Involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurised room or tube.

A tube placed into a blocked organ to create a passage for substances to pass through….

The long, tube-shaped organ in the abdomen that is part of the digestive tract. The bowel has two parts: the small and large bowel. The large bowel includes the colon and the rectum.

A hollow, flexible tube through which fluids can be passed into the body or drained from it.

An examination of the large bowel with a camera on a flexible tube (endoscope), which is passed through the anus.

A small medical appliance installed beneath the skin. A tube called a catheter connects the port to a vein so that fluids can be passed into the body. Also called an infusaport….

An internal examination of the nose and upper airways using a long, flexible tube called an endoscope….

The tube that carries food from the throat into the stomach. Sometimes called the gullet….

The throat. This is a muscular tube about 10cm long that extends from the back of the nose to the top of the larynx and oesophagus….

A small, permanent tube used to drain fluid build-up in the brain….