Selected articles, interviews and videos highlighting Professor Darlene Lubbe’s surgical innovations, specialist expertise and collaborative work.
Articles & Features
- Fairlady — Professor Lubbe on Depo-Provera and Brain Tumours — Fairlady | March/April 2026. An interview with Professor Lubbe exploring the association between Depo-Provera and meningiomas. The full article is not available online; the link opens Fairlady’s Instagram post.
- Blood, Grit, and Global Breakthroughs — UCT News | September 2025. A profile of Professor Lubbe’s surgical career, innovations and commitment to training the next generation of surgeons.
- The Contraception Question — Marion Edmunds — April 2025. The Carte Blanche producer explains how the investigation into Depo-Provera and sphenoid wing meningiomas originated with Professor Lubbe’s clinical observations.
- Breathing New Life into Tracheostomy — Mediclinic | April 2022. A feature exploring Professor Lubbe’s development of the Trachealator, an innovative balloon dilation device designed to maintain ventilation during airway procedures.
- Transorbital Surgery Is a Game Changer — Mediclinic | February 2019. A feature highlighting Professor Lubbe’s pioneering work in minimally invasive skull base surgery.
- Look Again – Transorbital Surgery Innovation — Mediclinic | March 2017. Patient stories illustrating the benefits of endoscopic transorbital surgery and the multidisciplinary approach to complex skull base conditions.
- Groundbreaking Surgery on a French Bulldog — Pet Health Care | September 2015. The remarkable story of an operation to help a young French bulldog breathe normally, bringing together human and veterinary surgical expertise.
Videos & Television
- Scar Tissue — Keyhole Brain Surgery — UCT TV | August 2018. A short documentary exploring minimally invasive brain surgery through a patient’s experience, featuring Professor Lubbe and her surgical colleagues.
- Explore the Anatomex Bookface Sinus Model with Prof. Darlene Lubbe — Anatomex 3D | YouTube. Professor Darlene Lubbe demonstrates the Anatomex Bookface, a compact 3D anatomical model designed to support the understanding of sinonasal anatomy and surgical education.
- Explore the Anatomex Transorbital Surgical Simulation Model — Part 1 — Anatomex 3D | YouTube. Professor Darlene Lubbe demonstrates the Anatomex Transorbital Surgical Simulation Model, designed to support surgical training in minimally invasive endoscopic transorbital and skull base surgery.
Podcasts & Radio
- Nose How — Episode 5 with Professor Darlene Lubbe — Nose How podcast | April 2022. An interview exploring Professor Lubbe’s surgical career, professional experiences and perspectives on life beyond medicine.