Having a Colonoscopy
During a Colonoscopy your endoscopist passes a long flexible tube containing a camera and a light through your rectum and around the whole of your large bowel (colon). This allows…
During a Colonoscopy your endoscopist passes a long flexible tube containing a camera and a light through your rectum and around the whole of your large bowel (colon). This allows…
Your supra pubic catheter site is a potential entrance for infection and must be cared for daily. Always wash your hands with soap and water before and after catheter care….
This information booklet is intended to give you a better understanding of your injury, the operation, rehabilitation and the discharge process.
Congratulations on your new baby! This information sheet aims to provide you with further information on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle to reduce or delay your risk of developing…
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography is a test that combines the use of endoscopy and x-ray guidance, to examine and/or treat problems with the bile ducts, gallbladder, liver and pancreas. During an…
During a Gastroscopy your endoscopist passes a long flexible tube containing a camera and a light through your mouth, over the back of your tongue, down your oesophagus (gullet), into…
During a flexible sigmoidoscopy your endoscopist passes a long flexible tube containing a camera and a light through your rectum and the lower (sigmoid) colon. This allows your endoscopist to…
A Fibroscan is a type of scan that can measure the ‘stiffness’ of your liver, which in turn reflects the degree of scarring in your liver (fibrosis). It is a…
During bronchoscopy a doctor is able to view the airways inside your lungs. A small flexible camera is carefully passed through your nose or mouth into your lung. It gives…
You have sustained a soft tissue injury to your hand. This means there is no bony injury but you may have hurt the structures around them.