Surgery can sometimes be used to prevent the recurrence of strokes or the development of a severe disabling stroke. The benefits of this preventive surgery is at its most as soon after the first event as possible and can frequently be performed with minimal risk and a single night stay. Click the button above or here to learn more.
Patients with diabetes can suffer with complex foot diseases, often a combination of vessel disease, nerve disease and foot deformity cause areas of the foot or the toes to become dangerously infected. Prevention is best but treatment of advanced diabetic foot disease often needs many disciplins to work together and with the patient to prevent further deterioration and tissue loss, and to get healing. Click the button above or here to learn more.
Rarely, abnormal collections of blood vessels develop, they are usually present from birth (congenital). They can grow over time and can become symptomatic. Treating these malformations is a complex process which often requires multiple procedures and different specialist teams working together. Christchurch Vascular Department works with other specialities to provide modern management of malformations. Click the button above or here to learn more.