Guidance
3 Further information
3.1 This guidance requires that clinicians undertaking the procedure make special arrangements for audit. The Institute has identified relevant audit criteria and developed an audit tool (which is for use at local discretion).
3.2 The Institute has produced interventional procedures guidance on extracranial to intracranial bypass for intracranial atherosclerosis.
Andrew Dillon
Chief Executive
February 2008
Sources of evidence
The evidence considered by the Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee is described in the following document.
Information for patients
NICE has produced information describing its guidance on this procedure for patients and their carers ('Understanding NICE guidance'). It explains the nature of the procedure and the decision made, and has been written with patient consent in mind.