Sehcat scan as an outpatient
A diagnostic procedure which looks at one aspect of the function of your bowel
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Patient Information Leaflets
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Silent reflux
Advice and treatment options for a condition where stomach acid rises into the back of your throat, affecting the throat lining and the voice box
Read moreSore mouth - Help with eating if you have a sore mouth
Advice on eating and drinking with a sore mouth
Read moreSurgery for gastro oesophageal reflux disease
Aims to answer some of the questions you may have following surgery for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD)
Read moreTaste changes - Help with eating if you have a change of taste
Advice on eating and drinking with taste changes due to illness or treatment
Read moreTherapeutic gastroscopy (OGD) explained
A procedure to treat a problem with your upper gastrointestinal tract (mouth, oesophagus, stomach and small intestine).
Read moreTopical silver nitrate treatment for peristomal granulomas
Advice on silver nitrate treatment for patients with a stoma who have peristomal granulomas that are causing problems.
Read moreTransarterial Chemo Embolisation (TACE)
Information about a procedure in which chemotherapy is given directly into a liver tumour (cancer) using X-rays.
Read moreTransit bowel study
Explains what happens during a transit bowel study in the Radiology (X-ray) Department at the Royal Berkshire Hospital
Read moreTransnasal endoscopy aftercare advice
Advice following transnasal oesophago-gastro duodenoscopy (TNE), also known simply as a transnasal endoscopy
Read moreTransnasal endoscopy explained
Examination of the oesophagus (gullet), stomach and the first part of the small intestine (duodenum( via the nose, rather than the mouth
Read moreVACU Alcohol detox
For patients who are discharged home following a stay in hospital with alcohol withdrawal
Read moreWater soluble contrast enema
What happens when you come into hospital for a water soluble contrast enema - a special X-ray examination to view the colon after surgery
Read moreWelcome to Sidmouth Ward
Outlines facilities and routines on Sidmouth Gastroenterology Ward.
Read moreWexner constipation questionnaire
A short questionnaire about the bowel symptoms you have been experiencing
Read moreWhat is a PEG tube?
Information for those considering using a PEG (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy) tube to assist in feeding.
Read moreWireless capsule endoscopy
Information about an investigation of your small bowel using wireless capsule endoscopy
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