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Patient Information Leaflets
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Advice following testicular surgery
Advice to aid your recovery following your procedure on the Adult Day Surgery Unit
Advice following varicose vein surgery
Advice to aid your recovery following your procedure on the Adult Day Surgery Unit
Advice for people with diabetes having a gastroscopy or colonoscopy
Explains what adjustments (if any) are needed to your regular medication for people with diabetes having an endoscopic procedure
Advice to aid recovery after injury
Advice and tips on managing at home following an admission to hospital for an injury
After a heart attack
Guidelines and advice to aid your recovery following a heart attack
After breast cancer surgery
What you can expect after your surgery and gives some general advice and information
After retinal detachment surgery with no posturing required
For patients who have undergone retinal detachment surgery and gives advice on what to do once you get home to aid healing
After your angiogram
Information and advice you should follow to help speed up your recovery following a coronary angiogram, during which a thin catheter (tube) was inserted into an artery
Alcohol coeliac plexus block
An injection of medicinal alcohol diluted in local anaesthetic around the bundle of nerves that supplies sensation to the bowel
Alcohol lumbar sympathectomy
An injection of medicinal alcohol and local anaesthetic around the bundle of nerves that supplies sensation to the veins of the legs
Alcohol pelvic sympathectomy
An injection of medicinal alcohol and local anaesthetic around the bundle of nerves that supplies sensation to the veins of the pelvis
Alendronate (Alendronic acid / Fosamax /Binosto) drug treatment for osteoporosis
Explains about Alendronate treatment for osteoporosis, including how it works, how to take it and any risks and benefits
Alternative feeding methods - cup or finger feeding
This leaflet explains ways to feed your baby without using bottles. These alternative feeding methods work well with direct breastfeeding and can help maintain your feeding journey while supplementing with expressed breastmilk.
Amalgam tattoo
Explains the condition of an area of blue-black/grey pigmentation caused by amalgam (silver) filling particles that have become embedded in the cheek, gums, tongue or roof of the mouth
Ambulatory Heart Function Unit
Explains intravenous diuretic treatment carried out in the Ambulatory Heart Function Unit (formerly the Heart Failure Lounge)
Ambulatory oxygen therapy (portable oxygen)
Information for patients and their relatives/carers about the appropriate use of ambulatory oxygen therapy at home
Ambulatory oxygen therapy asssessment
Information to patients and their relatives/carers about the assessment of oxygen and what to expect from your ambulatory oxygen clinic appointment
Amniocentesis and CVS testing
This leaflet has been written to provide you with information following the above tests.
Amputee Outpatient Service
Outlines the Outpatient Amputee Physiotherapy Service; what you can expect and some useful additional contacts
Anaesthetic advice regarding heparin and LMWH injections
This leaflet is about being on heparin or low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) injections in pregnancy and aims to explain the consequences for anaesthetic procedures in labour.