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Evidence-based recommendations on scleral expansion surgery for presbyopia. This involves making small incisions in the eye and inserting bands to stretch part of the sclera.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

28 July 2004

Evidence-based recommendations on radiation therapy for early Dupuytren’s contractures in adults. This involves directing low energy X-rays at the affected tissue.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

21 December 2016

Evidence-based recommendations on deep brain stimulation for chronic, severe, treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder in adults. This involves implanting an electrode in the brain and an electrical stimulator under the skin on the chest.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

28 April 2021

Evidence-based recommendations on extracorporeal whole liver perfusion for acute liver failure. This involves blood being diverted to a whole liver (perfusion) outside the body and returned to the patient.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

31 March 2021

Evidence-based recommendations on radiofrequency valvotomy for pulmonary atresia. This involves making a hole in the blocked valve, and inserting and inflating a small balloon to widen it.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

27 October 2004

Evidence-based recommendations on free-functioning gracilis transfer to restore upper limb function in brachial plexus injury in adults. This involves taking a piece of hamstring muscle and its nerve and blood supply from the inner thigh, transferring it to the arm and joining it to the damaged nerve.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

3 March 2021

Evidence-based recommendations on self-expanding implant insertion into the intersphincteric space for faecal incontinence. This involves inserting implants that expand and press together, forming a ring that creates an artificial sphincter.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

27 January 2021

Evidence-based recommendations on swallowable gastric balloon capsules for weight loss in adults. This involves swallowing a capsule containing a balloon that is then filled with liquid to inflate it in the stomach.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

18 November 2020

Evidence-based recommendations on intralesional photocoagulation of subcutaneous congenital vascular disorders. This involves inserting a laser fibre into the lesion to deliver the light deep within it.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

22 September 2004

Evidence-based recommendations on pressurised intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy for peritoneal carcinomatosis in adults. This involves spraying the inside of the peritoneal cavity with chemotherapy.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

28 October 2020

Evidence-based recommendations on deep brain stimulation for refractory epilepsy in adults. This involves implanting an electrical stimulator in the brain.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

12 August 2020

Evidence-based recommendations on interstitial laser therapy for breast cancer. This involves using laser energy to destroying the cancer cells.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

22 September 2004

Evidence-based recommendations on electrical stimulation to improve muscle strength in chronic respiratory conditions, chronic heart failure and chronic kidney disease. This involves delivering electrical impulses to weakened muscles using electrodes placed on the skin.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

5 August 2020

Evidence-based recommendations on transcranial magnetic stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder in adults. This involves pulsing electromagnetic energy through the skull to stimulate the brain.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

5 August 2020

Evidence-based recommendations on MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy for drug-resistant epilepsy in adults and children. This involves inserting a laser into the area of the brain causing seizures.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

4 March 2020