Request for Repeat/Lost Prescriptions:
- Please consider seeing your usual GP to get your prescription.
- Patients are advised to see the specialist when requesting for a repeat prescription to review your health and limit overuse or misuse, unless otherwise decided by your specialist.
- If you have not seen your specialist for more than 3 months, you must have a review consultation when requesting for a repeat prescription.
- Prescriptions issued by a specialist without a consultation will now incur a $20.00 fee and will take up to 48 hours to be available for collection at the practice.
- The $20.00 fee also applies to lost prescriptions.
Capsule Endoscopy
A capsule endoscopy enables your doctor to examine the small intestine. You will swallow a small, state-of-the-art, video capsule that will take images of your small intestine while the capsule travels through your body. The images will be sent to a recorder worn on a belt around your waist and recorded for later analysis. Most patients consider the procedure comfortable.
Performed in Eastwood Head Office, you will be guided through swallowing a capsule camera and fitted with a monitoring device, which you will later return to be disconnected.
Endoscopy
Endoscopy involves the use of a flexible tube to examine the upper intestinal tract including the oesophagus, stomach and proximal duodenum. The procedure is commonly undertaken if your doctor suspects that you have inflammation of the oesophagus (the pipe which connects the throat to the stomach), an ulcer, inflammation or other abnormality of the oesophagus, stomach or proximal duodenum.
ERCP
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, or ERCP, is a specialized technique used to study the ducts of the gallbladder, pancreas and liver. Ducts are drainage routes into the bowel. The ones that drain the liver and gallbladder are called bile or biliary ducts. The one that drains the pancreas is called the pancreatic duct. The bile and pancreatic ducts join together just before they drain into the upper bowel. The drainage opening is called the papilla.
An ERCP procedure will require an 'overnight' stay in hospital for observations.
Endscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
An endoscopic ultrasound or EUS is where the doctor uses an instrument called an endoscope, which has an ultrasound probe at its tip to examine the wall layers (inside and outside) of the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract. It also provides pictures of your pancreas, bile ducts, liver ducts and lymph nodes sitting adjacent to your gastrointestinal tract.
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
Flexible sigmoidoscopy allows inspection of the lining of the rectum, anus and lower part of the colon. It uses a flexible tube with a ‘video camera’ at the tip. The instrument is about 1cm in diameter.
Upon your arrival to the hospital you will have a FLEET enema to cleanse your bowel.
Colonoscopy
A colonoscopy is a procedure used to examine or inspect the bowel and allows for a variety of operations to be carried out through the colonoscope. These operations may include taking small tissue samples (biopsy) and removal of polyps.
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