This page lists leaflets produced or used by our department. Each leaflet is reviewed at least every three years to make sure it is kept up to date.
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- This leaflet explains what a perineal repair of rectal prolapse, which may also be called a "Delorme's Operation" or an "Altemeier Procedure" is and why surgery may have been recommended for you. It explains the benefits, risks and any alternatives to surgery. It also explains what you can expect when you come to hospital
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- This information sheet aims to help answer some of the questions you may have about pruritus ani or anal itching.
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- A sigmoidoscopy is a routine test to examine the lining of your sigmoid colon. This is the lower part of your colon, also called your bowel or large intestine. This leaflet explains more about having a flexible sigmoidoscopy including the benefits, risks and any alternatives and what you can expect when you come to hospital.
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- This leaflet explains more about surveillance colonoscopy for patients with long-standing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
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- This leaflet offers further details about third and fourth degree tears, and what you can expect when you come to your clinic appointment.
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- This leaflet explains what a rectocoele repair and levatorplasty is and why surgery may have been recommended for you. It explains the benefits, risks and any alternatives to surgery. It also explains what you can expect when you come to hospital.
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- This leaflet explains more about having a ventral mesh rectopexy - an operation to put your rectum back into its correct position within the body. It includes the benefits, risks and alternatives to surgery, as well as what you can expect when you come to hospital.
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- This leaflet explains what to expect from having a video capsule endoscopy. If you have any questions or concerns, please speak to a member of staff caring for you.
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- This leaflet explains what to expect from having a video capsule endoscopy with CapsoCam ®. If you have any questions or concerns, please speak to a member of staff caring for you.