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Patient Information Leaflets
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Active surveillance patient plan
This folder provides you with information regarding your diagnosis, treatment plan and follow-up, as well as contact details and information regarding the team involved in your care.
Advice following a urological procedure
Advice to aid your recovery following your procedure on the Adult Day Surgery Unit
Advice following a vasectomy
Advice to aid your recovery following your procedure on the Adult Day Surgery Unit
Advice following circumcision
Advice to aid your recovery following your procedure on the Adult Day Surgery Unit
Advice following foreskin surgery
Advice to aid your recovery following your procedure on the Adult Day Surgery Unit
Advice following hydrocele repair / epididymal cyst / ligation of varicocele
Advice to aid your recovery following your procedure on the Adult Day Surgery Unit
Advice following testicular surgery
Advice to aid your recovery following your procedure on the Adult Day Surgery Unit
Antegrade ureteric stent insertion aftercare advice
Advice following a procedure where a tube is placed into the ureter via your kidney to allow urine to drain internally
Antegrade ureteric stenting
Explains what happens when a stent is inserted through the kidney, and down the ureter to unblock it
Artificial urinary sphincter surgery
Information about artificial urinary sphincter surgery to treat your urinary incontinence
Bladder and bowel leakage prevention exercises (Elderly Care)
Explains simple exercises you can do to help improve incontinence - leakage of urine (wee) or stool (poo)
Bladder diary (Elderly Care)
To help you with your current symptoms, your physiotherapist needs to understand how your bladder is current working - please fill in the attached bladder diary for two days
Botulinum Toxin A treatment for overactive bladder (outpatients)
Explains how Botox (Botulinum Toxin Type-A) is used to relieve the symptoms of an overactive bladder
Botulinum toxin treatment for an overactive bladder (under general anaesthetic)
This information explains how Botox (Botulinum Toxin Type-A) is used to relieve the symptoms of an overactive bladder
Catheter removal following radical prostatectomy
Explains what happens when you return to hospital to have a urinary catheter removed following an operation to remove the prostate
Circumcision under local anaesthetic
What to expect before and after your circumcision (foreskin surgery) done using a local anaesthetic (you are awake but numb)
Circumcision using general anaesthetic
Explains what to expect before and after your circumcision (foreskin surgery) done using a general anaesthetic (you are asleep)
Clinical outcome capture data (Urology)
Clinical outcomes are a method of recording and comparing your physical progress and wellbeing, as well as your quality of life, before and after a clinical intervention. Your experience, as a patient at Royal Berkshire Hospital, and the outcome of your treatment, is important to us.
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.