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Having an Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography (ERCP)
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…
Having a Gastroscopy
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…
Having a Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
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…
Having a fibroscan
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…
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…
Having a Bronchoscopy
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…
Hand Soft Tissue Injury
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.
Fracture of the Foot (toe weight bearing and review)
You have sustained a fracture to a bone in your foot. Please see the picture below to understand where this injury is. You may walk, putting weight through your toes…
General advice for going home after breast surgery
Recovery after surgery involves healing, both physically and emotionally, and the time this takes varies from person to person. There is no right or wrong way just whatever works for…