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...
Archive: Imaging Services
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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?...
Early pregnancy scan
Q. How is Ultrasound used? A. Ultrasound is the use of high frequency sound waves to produce an image. Q. How safe is Ultrasound? A. Diagnostic Ultrasound has been...