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Evidence-based recommendations on implantation of accommodating intraocular lenses for cataract. This involves removing the clouded natural lens of the eye and replacing it with an accommodating lens to allow focusing on near and distant objects.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

28 February 2007

Evidence-based recommendations on botulinum toxin type A injections into the urethral sphincter for idiopathic chronic non-obstructive urinary retention. This involves injecting botulinum toxin type A into the urethral sphincter.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

28 June 2023

Evidence-based recommendations on laparoscopic live donor simple nephrectomy. This involves inserting special instruments through small cuts in the abdomen (keyhole surgery) to remove a kidney.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

27 May 2004

Summary of the evidence on the risk of using broad-specturm antibiotics associated with clostridium difficile infection

Result type

Evidence summary

Published

17 March 2015

Evidence-based recommendations on osimertinib (Tagrisso) with pemetrexed and platinum-based chemotherapy for untreated EGFR mutation-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer in adults.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

8 May 2025

Evidence-based recommendations on single-port laparoscopic nephrectomy. This involves removing the kidney using several small incisions (laparoscopy).

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

23 November 2011

Evidence-based recommendations on hypoglossal nerve stimulation for moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnoea in adults. This involves implanting a device under the skin in the chest and connecting it to a nerve under the tongue (hypoglossal nerve).

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

22 November 2017

This interim process and methods statement sets out the general principles guiding NICE's approach to including NICE technology appraisal recommendations in guideline topic areas. It also describes what the key changes are to existing methods and processes

Evidence-based recommendations on autologous blood injection for plantar fasciitis. This involves supplying the connective tissue with growth factors that promote the healing process.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

23 January 2013

Evidence-based recommendations on laparo-endogastric surgery. This involves performing surgery for gastric wall lesions by passing a flexible telescope (endoscope) through the gullet and into the stomach, and a thin tube (laparascope) through a small cut in the upper abdomen.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

17 December 2003

Evidence-based recommendations on transcutaneous microwave ablation for severe primary axillary hyperhidrosis in adults. This involves using microwaves to destroy sweat glands in the armpit.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

20 December 2017

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

Biographies and registered interests for members of the Technology Appraisal Committee C

Biographies and registered interests for members of the Technology Appraisal Committee C

Evidence-based recommendations on sacral nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence. This involves using electrodes inserted under the skin to produce pulses of electricity thought to affect the nerves controlling the lower part of the bowel and the anal sphincter.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

24 November 2004