550-1
N Kruger, R Dunn, Injuries of the spine. In: A Blom, D Warwick, M Whitehouse, Apley’s and Solomon’s System of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Productivity Press; 2018,10th edition, p 835-861, ISBN-13:978-1498751773
N Kruger, R Dunn, The Back. In: A Blom, D Warwick, M Whitehouse, Apley’s and Solomon’s System of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Productivity Press; 2018,10th edition, p 489-530, ISBN-13:978-1498751773
N Kruger. Medical Management of Spinal TB. In: Spinal TB- Current Medical and Surgical Management, Update Book Company 2023, Pakistan
Schalk Klopper, Nicholas Kruger. (2023) Cost Analysis of the Acute Spinal Cord Injury Ward and ICU Costs at a Tertiary Hospital in South Africa: What Is the Cost Per Patient Per Day? International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Research, 7(4), 538-543.
DOI: 10.26855/ijcemr.2023.10.004
Schalk Klopper, Nick Kruger. (2023) The Costs of Running an Orthopaedic Theatre Per Hour at a Tertiary Hospital in South Africa. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Research, 7(4), 557-566.
DOI: 10.26855/ijcemr.2023.10.007
S Kloppers, G Mc Collum, N Kruger: Does the Level and Type of Femur Fracture Determine Intramedullary Peak Pressures During Reamed Femoral Nailing? A Prospective Study: Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma JOT JOT15274 March 2023
S Graham et al. Establishing a consensus on research priorities in orthopaedic trauma within South Africa. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology 2023 33(3):1-8 DOI: 10.1007/s00590-022-03413-w
Held, M. F. G., Laubscher, M., Graham, S. M., Kruger, N., Njisane, P., Njisane, V., & Dunn, R. N. (2020). Topics, skills, and cases for an undergraduate musculoskeletal curriculum in Southern Africa : A consensus from local and international experts. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 102(3).
B Boggenpoel, A Rhoda, N Kruger, R Dunn, C Joseph. The influence of injury and process factors on motor and sensory recovery between admission and discharge in persons with traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI). Conference: 61st ISCOS meeting 2022. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.12441.49768
Horst, A van der, N Kruger and Robert Dunn. C2 traumatic spondylolisthesis: indications for surgery and outcome. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-British Volume (2013): 27-27.
Maqungo S, Swan A, Naude P, Held M, Kruger N, McCollum G, Laubscher M. The management of low velocity transarticular gunshot injuries: A pilot study. SA Orthop J 2018;17(2):25–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2309-8309/2018/v17n2a4
Düsterwald K, Kruger N, Dunn R N. Tracheostomy, ventilation and anterior cervical surgery: Timing and complications. S. Afr. j. surg. 2015 Dec 2023 May14 ; 53( 3-4 ): 1-5.
SOTHMANN, Johan et al. Epidemiology of acute spinal cord injuries in the Groote Schuur Hospital Acute Spinal Cord Injury (GSH ASCI) Unit, Cape Town, South Africa, over the past 11 years. South African Medical Journal, [S.l.], v. 105, n. 10, p. 835-839, sep. 2015. ISSN 2078-5135.
Laubscher M, Naudé PH, Held M, Dunn R, Kruger N. Bell’s cruciate paralysis: a rare neurological diagnosis. SA orthop. j. 2012 11(4): 43-47.
Dachs R, Roche S, Vrettos B, MacIntyre K, Currin B, Kruger N et al . Assessing musculoskeletal training in South Africa. SA orthop. j. 2014 Sep 13(3 ): 57-63.
M Held, M Laubscher, N Kruger, P Navsaria R Dunn, An unusual case of a transabdominal, transdiscal stab wound to the spine. SA ORTHOPAEDIC JOURNAL, 2012 | Vol 11 • No 4 / Page 61
Felix Busch, Lena Hoffmann, Nick Kruger et al on behalf of the COMFORT Consortium. Medical students’ perceptions towards artificial intelligence in education and practice: A multinational, multicenter cross-sectional study, https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.09.23299744;
Bilal Aslan, Winner Kazaka, Tomas Slaven, Shaylin Chetty, Nicholas Kruger, Geoff Nitschke, Deep-Learning Classifiers for Small Data Orthopedic Radiology. 2025 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Health and Medicine (CIHM)DOI: 0.1109/CIHM64979.2025.10969486
Felix Busch, Lena Hoffmann, Nick Kruger et al on behalf of the COMFORT Consortium. Global cross‑sectional student survey on AI in medical, dental, and veterinary education and practice at 192 faculties BMC Medical Education (2024) 24:1066 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-06035-4
Alina Jacob, Christian R. Wirtz, Markus Loibl, Rob Dunn, Nick Kruger. Predictors of Early Mortality After Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in South Africa, November 2024 Global Spine Journal 15(4) DOI: 10.1177/21925682241300269
Felix Busch, Lena Hoffmann, Nick Kruger et al on behalf of the COMFORT Consortium. Multinational Attitudes Toward AI in Health Care and Diagnostics Among Hospital Patients JAMA Network Open. 2025;8(6):e2514452. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.14452
Shayan Parbhoo,¹ Bijou Salence,² Justin Simpson,² Schalk van der Merwe,² Nicholas Kruger. The practice of skeletal traction for cervical spine dislocations in district hospitals in the Western Cape. SA Orthop J. 2025;24(2):74-78. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2309-8309/2025/v24n2a3