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This guideline covers routine preoperative tests for people aged over 16 who are having elective surgery. It aims to reduce unnecessary testing by advising which tests to offer people before minor, intermediate and major or complex surgery, taking into account specific comorbidities (cardiovascular, renal and respiratory conditions and diabetes and obesity). It does not cover pregnant women or people having cardiothoracic procedures or neurosurgery.

Result type

NICE guideline

Published

5 April 2016

Infections, including wound infections, vaginal infections and urinary tract infections. In the first year after surgery, up to about 30...

Infections, including wound infections, vaginal infections and urinary tract infections (UTIs). : Wound complications,...

Evidence-based recommendations on Peristeen Plus transanal irrigation system for managing bowel dysfunction.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Last updated

6 June 2022

Late-stage assessment (LSA) guidance on intermittent urethral catheters for chronic incomplete bladder emptying in adults.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

9 July 2025

This evidence summary has been withdrawn because a product containing fosfomycin trometamol with a marketing authorisation for treating multidrug resistant urinary tract infections is now available in the UK.

Result type

Evidence summary

Published

23 July 2013

Evidence-based recommendations on intramural urethral bulking procedures for stress urinary incontinence in women. Intramural urethral bulking aims to augment the urethral wall and increase the urethral closure force.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

23 November 2005

NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on Memokath-028, 044 and 045 stents for urethral obstruction .

Result type

Medtech innovation briefing

Published

2 October 2017

NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on QuickChange Incontinence Wrap for urinary incontinence in men .

Result type

Medtech innovation briefing

Published

24 November 2020

Evidence-based recommendations on UroLift for treating lower urinary tract symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

4 May 2021

Evidence-based recommendations on mirabegron (Betmiga) for treating overactive bladder in adults.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

26 June 2013

Evidence-based recommendations on retrograde uretral sphincterometry. This involves passing fluid through a small, cone-shaped device placed into the urethra to display the pressure needed to open the urethra sphincter.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

26 April 2006

Evidence-based recommendations on magnetic resonance (MR) image-guided percutaneous laser ablation of uterine fibroids. This involves passing laser heat through needles inserted into the fibroid to destroy it.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

17 December 2003

Evidence-based recommendations on endopyelotomy for pelviureteric junction obstruction. This involves widening the renal pelvis by inserting small instruments either up through the urinary tract or down through the skin and into the kidney.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

16 December 2009

Evidence-based recommendations on Memokath 051 Ureter stent for ureteric obstruction.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

7 December 2022