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Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty for fetal critical aortic stenosis. This involves placing a catheter into the baby’s heart, while the baby is still in the womb. The aim is to help the heart develop properly.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

9 May 2018

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

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Result type

Research recommendation

Published

9 June 2015

Evidence-based recommendations on momelotinib (Omjjara) for treating myelofibrosis-related splenomegaly or symptoms in adults.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

20 March 2024

NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on Thermogard XP for therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest

Result type

Medtech innovation briefing

Published

9 September 2015

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

Evidence-based recommendations on melphalan chemosaturation with percutaneous hepatic artery perfusion and hepatic vein isolation for primary or metastatic cancer in the liver. This involves diverting the blood flow from the liver to the rest of the body while the drug is delivered directly into the liver.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

21 April 2021

Evidence-based recommendations on axicabtagene ciloleucel (Yescarta) for treating relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after first-line chemoimmunotherapy.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

7 June 2023

Evidence-based recommendations on mexiletine (Namuscla) for treating the symptoms of myotonia in adults with non-dystrophic myotonic disorders.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

1 December 2021

Evidence-based recommendations on vandetanib (Caprelsa) for treating medullary thyroid cancer in adults.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

12 December 2018