Acute cholecystitis is the most common emergency consequence of gallstones and is a common reason for emergency admission in general surgery internationally and in New Zealand.
Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in New Zealand, responsible for almost one in three deaths, with ischaemic heart disease alone causing approximately 4,800 deaths a year.
Endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) is currently regarded as the gold standard of treatment in acute stroke. In this report, we describe an open surgical approach to treat an extracranial clot occlusion, which allowed for endovascular access to manage the intracranial occlusion.
We are not going to get reform by abusing Health Authorities or the doctors, or the Monthly Nurses, but by coming one and all to the aid of the Health and Education Departments in a common effort to make maternity safe for the mother and safe for the child.