Overview
NICE no longer plans to develop guidance on surgical vessel sealing systems.
Next review: If NICE is notified about this topic again then it will follow the NICE topic prioritisation process.
Surgical vessel sealing systems are electrosurgical devices designed to permanently seal blood vessels. They are designed to be used during general surgery, as well as urological, vascular, thoracic and gynaecological surgeries.
NICE no longer plans to develop guidance on surgical vessel sealing systems.
- Status:
- Discontinued
- Technology type:
- Device
- Decision:
- Selected
- Reason for decision:
- Anticipate the topic will be of importance to patients, carers, professionals, commissioners and the health of the public to ensure clinical benefit is realised, inequalities in use addressed, and help them make the best use of NHS resources
- ID number:
- 798
Timeline
Key events during the development of the guidance:
| Date | Update |
|---|---|
| 25 June 2026 | Discontinued. NICE no longer plans to develop guidance on surgical vessel sealing systems. |
| 25 June 2026 | Overview - Note added to the project documents |
| 28 July 2023 | Suspended |
| 09 February 2023 | In progress |
| 01 February 2023 | Awaiting development. Status change linked to Topic Selection Decision being set to Selected |
| 18 January 2023 | Topic selection |
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