Patient Information Leaflets
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Looking after your PEG-J feeding tube
Instructions and advice on looking after your PEG-J (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Jejunostomy) feeding tube
Read moreLoss of sensation in limbs after a stroke
Information and advice for patients on the Acute Stroke Unit and their friends and relatives
Read moreLow anterior resection
What happens during surgery to remove some or all of your sigmoid colon, which lies on the left side of your abdominal cavity (tummy), and all, or nearly all, of the rectum
Read moreLow back pain
For patients experiencing pain in their lower back (lumbar spine) and gives advice and exercises to help you manage your condition
Read moreLow dose aspirin in pregnancy
You have been asked to take low-dose aspirin during your pregnancy to reduce the risk of pre-eclampsia and having a baby smaller than expected. This leaflet explains more about why we have asked you to take low-dose aspirin during your pregnancy.
Read moreLow fibre diet for patients with a new ileostomy
Gives advice, dietary tips and recipes for people with a newly formed ileostomy (stoma)
Read moreLow irritant, high fibre diet for patients having radiotherapy
Gives advice if you have been advised to alter your fibre intake during your course of radiotherapy treatment
Read moreLow papp-A results and extra scans
You are being offered growth scans later in your pregnancy because your screening result for Down’s, Edward’s and Patau’s syndromes found a low level of PAPP-A. The schedule for additional checks is a nationally recommended one followed by this hospital.
Read moreLow placenta at 20 week scan
You have been given this leaflet because you have been identified as having a low-lying placenta. It explains what it means, what to expect, how your pregnancy will be monitored and who is available to help and advise you during your pregnancy.
Read moreLow risk neutropenic sepsis - home care management
Advice for patients receiving cancer treatments who have been assessed as having low risk neutropenic sepsis
Read moreLow Vision Clinic - useful contact details
Useful contact details for patients using the Low Vision Clinics at all Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust sites
Read moreLowering the risk of venous thrombosis in pregnancy and after birth
Information produced by Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire & Berkshire West Local Maternity Network Services (BOB LMNS)
Read moreLumbar decompression or discectomy advice and exercises
Information to help you get back to full fitness as quickly as possible after your spinal operation
Read moreLumbar disc replacement advice and exercises
Advice for patients who have had lumbar disc replacement - designed to help you get back to full fitness as quickly as possible after your operation
Read moreLumbar facet joint injection
What to expect during an injection of local anaesthetic and steroid anti-inflammatory around the joints at the back of the bony frame of the spine in the small of the back
Read moreLumbar facet joint radiofrequency denervation
What to expect when the nerve supply to the little joints at the back of the bony frame of the spine in the small of your back is burnt with the help of a needle and electricity
Read moreLumbar nerve root block
What to expect during an injection of local anaesthetic and steroid anti-inflammatory around the origin of a nerve from the spinal cord into the small of your back
Read moreLumbar or caudal epidural injection
What to expect during an injection of local anaesthetic and steroid anti-inflammatory around the spinal cord in the small of your back
Read moreLumbar puncture (babies)
Outlines what to expect if a lumbar puncture is recommended for your baby during their stay on Buscot Ward
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