CVT Surgeons and Neurosurgeons ensure prompt surgical intervention such as carotid endarterectomy when necessary. Neurologists are available for the pharmacological treatment of strokes and TIAs. The Stroke Nurse offers patient education, including teaching lifestyle modification. The Southern Saskatchewan Stroke Management Unit is located on the main floor of the Plains Health Centre. Outpatient Services Stroke clinics are held every Tuesday morning on level four at the Plains Health Centre.
Clinic visits are by appointment only.
The clinic is run by a neurologist and the stroke nurse coordinator. A neurosurgeon or a cardio-vascular surgeon is on call at all times for patients who might need surgery. Our locations are made fot urgent CT Scan of the head and carotid ultrasound that may be required by clinic patients on clinic days. This procedure involves opening up a significantly narrowed artery and cleaning out plaques that build up within the vessel. A study is also in progress to evaluate if surgery is beneficial to those people with only moderate narrowing of the symptomatic carotid artery.