Required documents

WHAT TO BRING TO THE ORTHOPAEDIC DEPARTMENT

• Reports on all pre-operative examinations
• X-rays for the surgery, if available
• Identity document
• Document of travel medical insurance
• Personal and sanitary articles
• Chronic medication in its original packaging

REQUESTED PRE-TREATMENT EXAMINATIONS:

Initial examinations Skeletal Scintigraphy Prostate MR The abdominal US (ultrasound) Chest X-ray 2. After the initial examination, the patient undergoes a planned CT scan examination due to RT (radiotherapy) planning acquisition. 3. Then follows the RT planning process, pre-treatment verification, first patient setup, and the daily fraction of the total dose delivered at the linear accelerator. In the meantime, there are quality assurance procedures serving to assure that the delivered dose equals the plan, to verify the position of the patient and the prostate for each fraction, etc. Pre-treatment diagnostics serve as a triage for the group of patients listed above. If the patient does not match the stated criteria for low and middle-risk prostate it is not convenient for radiotherapy without hormonal therapy.

WHAT TO BRING TO THE ORTHOPAEDIC DEPARTMENT:

• Reports on all pre-operative examinations
• X-rays for the surgery, if available
• Identity document
• Document of travel medical insurance
• Personal and sanitary articles
• Chronic medication in its original packaging

• Reports on all pre-operative examinations
• X-rays for the surgery, if available
• Identity document
• Document of travel medical insurance
• Personal and sanitary articles
• Chronic medication in its original packaging

WHAT TO BRING TO THE REHABILITATION DEPARTMENT

All medical documentation or referral for hospitalisation RTG and MRI scans, if available Identity document Document of travel health insurance Items for personal and hygiene needs, pyjamas Comfortable clothing for indoor exercise and other physical activities that are part of the rehabilitation programme Comfortable and safe shoes for exercise + slippers Books, magazines Personal health equipment Swimwear Medicines you use permanently in their original packaging