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Patient information leaflets

The College's two Patients' Liaison Groups produce a range of patient information leaflets on interventional radiology, diagnostic radiology and oncology procedures.

Departments are welcome to use the text provided as it stands for the purposes of incorporation into their own patient information leaflets or inclusion in other information provided to patients in advance of their appointments, subject to the appropriate acknowledgement as set out below. Each leaflet is provided in Word format to download the text.

Interventional radiology leaflets

These leaflets have been prepared by the Clinical Radiology Patients' Liaison Group (CRPLG) of The Royal College of Radiologists and the British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR). They are intended as information leaflets for patients who are recommended to have any one of these 15 specific interventional radiology procedures, and as a starting point to aid discussions with the patient's consultant clinical radiologist, prior to obtaining informed consent.
Click on the individual documents below to view them in WORD format.

Download all the leaflets in one .zip file.
In order to view the contents of a .zip file you may need to download an evaluation copy of WINZIP from the address below:
www.winzip.com/ddca.htm

Leaflet Ref Title (Word Format) Last updated
CRPLG_01 Information for patients undergoing an angiogram May 2008
CRPLG_02 Information for patients undergoing an angioplasty May 2008
CRPLG_03 Information for patients undergoing antegrade ureteric stenting May 2008
CRPLG_04 Information for patients undergoing a fallopian tube recanalisation May 2008
CRPLG_05 Information for patients undergoing insertion of a permanent vena cava filter May 2008
CRPLG_06 Information for patients undergoing oesophageal stent insertion May 2008
CRPLG_07 Information for patients undergoing percutaneous abscess drainage May 2008
CRPLG_08 Information for patients undergoing percutaneous biliary drainage May 2008
CRPLG_09 Information for patients undergoing percutaneous biopsy May 2008
CRPLG_10 Information for patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy May 2008
CRPLG_11 Information for patients undergoing percutaneous nephrostomy May 2008
CRPLG_12 Information for patients undergoing thrombolysis May 2008
CRPLG_13 Information for patients undergoing transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPSS) May 2008
CRPLG_14 Information for patients undergoing varicolele embolisation (pronounced VARI-CO-SEAL) May 2008
CRPLG_15 Information for patients undergoing a percutaneous gastrostomy May 2008

If any departments or members of the public have any comments about the leaflets, please email: Mrs Kim Cyrus, Clinical Radiology Executive Officer at The Royal College of Radiologists.

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Diagnostic Radiology leaflets

Click on the individual documents below to view them in WORD format.

Download all the leaflets in one .zip file.
In order to view the contents of a .zip file you may need to download an evaluation copy of WINZIP from the address below:
www.winzip.com/ddca.htm

Leaflet Reference Title (Word format) Last updated
CRPLG_17 Information for patients having an x-ray May 2008
CRPLG_18 Information for patients having a CT scan May 2008
CRPLG_19 Information for patients having a barium enema May 2008
CRPLG_20 Information for patients having an MRI scan May 2008
CRPLG_21 Information for patients having a barium swallow and meal May 2008
CRPLG_22 Information for patients having a bone scan May 2008
CRPLG_23 Information for patients visiting a symptomatic breast clinic with breast symptoms May 2008
CRPLG_24 Information for patients having an intravenous pyelogram (IVP) or an intravenous urogram (IVU) May 2008
CRPLG_26 Information for patients having an ultrasound May 2008
CRPLG_27 Information for parents of children having intussusception reduction May 2008
CRPLG_28 Information for patients having an isotope kidney (renal) scan (also known as DMSA scan) May 2008
CRPLG_29 Information for patients having an isotope lung scan May 2008
CRPLG_30 Information for patients having an isotope renogram (MAG 3 renogram or DTPA renogram) May 2008
CRPLG_31 Information for patients having a transrectal ultrasound scan and prostate biopsy May 2008

If any departments or members of the public have any comments about the leaflets, please email: Mrs Kim Cyrus, Clinical Radiology Executive Officer at The Royal College of Radiologists.

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Oncology Leaflets

Leaflet Reference Leaflet Title
2007 Making your Radiotherapy Service More Patient Friendly - Advice to Departments
BFCO(08)2 Making your chemotherapy service more patient-friendly

If any departments or members of the public have any comments about the leaflets, please email the Clinical Oncology Executive Officer at The Royal College of Radiologists.

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© The Royal College of Radiologists, May 2008. Permission is granted to modify and/or reproduce these leaflets for purposes relating to the improvement of healthcare provided that the source is acknowledged and that none of the material is used for commercial gain. The material may not be used for any other purpose without prior consent from the College.

Legal notice

Please remember that these leaflets are intended as general information only. They are not definitive, and the RCR and the BSIR cannot accept any legal liability arising from their use. We aim to make the information as up to date and accurate as possible, but please be warned that it is always subject to change. Patients should therefore always check specific advice on the procedures or any concerns they may have with their doctor.