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Radiology information leaflets

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• Barium enema examination (pdf)
• Barium meal examination (pdf)
• Barium swallow examination (pdf)
• Biliary drainage and stenting (pdf)
• Bowel preparation (diet) for a small bowel examination (pdf)
• Bowel preparation (Epsom Salts) for a small bowel examination (pdf)  
• Bowel preparation (Picolax) for a large bowel examination (pdf)
• Chest drain: insertion of a chest drain (pdf)
• Colonic stent (pdf)
• Contrast enema / pouchogram examination (pdf)
• CT enteroclysis examination (pdf)
• CT enterography examination (pdf)
• CT-guided biopsy (pdf) 
• CT scan: information for patients having a CT scan (pdf)
• CT virtual colonoscopy (CT pneumocolon) examination (pdf)
• CT virtual colonoscopy examination: bowel preparation (pdf)
• CT virtual colonoscopy with faecal tagging  (CT pneumocolon) examination (pdf)
• CT virtual colonoscopy with faecal tagging: preparation (pdf)
• Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR( (pdf)
• Femoral angiogram (pdf)
• Fibroid embolization (pdf)
• Gastrografin (pdf)
• Getting the results of your radiology examination (pdf)
• Herniogram examination (pdf)
• Inserting or removing an inferior vena cava filter (pdf)
• Instructions for diabetic patients taking laxative preparation (pdf)
• Leg angioplasty / stent placement in one or more arteries (pdf)
• Linogram / tubogram (pdf)  
• Liver tumour ablation (pdf)
• Lung biopsy: CT-guided (pdf)
• Lung biopsy: ultrasound-guided (pdf)
• Lung tumour ablation (pdf)
• MRI: having an MRI scan (pdf)
• MRI: MRI scans in NF2 patients with hearing implants (pdf)
• Mesenteric angiogram (pdf)
• Oesophageal stent: insertion of an oesophageal stent (pdf)
  (see also Gastrointestinal information leaflets (internal link))
• Paracentesis - drainage of abdominal fluid (pdf)
• Plain film X-ray services across Oxfordshire (pdf)
• Proctogram examination (pdf)
• Radiologically inserted percutaneous gastrostomy  (RIG) (pdf)
• Sclerotherapy for venous malformations (pdf)
• Small bowel enema examination (pdf)
• Small bowel follow through examination (pdf)
• Superior vena cava and inferior vena cava venogram (pdf)
• Superior vena cava (SVC) or inferior vena cava (IVC) venoplasty / stent placement (pdf)
• Thrombolysis (pdf)  
• Transit study examination (pdf)
• Transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt procedure (TIPSS) (pdf)
• Transjugular liver biopsy (pdf)
• Ultrasound: having an ultrasound scan (pdf)
• Ultrasound guided biopsy of the liver (pdf)
• Ultrasound guided biopsy of the lung (pdf) 
• Ultrasound guided biopsy of the neck (pdf)
• Ultrasound guided biopsy of the thyroid (pdf) 
• Vaginogram examination (pdf)
• Your PET / CT scan (pdf)