Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC)
A PICC is a fine flexible tube approximately 60cm (2ft) long made of silicon. It is inserted through one of the small veins in the arm and threaded through until…
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Percutaneous Liver or Lung Biopsy
A needle biopsy is a way of taking a small piece of tissue out of your body, using only a tiny incision, so that a pathologist, an expert in making…
Post Operative Information for Hysteroscopy and Curretage / D & C Patients
Hysteroscopy is a technique which allows a doctor to look directly into the womb. A thin telescope called a hysteroscope is passed directly through the cervix (the neck of the…
Percutaneous Gastrostomy
Percutaneous Gastrostomy is a technique whereby a narrow plastic tube is placed through the skin, directly into the stomach. Once in place the tube can be used to give you…
Percutaneous Biliary Drainage or PTC
Now it is possible to insert a fine plastic drainage tube, called a catheter, through the skin using only a tiny incision, into the obstructed bile duct to allow the…
Percutaneous Abscess Drainage
Now it is possible to drain abscesses by inserting a fine plastic tube, called a drainage catheter, into it through the skin, with only a tiny incision. This procedure is…
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
Pelvic inflammatory disease is an infection and inflammation of the pelvic organs of women. The organs it affects can include the fallopian tubes, ovaries, womb and the surrounding pelvis.
Pain control following orthopaedic surgery
Pain following an operation is inevitable, different operations lead to varying degrees of post-operative discomfort and everyone experiences pain differently. We aim for your pain to be at an acceptable…
Pad test
A pad test is a simple non-invasive one hour test for detecting and measuring urinary incontinence.
Outpatient induction of labour with Propess
You will be given a date and time to attend Murray ward, Level 1 at Conquest Hospital, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN37 7RD. On arrival the midwife will…