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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

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

4 March 2020

Evidence-based recommendations on ex-situ machine perfusion for extracorporeal preservation of livers for transplantation in people of all ages. This involves using a machine to give an oxygenated solution to the donor liver until it is transplanted.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

16 January 2019

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

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

5 July 2023

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

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

23 February 2013

Evidence-based recommendations on temperature control to improve neurological outcomes after cardiac arrest. This involves controlling a person’s body temperature while they are still unconscious after their heart has been restarted. Either their body is kept at a normal temperature of between 36.5°C and 37.5°C to prevent fever, or it is cooled to between 32.0°C and 36.0°C (therapeutic hypothermia).

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

23 January 2024

NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on the LATITUDE NXT Patient Management System for monitoring cardiac devices at home

Result type

Medtech innovation briefing

Published

24 May 2016

identification and/or achievement of patient wishes such as preferred place of death Source guidance details Comes from guidance...

Result type

Research recommendation

Published

10 August 2021

Evidence-based recommendations on eribulin (Halaven) for locally advanced or metastatic (secondary) breast cancer in adults who have had 2 or more courses of chemotherapy.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

21 December 2016

However, EUS carries a small but significant risk of patient harms, including death. There is insufficient evidence available to...

Result type

Research recommendation

Published

9 June 2015

Evidence-based recommendations on pembrolizumab (Keytruda) plus chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab for persistent, recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer in adults.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

13 December 2023

Evidence-based recommendations on avelumab (Bavencio) for untreated metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma in adults.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

21 April 2021

Evidence-based recommendations on dapagliflozin (Forxiga) given with 2 other drugs for treating type 2 diabetes in adults.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

23 November 2016

This guideline covers organising and delivering end of life care services, which provide care and support in the final weeks and months of life (or for some conditions, years), and the planning and preparation for this. It aims to ensure that people have access to the care that they want and need in all care settings. It also includes advice on services for carers.

Result type

NICE guideline

Published

16 October 2019

Evidence-based recommendations on aortic remodelling hybrid stent insertion for acute type A aortic dissection. This involves inserting a stent with material sewed on one end into part of the aorta.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

3 August 2022

Evidence-based recommendations on open prenatal repair of open neural tube defects in the fetus. This involves open surgery through the woman’s abdomen to close the gap in the baby’s spine.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

29 January 2020