Endoscopy Unit
-
Balloon Enteroscopy A guide to the test
Your doctor has recommended that you have a Balloon Enteroscopy. This leaflet will explain the procedure and what to expect on the day of your test.
-
Bexley Wing Endoscopy Unit
Information about the Endoscopy Unit within Bexley Wing at St. James's University Hospital.
-
Clarendon Wing Endoscopy Unit
Information about the Endoscopy Unit within Clarendon Wing at Leeds General Infirmary.
-
Colonic Dilatation
Your doctor has recommended that you have a Colonic Dilatation. This leaflet will explain the procedure and what to expect on the day of your test.
-
Colonic Stent insertion
Your doctor has recommended that you have a Colonic Stent insertion. This leaflet will explain the procedure and what to expect on the day of your test.
-
Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) of the bowel
Your doctor has recommended that you have an Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) of your bowel. This leaflet will explain the procedure and what to expect on the day of your procedure.
-
Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) of the upper digestive tract
Your doctor has recommended that you have an Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) in the oesophagus (gullet), stomach or duodenum (small bowel). This leaflet will explain the procedure and what to expect on the day of your procedure.
-
Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) of the bowel
Your doctor has recommended that you have an Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) of your bowel. This leaflet will explain the procedure and what to expect on the day of your procedure.
-
Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) of the upper digestive tract
Your doctor has recommended that you have an Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) in the oesophagus (gullet) or stomach. This leaflet will explain the procedure and what to expect on the day of your procedure.
-
Following a Colonoscopy: No sedation
Information and treatment following your Colonoscopy and no sedation
-
Following a Colonoscopy: with sedation
Information and treatment following your Colonoscopy with sedation
-
Following a Gastroscopy with throat spray
Information and treatment following your Gastroscopy with Lidocaine throat spray
-
Gastroscopy and Sigmoidoscopy A guide to the test
Your doctor has recommended that you have a Gastroscopy and Sigmoidoscopy. This leaflet will explain the procedure and what to expect on the day of your test.
-
Having a Colonoscopy A guide to the test
Your doctor has recommended that you have a Colonoscopy. This leaflet will explain the procedure and what to expect on the day of your test.
-
Having a Flexible Sigmoidoscopy A guide to the test
Your doctor has recommended that you have a Sigmoidoscopy. This leaflet will explain the procedure and what to expect on the day of your test.
-
Having a Gastroscopy A guide to the test
Your doctor has recommended that you have a gastrointestinal endoscopy, this is sometimes called a Gastroscopy or Endoscopy. This leaflet will explain the procedure and what to expect on the day of your test.
-
Having a Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy A guide to the test
Your doctor has recommended that you have a Gastroscopy or Colonoscopy. This leaflet will explain the procedure and what to expect on the day of your test.
-
Having a General Anaesthetic
This leaflet aims to give basic information and guidance to help you prepare for your general anaesthetic. It will help you understand what will happen before, during and after. For more details that are specific to your procedure, please read the ‘a guide to the test’ booklet provided.
-
Having a Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy
Your healthcare professional has recommended that you have a Percutaneous Endoscopic Feeding Tube (PEG) fitted. This leaflet will explain the procedure, how you will need to prepare and what to expect on the day of the procedure
-
Having a Push Enteroscopy A guide to the test
Your doctor has recommended that you have a Push Enteroscopy. This leaflet will explain the procedure and what to expect on the day of your test.
-
Having an Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
Your doctor has recommended that you have an Endoscopic Ultrasound. This leaflet will explain the procedure and what to expect on the day of your test.
-
Having an ERCP - A guide to the test
Your doctor has recommended that you have an ERCP. This leaflet will explain the procedure and what to expect on the day of your test.
-
Having an EUS and FNAB
Your doctor has recommended that you have an Endoscopic Ultrasound with possible Fine Needle Aspiration/Biopsy (FNAB). This leaflet will explain the procedure and what to expect on the day of your test.
-
Having an Oesophageal dilatation
Your doctor as recommended that you have an Oesophageal Dilatation. This leaflet will explain the procedure and what to expect on the day of your test.
-
Having an Oesophageal Stent Insertion
Your doctor has recommended that you have an Oesophageal Stent Insertion. This leaflet will explain the procedure and what to expect on the day of your test.
-
Information following a stent insertion Discharge advice for patients
Discharge advice for patients
-
MOVIPREP® Afternoon Appointment
This leaflet contains important information about MOVIPREP®. You have been given MOVIPREP® to cleanse your bowel before you have your procedure.
-
MOVIPREP® Afternoon Appointment - Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy
This leaflet contains important information about MOVIPREP®. You have been given MOVIPREP® to cleanse your bowel before you have your Colonoscopy.
-
MOVIPREP® Morning Appointment
This leaflet contains important information about MOVIPREP®. You have been given MOVIPREP® to cleanse your bowel before you have your procedure.
-
MOVIPREP® Morning Appointment - GASTROSCOPY AND COLONOSCOPY
This leaflet contains important information about MOVIPREP®. You have been given MOVIPREP® to cleanse your bowel before you have your Colonoscopy.
-
Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM)
Your Doctor has recommended that you have a Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM). This leaflet will explain the procedure and what to expect on the day of your procedure.
-
PLENVU Afternoon Appointment
This leaflet contains important information about PLENVU®. You have been given PLENVU to cleanse your bowel before you have your procedure.
-
PLENVU Morning Appointment
This leaflet contains important information about PLENVU®. You have been given PLENVU to cleanse your bowel before you have your procedure.
-
Pyloric and Duodenal Stent insertion
Your doctor has recommended that you have a Pyloric or Duodenal Stent Insertion. This leaflet will explain the procedure and what to expect on the day of your test.
-
Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy
This information leaflet will help you to understand what happens when you have a Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy. A small bowel capsule endoscopy is a procedure which allows us to take images of your small bowel.
-
Transnasal Gastroscopy A guide to the test
Your doctor has recommended that you have a Transnasal Gastroscopy. This leaflet will explain the procedure and what to expect on the day of your test.
-
Treatment of varices
Your doctor has recommended that you have the Varices (dilated veins) in your oesophagus or stomach treated. This leaflet will explain the procedure and what to expect on the day of your test.
-
What happens after your gastroscopy (Easy Read)
Easy read information about what happens after you've had a gastroscopy.
-
