Industrial action 27 June to 2 July 2024 - unless we contact you, please attend any appointments as planned.
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Patient Information Leaflets
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Cystectomy and formation of ileal conduit: Enhanced Recovery Programme
This leaflet will explain what will happen when you come to the hospital for your operation. It is important that you understand what to expect and feel able to take an active role in your treatment.
Cystectomy and formation of neobladder: Enhanced recovery programme
This leaflet will explain what will happen when you come to the hospital for your operation. It is important that you understand what to expect and feel able to take an active role in your treatment.
Cystogram
What to expect when you come into hospital for a cystogram – an examination of your bladder
Cystoscopy
This leaflet provides information for women who are having a cystoscopy (a procedure to look inside your bladder) under a general anaesthetic.
Cystoscopy (children)
Aims to answer some of the questions that you / your child may have about their operation to examine the bladder
Cystoscopy for inpatients (Urology)
This leaflet gives you information and answers some of the questions that you may have about undergoing a cystoscopy as an inpatient
D negative mother’s blood test to check her unborn baby’s blood group
This is a national leaflet from the Blood & Transplant service which you are being given as you have offered a test at your 16 week appointment.
Dacroscintigram (DSG) as an outpatient
Test carried out to check the drainage of your tear ducts
Day case hip and knee surgery
Answers common questions about who is suitable for ‘day case’ hip and knee replacement surgery
DCR (tear drainage surgery) aftercare advice
Advice and information following tear drainage surgery (dacryocystorhinostomy or DCR)
Deflux treatment for stress incontinence
Information about Deflux treatment for stress incontinence - what to expect on the day and in the following few days after treatment
Degenerative meniscal tears advice and exercises
Advice and exercises to patients who have been diagnosed with a degenerative meniscal tear in the knee joint
Delirium (Elderly Care)
Explains why some patients may experience acute confusion while they are in hospital, what the symptoms are and how it may be treated
Delorme surgery for rectal prolapse
Explains what will happen when you come to the hospital for an operation on your back passage
Denosumab (Prolia) drug treatment for osteoporosis
Explains Denosumab treatment for osteoporosis, including how it works, how to take it and risks and benefits
Dental pain
Gives advice on next steps for people who have attended A&E with toothache
Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) surgery
Tells you what to expect if you have DMEK surgery – an operation on the cornea of the eye – along with its risks and potential benefits
Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) surgery
Explains what DSEK (corneal graft surgery) entails
DEXA scan
Why you may need a scan used to diagnose or assess a person’s risk of osteoporosis
Diabetes and pregnancy planning
If you have diabetes, and you are thinking about having a baby, then this information is for you. If you have diabetes and do not plan to have a baby just yet, it is still important that you have this information for the future.