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Patient Information Leaflets

Please note these pages are contuinually being updated and not all trust leaflets are included.

All leaflets are listed alphabetically A - Z by subject.

| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |

 

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A

• Acetyicisteine
• Acute Back Pain
• Acute neck pain and whiplash injuries 
• After cyst removal
• Alcohol Injection of Mortons Neuroma 
• Amniocentesis
• Angiography
• Angioplasty
• Ankle fracture advice 
• Anterior Resection (Your Bowel Operation - Anterior Resection)
• Apicetomy
• Areola and Nipple Micro-Pigmentation
• Areola and Nipple Micro-Pigmentation Aftercare
• Aromatherapy

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B

• Back pain (helpful tips on back pain)
• Balance Retraining Exercises (Introductory Balance Retraining Exercises)
• Banding of haemorrhoids (piles)
• Bariatric Surgery (Before Bariatric Surgery) 
• Bariatric surgery - pre-operative diet
• Bariatric surgery and diabetes
• BCG Vaccination 
• Bedside checklist
• Bereavement 
• Biopsy of the cervix 
• Blepharitis
• Blood clots (Preventing blood clots while you're in hospital) 
• Book of Remembrance
• Botulinum Toxin Treatment of an overactive bladder
• Bowel operation (Your bowel operation) 
• Brachial Plexus Block
• Breast Care: Core Biopsy   
• Breast Reduction 
• Breast Screening (Cameo Centre)
• Breast Screening (Diana, Princess Of Wales Mammography Unit)
• Breast screening: Information for carers
• Breast Services
• Breathlessness (Techniques for managing breathlessness: Climbing Stairs
• Bronchoscopy  
• Bronchoscopy (After Your Bronchoscopy)

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C

• CPR
• Cancer of the ear
• Cardiac Rehabilitation 
• Cardiology (Extending choice for patients - cardiology)
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 
• Cardioversion Daycase Admission
• Cataract Surgery 
• Cellulitis
• Cervical polyps
• Clostridium Difficile
• Cognitive - Behavioural Psychotherapy
• Collar-and-cuff
• Colonoscopy
• Colonoscopy (After Your Colonoscopy)
• Colorectal Cancer Follow-up 
• Colposcopy 
• Complaint Investigation Consent
• Computed Tomography CT (Your computed tomography examination)
• Conjunctivitis 
• Controlling pain after surgery
• Cord blood stem cell banking 
• Coronary Angiogram (Cardiac Catheterisation)
• Coronary Angiogram (with insertion of an angio-seal device) 
• Cot death (Reduce the risk of cot death)
• Counselling 
• Counselling Service (The staff counselling service)
• Critical Care (Welcome to the Department of Critical Care) 
• Cystectomy and Ileal Loop Diversion

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D

• Diarrhoea & Vomiting (D&V)
• Discharge (Planning your discharge)
• DMSA (kidney) nuclear medicine scan 
• Dry Eyes 
• DVLA and your eyesight

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E

• Early Skills Group - The Monday Group
• Early Skills Group - The Wednesday Group
• Early Skills Group - Tuesday afternoon
• Early Skills Group - Tuesday Morning
• Echocardiogram
• Endometrial Curetting or Pipelle
• Endoscopy (Welcome to the Endoscopy Suite at Doncaster Royal Infirmary)
• Endo-venous laser therapy (EVLT) 
• Entonox
• Entropian
• Epidurals (Epidurals for pain relief after surgery) 
• ERCP (Endoscopic retrograde cholangio - pancreatography ERCP)
• ESBL (Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase)  
• Extravasation of contrast media
• Eye Clinic - Your operation 

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F

• Falls (Doncaster Falls Service)
• Fasting Instructions(For Patients Undergoing Procedures Under General Anaesthetic/Spinal/Epidural - for list commencing 9.30am and 10.30am)
• Fasting Instructions (For Patients Undergoing Procedures Under General Anaesthetic/Spinal/Epidural - for list commencing 12 midday)
• Fasting Instructions (For Patients Undergoing Procedures Under General Anaesthetic/Spinal/Epidural - for list commencing 1.30pm and 2.00pm)
• Fasting Instructions (For Patients Undergoing Procedures Under General Anaesthetic/Spinal/Epidural  - for list commencing 4.00pm)
• Fasting Instructions (For Parent/Guardian Of A Child On The Morning Children's Dental List (Poswillo))
• Fasting Instructions (For the Parent/Guardian Of A Child On Operating List To Commence At 9.00am)
• Fasting Instructions(For Parent/Guardian Of A Child On Operating List To Commencing At 2.00pm) 
• Fibre-optic Laryngoscopy/Fibre-optic Nasoendoscopy
• Finger Mobilising Exercises
• Flexible Cystoscopy
• Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
• Flexor Tendon Repair
• Fluorescein Angiography

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G

• Gallstones
• Gastric Balloon Procedure 
• Gastric Band (Adjustable gastric band - discharge advice)
• Gastric Bypass Surgery
• Gastroscopy
• Gastroscopy and laser treatment (After your gastroscopy and laser treatment)
• Gastroscopy Examination(After your gastroscopy examination)
• Gastroscopy without sedation
• Gastroscopy (After your gastroscopy and variceal banding)
• Genito-Urinary Medicine (Department of Genito-Urinary Medicine Specialists in Sexual Health)
• Glaucoma treatment or investigation 
• Glucose Tolerance Test
• Glue Ear (Help your child with glue ear)
• Gynaecology Outpatients (Welcome to Gynaecology Outpatients)
• Gynaecomastia

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H

• Haemorrhoids
• Head Injury (To an adult)
• Head Injury (To a child)
• Hiatus Hernia (Diet after repar of hiatus hernia) 
• Holistic Needs Assessment 
• Home Visit Information for Patients & Relatives
• Hormone Therapy for cancer of the prostate
• Hydrotherapy 
• Hysterosalpingogram 
• Hysteroscopy

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I

• Impacted Upper Canine (Exposure of an Impacted Upper Canine)
• Infection Control (Department of Critical care Infection Control) 
• Infection Control Information for visitors
• Information for patients listed for operation
• Inpatient leaflet 
• Intravitreal Injection (After Intravitreal Injection) 
• Intravitreal Injection of Triamcinolone
• Iontophoresis
• Iritis

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J

• Jaw Joint Problems
• Joint Injection/Aspiration

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K

• Keyworker (Your Keyworker)
• Lean Prep Bowel Preparation

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L

• Laparoscopic anti reflux (GORD) surgery
• Laparoscopy
• Laparoscopy (Undergoing Staging Laparoscopy)
• Laser Therapy/Injection (Laser Therapy/Injection for the upper gastro- intestinal tract)
• Learning Disability Information - The Hospital Communication Book
• Leaving Hospital after Breast Surgery 
• Left Hemicolectomy (Your Bowel Operation - Left Hemicolectomy
• Lichen Planus
• Local Anaesthetic
• Loop Diathermy (Cervical Care: Receiving Loop Diathermy)
• Lucentis Treatment (After Lucentis Treatment)

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M

• MAG 3 Renogram (kidney) nuclear medicine scan
• Mantoux Test 
• Melanoma in situ
• Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression 
• Methotrexate Treatment 
• Middle Ear Surgery
• Milk and Yoghurt diet 
• Minced Texture Diet (Stage 2 Diet) 
• Minor Burns and Scalds
• Minor Operation (Advice after your minor operation)
• Moisturiser (How to use a moisturiser)
• Molluscum Contagiosum  
• MRI
• MRI Arthrogram 
• MRSA
• MRSA poster
• MRSA screening

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N

• Narrowband TL01 Therapy
• Nasal Surgery
• Nose Bleeding

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O

• Oesophagectomy(The surgical treatment of oesophageal cancer - undergoing oesophagectomy)
• Oral (Mouth) Biopsy
• Oral Surgery: Aftercare
• Orchidectomy (removal of testicle) 
• Outpatient Information
• Ovarian cyst

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P

• Pacemaker (Your Pacemaker)
• Palmer Fasciectomy
• Parotid Surgery
• Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA)
• Patients listed for operation 
• Patients undergoing procedures (For patients undergoing procedures under general anaesthetic/spinal/epidural/sedation
• PEAKS Project
• Peg Insertion 
• Pelvic Floor Exercises
• Pelvic Ultrasound Scan (female) 
• Penile Cancer
• Percutaneous Biliary Drainage
• Percutaneous Liver Biopsy
• Percutaneous Lung Biopsy
• Percutaneous Nephrostomy 
• Physiotherapy for patients having surgery
• Posterior Vitreous Detachment (PVD)
• Post Mortem (A simple guide to a post mortem examination) 
• Pre-Admission Assessment Clinic 
• Pregnancy Loss (Information for parents following a pregnancy loss under 24 weeks)
• Prolapse (Surgical treatment for a prolapse)
• Prostate Operation 
• Punch biopsy of the cervix 
• Pureed Diet

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Q

• There are no entries for this section.

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R

• Radical Nephrectomy
• Radioiodine Therapy
• Recurrent Corneal Abrasion
• Retinopathy of Prematurity
• Right Hemicolectomy (Your bowel operation)

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S

• semen sample (Production and delivery of a post vasectomy semen sample) 
• semen specimen (Production and delivery of a semen specimen for infertility examination)
• Scar Management
• Sentinel Node Biopsy
• Sialogram (Having a sialogram) 
• Silent Reflux
• Skin cancer multidisciplinary team (MDT)
• Sleeve Gastrectomy 
• Soft Diet 
• Sprained Ankle
• Sputum Clearance 
• Sterilisation (Patients requesting sterilisation)
• Steroid Injections
• Stomach Cancer (The surgical treatment of stomach cancer - undergoing gastrectomy)
• Suburethral sling operation
• Surgical treatment of a prolapse
• Swim Plugs

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T

• Talipes
• Tear Duct Surgery  
• Tension free vaginal tape
• Testicular cancer 
• Thoracoscopy 
• Thumb Mobilising Exercises
• Tinnitus management 
• Tonsillectomy (Discharge advice following tonsillectomy)
• Transoesophageal Echocardiogram (TOE) 
• Tracheostomy
• Transobturator Tension-Free Vaginal Tape (TOT)
• Transrectal ultrasound scan and biopsy of the prostate gland 
• Transurethral resection of bladder tumour
• Traumatic stress in children - Factsheet for parents and children
• Trial without catheter (TWOC)

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U

• Upper Gastro-Intestinal (Upper Gastro-Intestinal Cancer Unit)
• Using ice at home

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V

• Varicose Veins
• Variocele Embolisation
• Video-assisted thoracic surgical (VATS) biopsy
• Video urodynamics
• Visitors Code

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W

• Wisdom Teeth (Removal of impacted wisom teeth)
• Women's Hospital (Welcome to the Women's Hospital at Doncaster Royal Infirmary)
• Wound Care
• Wrist fracture advice 
• Wrist Injuries

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X

• There are no entries for this section.

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Y

• Your Health Record
• Your operation - Important

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Z

• There are no entries for this section.

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