Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) surgery
Explains what DSEK (corneal graft surgery) entails
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Number of people in A&E department
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Average wait to be seen by a clinician
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Patient Information Leaflets
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DEXA scan
Why you may need a scan used to diagnose or assess a person’s risk of osteoporosis
Read moreDiabetes and pregnancy planning
If you have diabetes, and you are thinking about having a baby, then this information is for you. If you have diabetes and do not plan to have a baby just yet, it is still important that you have this information for the future.
Read moreDiabetes care in pregnancy: Type 1 and Type 2
If you are pregnant and have Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes this leaflet aims to outline the care offered at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
Read moreDiabetes screening in Maternity
You have been given this leaflet as you have been identified as being at risk from gestational diabetes. It explains how we diagnose this condition.
Read moreDiabetic macular oedema (DMO)
Explains what DMO is and how it is treated, including the risks and benefits
Read moreDiabetic retinopathy and normal vaginal delivery
This statement from the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust’s Department of Ophthalmology (Eye Department) relates to diabetic retinopathy and vaginal birth.
Read moreDiagnostic and therapeutic pleural (lung) aspiration
For patients who are to undergo a diagnostic or therapeutic pleural aspiration - removal of fluid from around the lung
Read moreDiagnostic Coronary (DC) Angiography
Outlines information and advice you should follow to help understand this procedure for patients on the DC Angiography waiting list
Read moreDiagnostic laparoscopy
You have been advised to have a diagnostic laparoscopy to help find the cause of your symptoms and to help your gynaecologist make a diagnosis. This leaflet outlines the common reasons doctors recommend this operation, what will happen when you come into hospital, the potential benefits and risks, and what to expect when you go home.
Read moreDiarrhoea - Help with eating if you have diarrhoea
Advice on preventing and controlling diarrhoea
Read moreDiathermy loop excision (LLETZ)
This leaflet aims to help women who are having a diathermy loop excision under either a local or a general anaesthetic.
Read moreDietary considerations before your bariatric (weight loss) surgery)
For patients undergoing bariatric (weight loss) surgery and provides advice on changes in diet and eating behaviours prior to surgery
Read moreDifferent ways to take the Combined Pill
Explains the different ways to take the combined contraceptive pill
Read moreDigital assessments using PROMS for patients having radiotherapy treatment
How you can use digital assessments to record your treatment progression and outcomes, in order to help improve services
Read moreDischarge from the Haematology Unit
Advice and contact numbers for when you leave the Haematology Unit
Read moreDischarge Lounge welcome
Explains what you can expect while you wait in the Discharge Lounge to leave hospital
Read moreDiscogram
What to expect during a discogram (test to diagnose intervertebral disc problems)
Read moreDistal femoral replacement (knee replacement) advice and exercises
Information designed to help you get back to full fitness as quickly as possible after your distal femoral replacement -done for tumour removal, revision of total knee replacements and complex fractures
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