FAQ
Positive FIT Test: What Does It Mean and What Happens Next?
If you are booked to have a colonoscopy, this page explains what usually happens before, during, and after the procedure.
A colonoscopy is a camera test used to examine the inside of the large bowel. It can help investigate symptoms such as rectal bleeding, change in bowel habit, abdominal pain, anaemia, a positive FIT test, or previous polyps.
What to Expect When Attending for a Colonoscopy?
If you are booked to have a colonoscopy, this page explains what usually happens before, during, and after the procedure.
A colonoscopy is a camera test used to examine the inside of the large bowel. It can help investigate symptoms such as rectal bleeding, change in bowel habit, abdominal pain, anaemia, a positive FIT test, or previous polyps.
What to Expect When Attending for a Consultation?
Seeing a specialist for the first time can feel daunting, particularly if you are attending with bowel symptoms, abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, a positive FIT test, a hernia, gallbladder symptoms, or another surgical concern.
What to Expect When Attending for Surgery?
If you are booked to have an operation with Mr Nicholas Stylianides, this page explains what usually happens on the day of surgery and what to expect afterwards.
By the time you attend for your operation, the details of your procedure should already have been discussed with you in clinic. You will usually have already signed a consent form confirming that the reasons for surgery, the expected benefits, the main risks, and any alternatives have been explained.
You will still have the opportunity to ask any last-minute questions on the day of surgery.