Archive: Imaging

Your CT Scan

PATIENT INFORMATION – YOUR CT (COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY) SCAN What is a CT scan? A CT scanner is a special X-ray machine which produces cross-sectional images of the body. You...

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Nerve Root Block

This information sheet will explain the examination you are going to have. It is also very important that you follow the instructions from your hospital Consultant. What is the...

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Going Home after your Fibroid Embolisation

After a successful fibroid embolisation and overnight stay in the hospital, you should be able to return home the day after the procedure. In the first 48 hours after...

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Angioplasty

This information sheet will explain the examination you are going to have. It is also very important that you follow the instructions from your hospital Consultant Why do I...

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Small Bowel Aftercare Advice

After the examination your bowel will be full of fluid. This will mean that you will need to go to the toilet very soon after the examination. Please do...

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Explaining your CT Virtual Colonoscopy examination with Picolax® preparation

What is Virtual Colonoscopy? A CT Colonoscopy scan uses x-rays and a computer to construct cross-sectional images or “slice” pictures of your bowel (colon) in great detail. Imagine your...

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Dietary instructions for patients requiring a barium enema taking Picolax®

Picolax is a medicine to clear out your bowel before your x-ray. It will make you have frequent bowel movements starting within 3 hrs of the first dose. You...

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Your Ultrasound Scan

What is an Ultrasound Scan? An ultrasound scan builds up a picture of part of the inside of the body using sound waves. A small hand-held sensor is moved...

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Your Neck or Thyroid Ultrasound Scan

What is an Ultrasound Scan? An ultrasound scan builds up a picture of part of the inside of the body using sound waves. A small hand-held sensor is moved...

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Your Neck or Thyroid Biopsy under Ultrasound – Guidance

What is an Ultrasound guided Biopsy? It is a simple, quick and effective procedure to take a sample of tissue from the neck or thyroid. What are the benefits?...

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