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Patient Information and Leaflets

Please find below links to webpages or leaflets with useful information for patients.

If you require any other information, please get touch. You can find our contact details here.

Biliary Drainage and Stenting - the procedure explained

Information page on ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography) This page has information for patients who are having an ERCP. There is a leaflet to explain what is involved and any significant risks that there may be. The page also provides access to an Endoscopy video on the procedure.

Fibroscan leaflet
Download the service’s leaflet on what is involved when having a Fibroscan procedure at the William Harvey Hospital.

Gastroscopy/Varices information page
This page has a leaflet containing information for patients who are having a gastroscopy with varices treatment. It explains what is involved and any significant risks there may be.

Hepatic malignancies
The following explains what they are, and how they can be treated.

The British Liver Trust
For further information on:
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Cirrhosis of the Liver
NAFLD (non alcohol related liver disease)
Alcohol related liver disease

Please refer to the British Liver Trust information and support page