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Patient information leaflets

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You can view Adult Day Surgery Unit and Pre-operative assessment leaflets by following the links on the right hand side of this page.

Information for all patients having surgery

icon Surgery, anaesthesia and high body mass index (BMI)
icon Venous thromboembolism (VTE): blood clots
icon Blood transfusions and the use of blood products during surgery: information for patients who may wish to decline
icon Obstructive sleep apnoea and surgery
icon Your discharge from the Surgical Unit

Pre-referral patient information leaflets

This information is for patients and their GPs who are considering these treatments. The leaflets explain the key points and outline the benefits and risks of each treatment in order to help patients to make an informed decision about whether to go ahead with surgery.

icon Ankle arthroscopy
icon Ankle fusion arthrodesis
icon Foot: clubfoot - Ponseti treatment
icon Foot (fore): Morton's Neuroma
icon Hip replacement surgery
icon Knee arthroscopy
icon Knee replacement surgery
icon Scarf osteotomy (bunion repair)
icon Shoulder: rotator cuff repair
icon Spine: laminectomy and posterior spinal decompression
icon Spine: microdiscectomy
icon Tibialis Posterior Tendon repair
icon Total ankle replacement
icon Triple arthrodesis