Patient Information Leaflets
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Finger exercises for children
Exercises to improve strength and movement of a child's hand
Read moreFinger fractures discharge advice
Discharge advice and how to ‘buddy strap your fingers following your finger or hand fracture
Read moreFinger volar plate injury (jammed finger)
Outlines conservative (non-surgical) management of a jammed finger
Read moreFirst 6 weeks after weight loss surgery
Outlines what to expect in the first 6 weeks following your weight loss surgery and provides information and advice to support you
Read moreFirst Assessment at the Wheelchair Clinic
What to expect at your first assessment with the West Berkshire Wheelchair Service.
Read moreFirst fit or seizure
Advice following diagnosis of a first fit or seizure in the Emergency Department (A&E)
Read moreFirst metatarsophalangeal joint fusion surgery
Explains what will happen when you come to the hospital for an operation to fuse the big toe
Read moreFirst seizure (no temperature) in children
For children, young people and their parents and carers - some basic general information on seizures and safety
Read moreFirst trimester miscarriage
This leaflet will help to answer the most frequently asked questions following a first trimester (up to 13 weeks of a pregnancy) miscarriage.
Read moreFistula or graft problems (dialysis) troubleshooting advice
Maintenance and troubleshooting advice for people with a dialysis fistula or graft, as well as a list of useful contact numbers
Read moreFistulogram
What happens during a fistulogram – a special X-ray to look at the blood vessels of your fistula for CAPD
Read moreFistuloplasty aftercare advice
Advice following a procedure used to dilate a narrowing within the veins of a fistula used for haemodialysis (renal replacement therapy)
Read moreFistuloplasty or venoplasty under a nerve block
Explains what is involved and the possible risks of an operation to widen a modified blood vessel
Read moreFistuloplasty or venoplasty with local anaesthetic and sedation
Explains what is involved and the possible risks
Read moreFlexible cystoscopic laser ablation of a bladder tumour aftercare advice
This leaflet gives advice following a procedure to remove a bladder tumour. It is important that you understand what to expect and feel able to take an active role in your treatment and recovery.
Read moreFlexible cystoscopy aftercare advice
Advice following a flexible cystoscopy (a look into your bladder with a camera)
Read moreFlexible flat feet (children)
Answers some of the questions that you or your child may have about flexible flat feet and its treatment
Read moreFlexible sigmoidoscopy aftercare advice
Advice following a flexible sigmoidoscopy – an examination of your lower bowel
Read moreFlexible sigmoidoscopy explained
Explains a flexible sigmoidoscopy - an investigation of part of your large bowel (colon), what is involved and what the possible risks are
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