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Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous endoscopic laser cervical discectomy. This involves inserting special equipment, including a laser, through a small cut in the skin to heat and destroy some of the disc and remove the part that is sticking out to relieve pressure on the spinal cord or nerve root.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

24 June 2009

NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on iTind for lower urinary tract symptoms caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia .

Result type

Medtech innovation briefing

Published

21 September 2022

Evidence-based recommendations on irreversible electroporation (IRE) for treating renal cancer. This involves using electrical pulses to kill cancer cells, applied directly to the tumour through special needles.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

23 February 2013

Evidence-based recommendations on transabdominal artifical bowel sphincter implantation for faecal incontinence. This involves inserting an artificial sphincter through a cut in the abdomen.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

26 November 2008

Evidence-based recommendations on balloon catheter insertion for Bartholin's cyst or abscess. This involves making a passage from the cyst or abscess through which the gland can drain by inflating a small, specially designed balloon.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

16 December 2009

Evidence-based recommendations on prosthetic intervertebral disc replacement in the lumbar spine. This involves removing the damaged disc and inserting an artificial disc in its place.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

22 July 2009

Evidence-based recommendations on liposuction for chronic lymphoedema in adults. This involves using suction to remove fluid and fat through punctures in the skin.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

27 April 2022

Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous endovascular forearm arteriovenous fistula creation for haemodialysis access in adults. This involves using radiofrequency energy, or heat and pressure, to join an artery and vein in the forearm to create a fistula for haemodialysis access.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

27 October 2021

Evidence-based recommendations on irreversible electroporation for treating prostate cancer. This involves using electrical pulses to destroy the cancer cells.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

5 July 2023

Evidence-based recommendations on high-intensity focused ultrasound for treating prostate cancer. This involves inserting a probe through the rectum that gives out a beam of ultrasound to heat and destroy the cancerous prostate tissue.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

23 March 2005

Evidence-based recommendations on alcohol-mediated perivascular renal sympathetic denervation for resistant hypertension. This involves putting alcohol into the wall of a renal artery to destroy renal nerves.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

11 March 2025

Evidence-based recommendations on cryotherapy as a primary treatment for prostate cancer. This involves using cold temperature to freeze and destroy cancer tissue as a first treatment for cancer that hasn't spread far from the prostate.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

23 November 2005

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 percutaneous insertion of a temporary heart pump for left ventricular haemodynamic support in high-risk percutaneous coronary interventions. This involves inserting temporary pump to support circulation during a heart operation.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

28 November 2018

Evidence-based recommendations on subcutaneous automated low-flow pump implantation for refractory ascites in adults. This involves inserting a pump under the skin to move excess fluid from the abdomen to the bladder, where it is passed in the urine.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

14 November 2018