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Discharge Guide for Patients with a Posterior Fossa Brain Tumour
This leaflet provides information and answers to questions often posed by patients following brain tumour surgery in the posterior fossa region, sometimes also referred to as ‘post fossa’.
Dopamine agonist drugs
This leaflet concerns a category of drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease (PD) and sometimes Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS).
Dorsal root ganglion block
The dorsal root ganglion is nerve root which exits your spinal cord. It is located in a small area in your spine.
Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Of The Brain (DAVF)
WHAT IS A DURAL ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA?
- It is one or more abnormal connections from an artery supplying the dura of the brain to a vein or venous sinus draining it. The abnormal connection (s) is/are called fistula.
Dynamic CT Myelograms
This is a specialist procedure to look at the spine. It is used in patients suspected of having a spinal fluid leak and to help identify its location
Dysarthria
Dysarthria is a speech difficulty leading to weakness or difficulty moving the muscles used for speech.
Dysphagia
Dysphagia is a difficulty with swallowing. It can be caused by a number of conditions that affect the nerves and muscles in the throat.
Dysphagia in myasthenia gravis
Dysphagia can occur in myasthenia gravis due to weakness in the muscles in your mouth and throat that you use to swallow. This means that these muscles don’t work effectively.
Eating Well During Your Hospital Stay
Making sure that you are eating enough and following a balanced diet is an important part of your hospital stay and can help to minimise tiredness, reduce risk of infection and reduce the length of your hospital stay.
Elective Endovascular Occlusion of Brain Aneurysm
A brain aneurysm is a fault or weakness in the wall of one of the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain.