Patient Information Leaflets


Gynaecology

Advice about Hysterectomy (RDE 20 125 001) pdf Advice following Ultrasound scans where it is unclear what is happening to your pregnancy (RDE 19 075 001) pdf Care of Vulval Skin Irritation (RDE 18 145 002) pdf Colposcopy (RDE 18 070 003) pdf Day Surgery on Wynard Ward (RDE 19 073 002) pdf Early Pregnancy Loss (RDE 19 085 001) pdf Early Pregnancy Unit at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (RDE 20 126 001) pdf Ectopic Pregnancies and Suspected Ectopic Pregnancies (RDE 20 166 001) pdf Endometrial Ablation (RDE 19 182 001) pdf Endometrial Biopsy (RDE 19 182 001) pdf Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (RDE 20 029 001) pdf Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) (RDE 21 052 001) pdf Gynaecology Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Meetings (RDE 18 119 001) pdf Having a Cystoscopy (RDE 20 030 001) pdf Having a Hysteroscopy (RDE 18 077 002) pdf Having a Laparoscopy (RDE 18 052 002) pdf Having a Laparotomy for Gynaecological Surgery (RDE 19 091 001) pdf Hysterosalpingogram (HSG) (RDE 19 084 002) pdf Imiquimod Cream for Vulval Conditions (RDE 18 244 002) pdf Inconclusive Scan Result or Pregnancy of Unknown Location (RDE 20 127 001) pdf Information for Women Receiving Methotrexate as Medical Treatment of Ectopic Pregnancy (RDE 20 128 001) pdf Laparoscopic Hysteropexy (RDE 18 245 002) pdf Laparoscopic Morcellation for Removal of Fibroids or an Enlarged Uterus (RDE 18 173 002) pdf Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy for Vaginal Vault Prolapse (RDE 18 246 002) pdf Medical Management of Heavy Periods (RDE 17 013 002) pdf Medical Termination of Pregnancy (RDE 20 016 001) pdf Miscarriage: Types of Miscarriage (RDE 18 225 001) pdf Miscarriage and Treatments: Choices of Treatment for Miscarriage (RDE 18 078 002) pdf Ovarian Cancer - Remote Monitoring (RDE 21 063 001) pdf Patient Diary for Gynaecological Laparoscopic Surgery on the Enhanced Recovery Programme (RDE 19 024 002) pdf Patient Diary for Gynaecological Surgery on the Enhanced Recovery Programme (RDE 19 025 002) pdf Progesterone treatment for women suffering bleeding in early pregnancy (RDE 22 005 001) pdf Sterilisation for women at the RD&E: What you need to know (RDE 18 230 002) pdf Surgical Termination of Pregnancy (RDE 19 087 002) pdf Surgical Termination of Pregnancy 14 to 18 weeks (RDE 21 002 002) pdf The Post-menopausal Bleeding Clinic (RDE 20 031 001) pdf Vaginal Dilators (RDE 19 009 001) pdf Vaginal Prolapse and Repair (RDE 18 231 002) pdf Vulval Biopsy (RDE 17 011 002) pdf Vulval Surgery (RDE 18 072 001) pdf What to expect at your Gynaecology Appointment (RDE 20 073 001) pdf What happens next following a diagnosis of a gynaecological cancer (RDE 18 120 002) pdf Women Discharged from the Vulval Clinic with Lichen Sclerosus and Lichen Planus (RDE 18 146 002) pdf Wynard Ambulatory Care Unit (CW 17 002 001) pdf

Medical Imaging (Radiology and X-Ray)

About your Child’s CT scan under General Anaesthetic​ (Morning Appointments) (RDE 20 047 001) pdf About your Child’s MRI Scan under General Anaesthetic (Morning Appointments) (RDE 20 044 001) pdf About your CT scan under General Anaesthetic (Morning Appointments) (RDE 20 045 001) pdf About your MRI Scan under General Anaesthetic (Morning Appointments) (RDE 20 046 001) pdf Antegrade Ureteric Stenting (RDE 20 197 001) pdf Balloon Angioplasty and Stenting of Arteries and Veins (RDE 20 131 001) pdf Bruising or Injury to Babies and Non-mobile Children (RDE 19 010 003) pdf Central Venous Line Placement (including Hickman lines and portacaths) (RDE 20 132 001) pdf CT Colonoscopy Virtual (Pneumocolon) (RDE 20 085 001) pdf Duodenal Stent Insertion (RDE 20 090 001) pdf DXA Scanner (RDE 19 102 001) pdf Embolisation using Onyx (RDE 22 001 001) pdf Fistulogram and Fistuloplasty (RDE 20 091 001) pdf Gynaecological Ultrasound Scan (RDE 20 168 001) pdf Having a CT (Computerised Tomography) Examination (RDE 19 074 002) pdf Having a Sialogram (RDE 20 170 001) pdf Having an MRI Scan (Easy Read) (RDE 19 101 002) pdf Having an Ultrasound Scan “Easy Read” (RDE 21 082 001) pdf Image Guided Steroid Injections (RDE 18 104 002) pdf Information for parents of children undergoing a Micturating Cystourethrogram (RDE 20 198 001) pdf Information for patients undergoing an Angiogram-Arteriogram (RDE 20 133 001) pdf Information for Women Undergoing Uterine Artery Embolisation (UAE) (RDE 20 171 001) pdf Insertion of a Vena Cava Filter (RDE 20 134 001) pdf Instructions for Undergoing Sedation (RDE 19 165 001) pdf Medical Photography (RDE 20 135 001) pdf MRI Scan (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) (RDE 19 104 002) pdf MRI Scanning for Small Bowel Disease (RDE 20 172 002) pdf Myelogram (RDE 20 092 001) pdf Nuclear Medicine Scans (RDE 19 164 002) pdf Nuclear Medicine - DaTscan (RDE 20 087 002) pdf Oesphageal Stent Insertion (RDE 20 093 001) pdf Percutaneous ablation of a Kidney Tumour (RDE 20 011 001) pdf Percutaneous ablation of a Liver Tumour (RDE 20 012 001) pdf Percutaneous ablation of a Lung Tumour (RDE 20 013 001) pdf Percutaneous Abscess Drainage (RDE 20 173 001) pdf Percutaneous Biliary Drainage or Percutaneous Trans-hepatic Cholangiogram (PTC) (RDE 20 174 001) pdf Percutaneous Biopsy of the Lung (RDE 20 201 001) pdf Percutaneous Bone Biopsy (RDE 20 199 001) pdf Percutaneous Kidney / Renal Biopsy (RDE 20 202 001) pdf Percutaneous Liver Biopsy (RDE 20 200 001) pdf Percutaneous Lymph Node Biopsy (CT) (RDE 20 212 001) pdf Percutaneous Lymph Node Biopsy (Ultrasound) (RDE 20 213 001) pdf Percutaneous Nephrostomy (RDE 20 176 001) pdf Percutaneous Soft Tissue Mass or Lump Biopsy (RDE 20 175 001) pdf Rectal Stent Insertion (RDE 20 177 001) pdf Scanning for Suspected PE/DVT in Pregnancy and the Postnatal period (RDE 20 083 001) pdf TransArterial ChemoEmbolisation (TACE) for Liver Tumours (RDE 21 009 001) pdf Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPSS) (RDE 21 010 001) pdf Ultrasound of Baby Hips (RDE 20 043 001) pdf Varicocele Embolisation (RDE 20 178 001) pdf Venous Stent Insertion (RDE 20 179 001) pdf Vertebroplasty (RDE 20 203 001) pdf Water Soluble Contrast Enema (RDE 20 204 001) pdf Welcome to the Medical Imaging Department at the Royal Devon Hospital (Wonford) (RDE 20 014 004) pdf Welcome to the X-ray and Ultrasound Department at Axminster Hospital (RDE 22 026 001) pdf Welcome to the X-ray and Ultrasound Department at Exmouth Hospital (RDE 22 027 001) pdf Welcome to the X-ray and Ultrasound Department at Tiverton and District Hospital (RDE 22 028 001) pdf Welcome to the X-ray Department at Honiton Hospital (RDE 22 029 001) pdf Welcome to the X-ray Department at Okehampton Hospital (RDE 22 030 001) pdf Welcome to the X-ray Department at Ottery St Mary Hospital (RDE 22 031 001) pdf Welcome to the X-ray Department at Sidmouth Hospital (RDE 22 032 001) pdf What is a Nuclear Medicine Bone Scan (RDE 22 081 001) pdf What is a Proctogram? (RDE 20 181 001) pdf What is an Ultrasound? (RDE 19 103 003) pdf What is an X-Ray? (RDE 22 033 001) pdf What is Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (EST)? (RDE 20 022 003) pdf What is Gadolinium and why is it used in MRI? (RDE 19 030 002) pdf Your Stress Cardiac MRI Scan (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) (RDE 20 205 001) pdf X-ray-Guided Nerve Root Block Injection (CT/Fluoroscopy) (RDE 18 101 002) pdf

Ophthalmology

Amblyopia Treatment (RDE 22 037 001) pdf Care of Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lenses (RDE 19 121 001) pdf Care of soft Contact Lenses-Quattro (RDE 19 122 001) pdf Conjunctivitis (RDE 19 120 002) pdf Contact Lens Service (RDE 19 002 001) pdf Corneal abrasion (RDE 19 119 002) pdf Corneal Foreign Bodies (RDE 19 213 001) pdf Double Vision (RDE 19 114 001) pdf Dry Eye (RDE 19 212 001) pdf Eyelid Hygiene (RDE 18 243 001) pdf Floaters and Flashing Lights (RDE 19 117 001) pdf Fluorescein Angiogram (RDE 19 214 001) pdf Hospital Spectacle Prescriptions and Vouchers (RDE 19 167 00) pdf Instructions for Patients due to have Eye Surgery under Local Anaesthetic (RDE 22 036 001) pdf Information for Patients Following Cataract Surgery (RDE 22 059 001) pdf Instructions for undergoing sedation for eye procedures (RDE 21 021 001) pdf Intravitreal Injections for Wet Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) (RDE 20 051 001) pdf Iritis (RDE 19 118 002) pdf Macular laser (RDE 20 052 001) pdf Orthoptic Vision Screening for Children Aged 4 years (SS 04 017 005) pdf Pan retinal photocoagulation (PRP) (RDE 20 053 001) pdf Post-operative Care Following Squint Surgery (RDE 22 046 001) pdf Post-operative care for adults following squint surgery (RDE 19 168 001) pdf Referral to the Optometrist (Optician) or Ophthalmologist (RDE 22 038 001) pdf Removal of an Eye (Enucleation/Evisceration) (SS 12 010 003) pdf Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (RDE 19 235 001) pdf Styes, Meibomian Cysts and Warm Compresses (RDE 19 234 001) pdf Trabeculectomy (RDE 17 026 002) pdf Vitrecotomy Surgery for Macular Hole and/or Epiretinal Membrane (SS 11 001 003) pdf WEEU Low Vision Service Low Vision Aids (RDE 18 188 002) pdf West of England Eye Unit Patient Initiated Follow Up (PIFU) (RDE 22 068 001) pdf

Paediatrics

Advice about Hypospadias Repair in Children (RDE 20 190 001) pdf Advice for parents of babies at risk of inheriting Hereditary Spherocytosis (RDE 20 195 001) pdf After Your Child's Drug Challenge (RDE 21 058 001) pdf Children's Exercise Tolerance Test (RDE 21 057 001) pdf Children's High Dependency Unit (RDE 18 249 001) pdf Children’s Oral Food Challenge (RDE 19 219 001) pdf Children's Supervised Feed (RDE 20 007 001) pdf Chronic Urticaria and Angioedema in Children (RDE 20 157 001) pdf Discharge Advice for Carers of Children Younger Than 5 Years Who Have a Fever (RDE 20 140 001) pdf Epidural Pain Relief for Children (RDE 19 037 001) pdf Febrile Convulsion in Children (RDE 20 039 001) pdf Feeding your Child on Bramble Ward (RDE 18 250 001) pdf Following Your Child’s Food Challenge (RDE 19 162 001) pdf Following Your Child’s Supervised Feed (RDE 20 008 001) pdf Home food introduction for eggs and milk (RDE 18 002 002) pdf Home food introduction to nuts (RDE 18 001 002) pdf Immunotherapy treatment with Alutard SQ Wasp and Bee Venom (RDE 21 011 001) pdf Immunotherapy treatment with Grass Pollen and House Dust Mite Allergen (RDE 21 012 001) pdf Information for Parents of Children at risk of Endocarditis (RDE 20 158 001) pdf Initial cows milk free dietary advice for breastfeeding mums (RDE 19 218 001) pdf Keeping nuts in your child's diet after a successful food challenge - Ages 1-4 years (RDE 22 090 001) pdf Keeping nuts in your child's diet after a successful food challenge - Ages 4-6 years (RDE 22 089 001) pdf Keeping nuts in your child's diet after a successful food challenge - Ages 7-10 years (RDE 22 091 001) pdf Keeping nuts in your child's diet after a successful food challenge - Ages 11-18 years (RDE 22 092 001) pdf Management of Viral Induced Wheeze in Children (RDE 20 154 001) pdf Managing your child's pain at home after surgery (RDE 18 200 001) pdf Methotrexate for Children (RDE 22 035 001) pdf Omalizumab (Xolair) (RDE 20 207 001) pdf Paediatric Asthma Discharge (RDE 20 191 001) pdf Parent Guide to Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy in the Under 2s (RDE 20 155 001) pdf Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) for Children (RDE 19 035 001) pdf Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) for Older Children (RDE 19 036 001) pdf Safeguarding Children (RDE 17 035 002) pdf Special formulas for treatment of cow's milk allergy - what to expect (RDE 18 254 001) pdf Steroid Joint Injection - Paediatric Rheumatology (RDE 18 040 002) pdf Type 1 Diabetes Education for Families (RDE 18 051 003) pdf Your Child’s Colonoscopy (RDE 20 156 002) pdf Your child's gastroscopy (RDE 18 043 002) pdf Your Child's General Anaesthetic (RDE 18 223 002) pdf

Physiotherapy

A Brief Guide for your First Visit as an Amputee (RDE 20 104 001) pdf A Guide to Wearing a Spinal Brace (RDE 20 209 001) pdf A Guide to Wearing a Spinal Collar (RDE 20 210 001) pdf ACL Reconstruction - A patient guide to rehabilitation (RDE 19 090 001) pdf Advice and Exercise Sheet Following a Trapeziectomy (RDE 21 064 001) pdf Advice following a fracture to your metacarpal neck (RDE 20 042 001) pdf Advice for Foot & Ankle Injuries (RDE 18 053 002) pdf Advice for Patient Following Wrist or Hand Injury/Fracture (RDE 18 055 002) pdf Advice for patients with Shoulder Injuries (RDE 18 054 002) pdf Advice on the use of Coban (RDE 21 038 001) pdf Advice on the Use of Silicone Gel Sheeting (RDE 21 041 001) pdf Achilles tendon injuries, expected management & rehabilitation times (RDE 21 053 001) pdf Antenatal Physiotherapy Advice for Pelvic Girdle Pain (RDE 20 146 001) pdf Arthroscopic Capsular Release of the Shoulder (RDE 17 006 002) pdf Arthroscopic Sub-Acromial Decompression (ASD) (RDE 17 005 002) pdf Botulinum Toxin Injections for Spasticity (RDE 20 057 001) pdf Caring for your Residual Limb (RDE 20 105 001) pdf Care of your Artificial Limb (Prosthesis) (RDE 20 112 001) pdf Care of your Baby in the Pavlik Harness (RDE 20 066 001) pdf Care of Your Extensor Tendon Injury - Central Slip (RDE 21 045 001) pdf Care of Your Extensor Tendon Repair (RDE 21 042 001) pdf Care of Your Mallet Injury (RDE 21 043 001) pdf Care of your Peripheral Nerve Repair (RDE 19 155 001) pdf Cervical Fusion Post-operative Physiotherapy Advice (RDE 22 039 001) pdf Combined Shoulder Replacement (RDE 18 112 002) pdf Cubital Tunnel Release (RDE 21 070 001) pdf Desensitisation (RDE 21 071 001) pdf Digital Nerve Repair (RDE 21 039 001) pdf Exercises for Trans Femoral Amputees (Above knee amputations) (RDE 21 032 001) pdf Exercises for Trans Tibial Amputees (Below knee amputations) (RDE 21 032 001) pdf Fasciectom (RDE 21 040 001) pdf Gym Ball Exercises for Ankylosing Spondylitis (RDE 21 037 001) pdf Hand Exercises (RDE 21 044 001) pdf Heat and Cold for Management of Hand Pain or Stiffness (RDE 21 084 001) pdf How to put on and take off your Prosthesis with Gel or Silicone Locking Liner (RDE 20 109 001) pdf How to put on your Prosthesis with a Silesian Belt Reference (RDE 20 113 001) pdf How to put on your Prosthesis with Rigid Pelvic Band or Double Swivel Pelvic Band (RDE 20 106 001) pdf How to put on your Self Suspending Knee Disarticulation Prosthesis (RDE 20 114 001) pdf How to put on your Transfemoral Prosthesis with a Suction Socket (RDE 20 107 001) pdf How to put on your Transfemoral or Knee Disarticulation Prothesis with TES (Total Elastic Suspension) (RDE 20 115 001) pdf How to put on your Transtibial Prosthesis using the Pull-through Technique (RDE 20 116 001) pdf How to put on your Transtibial Prosthesis with Cuff Suspension (RDE 20 111 001) pdf How to put on your Transtibial Prosthesis with Silicone Suspension Sleeve (RDE 20 110 001) pdf How to put on your Transtibial Prosthesis with Supracondylar Suspension (RDE 20 108 001) pdf Knee Exercises (RDE 20 017 001) pdf Knee Multi-Ligament Reconstruction (RDE 17 008 002) pdf Lumbar Fusion Post-operative Physiotherapy Advice (RDE 22 040 001) pdf Microdiscectomy Segmental Decompression (RDE 22 041 001) pdf Ongoing Ankle Rehabilitation (RDE 19 179 001) pdf Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises for Women (RDE 20 149 001) pdf Perthes Disease (RDE 21 051 001) pdf Physiotherapy Advice for Elbow Injuries (RDE 19 086 001) pdf Physiotherapy after abdominal and pelvic surgery (RDE 20 148 001) pdf Physiotherapy after Caesarean Section (RDE 20 144 001) pdf Physiotherapy after Mastectomy/Axillary Dissection/Wide Local Excision (RDE 20 145 001) pdf Post Natal Physiotherapy Advice (RDE 20 143 001) pdf Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction (RDE 17 007 002) pdf Scar Care (RDE 21 085 001) pdf Seated Exercise Programme (RDE 20 079 001) pdf Sensory Re-education (RDE 21 086 001) pdf Separation of the Abdominal Muscles (RDE 20 147 001) pdf Surgery for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - Carpal Tunnel Release (RDE 18 059 002) pdf The Ponseti Method for Treating Clubfeet (RDE 20 065 001) pdf Total Hip Replacement Dislocation (RDE 22 047 001) pdf Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) Injury and Surgical Repair to the Thumb (RDE 20 049 001) pdf Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) Injury to the Thumb - Conservative management (RDE 20 041 001) pdf

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