Obese patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery experience metabolic changes resulting in appetite loss and the apparent disappearance of type II diabetes within days to weeks, even before weight loss occurs. The ...

Low back pain (LBP) is by far the most prevalent and costly musculoskeletal problem in our society today. Most people experience an episode of LBP at least once in their lifetime. Some of them go on to develop persistent ...

Introduction: Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death and disability globally. There has been much interest into the role that inflammation plays in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. The ...

Varicose veins are an extremely common condition, with significant challenges in regard to the best approach to the management of incompetent venous perforators. In order to better understand the role of the venous perforator ...

Background: Delay in surgical intervention may lead to significant personal, medical and economical consequences. For individuals undergoing treatment in the public health system, there is inevitably a delay in access to ...

Introduction: Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis in the western world. With its increasing prevalence, total joint replacement is in high demand. After total hip replacement (THR) and total knee replacement ...

Aim: To explore NZ emergency medical and nursing staff understandings of Emergency Department (ED) 'appropriateness‘ in relation to patient presentations. Background: This study was developed in order to contribute to the ...

Background Valvular heart disease (VHD), especially aortic stenosis (AS), is an important cause of morbidity and mortality, but no medical therapies currently exist for most forms of VHD. The only treatment available for ...

This thesis examines two concepts that impact on surgical complications – prediction and prevention. The starting point was a randomised controlled trial (RCT) which compared the frequency and the cost of infection for two ...

Introduction An accurate understanding of the arrangement of cervical fascia and its associated compartments is essential for differential diagnosis, predicting the spread of disease and surgical management. As surgical ...