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Colorectal surgery
Referring via Choose & Book
Use Choose & Book for:
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Routine patients: these should always be referred via the Choose & Book system
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Urgent patients: all urgent referrals should now go through Choose & Book, rather than being faxed to the department.
2 Week Wait patients
2 Week Wait patients should also preferably be faxed to the 2 Week Wait Bureau, as all referrals are triaged to ensure they are booked into the most appropriate clinic as soon as possible.
Referring direct
If the patient has chosen to use the John Radcliffe Hospital and the complaint is either General Surgery, Vascular or Gastro, send a letter via the post to:
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Consultant (if known) or specialty
John Radcliffe Hospital
Headley Way
Headington
Oxford OX3 9DU
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Alternatively fax to: 01865 851173.
Common conditions
Common conditions treated in Colorectal Surgery are:
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rectal bleeding
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anal symptoms
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abdominal mass
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change in bowel habit
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suspicion of colorectal pathology
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pilonidal disease
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faecal incontinence
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rectal prolapse
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surgery for ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
Procedures which may be performed in clinic:
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rigid sigmoidoscopy
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proctoscopy
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injection/banding of haemorrhoids
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botulinum injection for anal fissure.
Exclusions from this clinic
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Suspected upper GI pathology
Associated clinics
Pelvic floor clinic which treats:
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faecal incontinence
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obstructed defaecation
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rectal prolapse.
Procedures performed in clinic:
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anal local anaesthetic block
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haemorrhoid injection/banding
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botulinum toxin injection.
Exclusions from this clinic:
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General colorectal problems