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If necessary, assays can be arranged for Saturday mornings and most Bank Holidays, but must be received by the Microbiology Department at GRH by 10.00
How will I be assessed?
With local anaesthesia, the area to be operated on will be numbed with an injection.
Where it is not possible for all questions to be dealt with within this timeframe a written response will be provided to the questioner and copied to all
You can then be reassured that there is nothing seriously wrong. Other treatments or investigations can then be considered.
Which operation will be performed?
When will the medication be delivered?
You will also be fitted with some support stockings to be worn during your hospital stay.
You must be 18 or over to play.
You may be asked to put on a hospital gown You will be asked to lie on your front on an X-ray trolley X-ray images (pictures) may be used to guide the
Will the MRI scan be uncomfortable?
The abdomen will be filled with gas and an optical instrument, called a laparoscope, will be inserted to allow the internal organs to be viewed before
All swabs and samples will be sent to the laboratory to be tested for CPE.
You will be given a local anaesthetic to numb the area on your neck where the line will be inserted. You will be awake during the procedure.
When the larvae are removed, they will be about the size of a cooked grain of rice.
Your eyelid will be examined and you will be offered an operation if needed.
These will be reported as contaminated samples and a repeat sample requested.
The area to be injected will then be cleaned with antiseptic.
You will also be fitted with support stockings to be worn during your hospital stay.
A local anaesthetic will be used to numb the area to be operated on. This will sting briefly while it is injected into the skin.
