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Pelvic floor awareness for men
Explains how pelvic floor exercises can strengthen and help improve control to the genital area
Read morePelvic floor awareness for women
Explains how pelvic floor exercises can strengthen, relax and help improve blood flow to the vaginal area
Read morePelvic floor muscle exercises: Physio advice
This leaflet outlines exercises you can do to help your symptoms of urinary urgency, urge incontinence, frequency, or symptoms of prolapse.
Read morePelvic floor strengthening and relaxation exercises for men
Learning to strengthen and relax the pelvic floor muscles may benefit you if you experience problems keeping control of wee or poo
Read morePelvic Floor Telephone Clinic
Explains what will happen during the telephone appointments and if you need any tests for people referred to the Pelvic Floor Service
Read morePelvic inflammatory disease
This leaflet is for women who have been diagnosed with (or think they might have) pelvic inflammatory disease.
Read morePelvic sympathectomy
What to expect during pelvic sympathectomy treatment - injection of local anaesthetic and steroid anti-inflammatory - in the Pain Management Unit at the Royal Berkshire Hospital
Read morePelvic ultrasound
What happens during an ultrasound examination of the pelvis in the Radiology (X-ray) Department at the Royal Berkshire Hospital
Read morePenile doppler ultrasound
Advice following an investigation to find why there is a problem getting or maintaining an erection in the penis
Read morePenile MRI scan
Explains what an MRI scan of the penis entails, including the benefits and possible risks
Read morePercutaneous biliary drain insertion
Explains a procedure to insert a fine plastic drainage tube through the skin into an obstructed bile duct to allow the bile to drain externally temporarily
Read morePercutaneous coronary intervention for coronary artery chronic total occlusion (CTO)
What happens during PCI treatment for coronary artery chronic total occlusion (CTO)
Read morePercutaneous lung biopsy
What a percutaneous lung biopsy is, what happens during the procedure and what the possible risks are
Read morePercutaneous nephrostomy
Answers to some of the questions that you may have about percutaneous nephrostomy
Read morePercutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of your thyroid nodule aftercare advice
Advice following a procedure to treat a thyroid nodule by inserting a needle under ultrasound guidance and destroy tissue using heat
Read morePercutaneous sclerotherapy aftercare advice
Advice following a procedure to the treat a “malformation”, a collection of abnormally developed blood vessels or lymphatic channels
Read morePercutaneous transhepatic cholangiogam (PTC) with biliary stent insertion aftercare advice
Advice following a procedure to relieve the blockage in your biliary system that is causing your yellow discolouration, possibly itchiness and/or infection
Read morePeri-apical cyst
Treatment of a fluid (blood/gel/pus) filled or a gas filled cavity inside the bone or soft tissues of the mouth
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