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Evidence-based recommendations on Grenz rays therapy for inflammatory skin conditions. This involves exposing the skin to low-energy, non-penetrative electromagnetic radiation.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

28 November 2007

Evidence-based recommendations on laparoscopic uterine nerve ablation (LUNA) for chronic pelvic pain. This involves the destruction of a small segment of ligament that carries nerve fibres within the pelvis.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

30 October 2007

Evidence-based recommendations on circular stapled haemorrhoidectomy. This involves cutting out a circular strip of the lining of the rectum (the rectal mucosa) above the haemorrhoids to reduce the blood supply to the haemorrhoids, so that they shrink.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

17 December 2003

Evidence-based recommendations on the serial transverse enteroplasty procedure (STEP) for bowel lengthening in parenteral nutrition-dependent children. This involves cutting and stapling the bowel in a zig-zag pattern to narrow and lengthen it.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

26 September 2007

Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous laser revascularisation for refractory angina pectoris. This involves inserting a catheter into major vessels of the groin, which is advanced to the heart, to drill holes on the heart muscle using a laser beam.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

27 May 2009

Evidence-based recommendations on transmyocardial laser revascularisation for refractory angina pectoris. This involves open heart surgery to drill holes on the heart muscle using a laser beam.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

27 May 2009

Evidence-based recommendations on tenotomy of horizontal eye muscles for nystagmus (with reattachment at their original insertions). This involves cutting the horizontal muscles of the eye (which move the eye from side to side) and reattaching them at the same place.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

27 May 2009

Evidence-based recommendations on ex-vivo hepatic resection and reimplantation for liver cancer. This involves removing the liver from the body, cutting away the diseased tissue, and reimplanting the remaining tumour-free liver into the patient.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

22 April 2009

Evidence-based recommendations on partial left ventriculectomy. This involves reducing the size of a part of the heart so it can pump blood more efficiently.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

25 February 2004

Evidence-based recommendations on combined bony and soft tissue reconstruction for hip joint stabilisation in proximal focal femoral deficiency (PFFD). This involves accessing the bones of the hip and pelvis through a cut made on the thigh and correcting the deformity as much as possible.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

22 April 2009

Evidence-based recommendations on endoscopic mastectomy and endoscopic wide local excision for breast cancer. This involves removing part or all of the breast using special instruments inserted through small cuts in the skin (keyhole surgery).

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

22 April 2009

Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous (non-thoracoscopic) epicardial catheter radiofrequency ablation for ventricular tachycardia. This involves using heat to destroy selected areas of the heart to prevent the occurrence or conduction of abnormal electrical activity.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

27 March 2009

Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous (non-thoracoscopic) epicardial catheter radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation. This involves using heat to destroy selected areas of the heart to prevent the abnormal electrical impulses responsible for atrial fibrillation.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

27 March 2009

Evidence-based recommendations on implantation of an opaque intraocular lens for intractable double vision. This involves replacing the clear lens of one eye with a non-transparent one to block out one of the double images.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

25 March 2009

Evidence-based recommendations on photodynamic therapy for brain tumours. This involves giving the patient a drug that makes the tissue sensitive to light and then activating it with a laser light source to destroy the tumour cells.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

25 March 2009