Our ultrasound department at Southampton General Hospital and Royal South Hants performs a wide variety of ultrasound examinations.

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Breast ultrasound is usually performed as a first line investigation for breast problems in patients under the age of 35. After 35, ultrasound is used to complement x-ray mammography.

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Our ultrasound department at the Royal South Hants (RSH) deals with many types of examinations, seeing inpatients and outpatients as well as those referred by a GP.

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You will usually receive special instructions if you're having this procedure, as sometimes you need to stay in the department afterwards - the length of time depends on the procedure.

This list is updated and maintained based on the best-informed information available at the time of investigation including any responses received.

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The UK CAA’s mandatory reporting system has been established under Article 4(3) of Regulation 376/2014. Implementing Regulation 2015/1018 defines one of the occurrences subject to reporting as ‘the use of products, components, or materials, from unknown, suspect origin, or unserviceable critical components’ (SUP).

Vascular ultrasound scans allow us to evaluate blood flow through arteries and veins and to detect related pathologies such as narrowed areas, blockages, dilated areas (aneurysms) and abnormal connections.

When in doubt about the origin of a part, maintenance organisations, aircraft owners, operators, independent certifying staff, manufacturers, and parts suppliers should check the information in the SUP list before accepting the part into stock or fitting it to an aircraft.

This includes all the structures in the body that are easily accessible, such as the organs within the neck, muscles, and tendons of the limbs.

The kidneys and bladder can be seen well with ultrasound and for this type of examination you will be asked to attend with a full bladder.

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Ultrasound can be used to look at the soft tissue organs within the abdomen such as the liver, gallbladder, spleen, kidneys, and pancreas as well as the large blood vessel such as the aorta. For this examination you will be asked to be nil by mouth for 6 hours beforehand, and only drink clear fluid.

We have a team of sonographers, healthcare vascular scientists, radiologists, radiography department assistants, nurses and administrative staff who work across general ultrasound and vascular ultrasound.

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Ultrasound can be used to look at the prostate and anal sphincter. A small probe is inserted into the anus and lower rectum - this is usually no more than slightly uncomfortable. Placing the probe close to the area of interest increases the image quality and the detail that the organs can be examined in.

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Suspected Unapproved Parts (SUP) includes products, components, or materials, from unknown, or suspect origin, or unserviceable critical components. The part itself or its associated paperwork can call it into question.

This list of links to other states SUP sites is not exhaustive but includes the most significant and relevant regulatory systems in force:

If a part in the SUP list is held in stock, it should be quarantined until a determination can be made regarding its eligibility for installation.