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Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous thoracic duct embolisation for persistent chyle leak. In this procedure, under general anaesthesia, ultrasound and X-rays are used to create an image of the thoracic duct and find the leak. Then, using a needle, a tube is inserted through the abdominal wall (percutaneous) and guided into the thoracic duct. Small metal coils and medical glue are inserted through the tube and used to plug the leak (embolisation). The aim is to stop the leak.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

5 April 2023

Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous insertion of a cystic duct stent after cholecystostomy for acute calculous cholecystitis. This involves inserting a tube called a stent into or across the cystic duct. The aim is to allow bile to flow through the tube, bypassing the blockage and preventing further obstruction.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

9 March 2022

This resource is intended to demonstrate how our guidance can be used in the Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessment process.

This guideline covers diagnosing and managing early and locally advanced breast cancer. It aims to help healthcare professionals offer the right treatments to people, taking into account the person's individual preferences.

Result type

NICE guideline

Last updated

14 April 2025

NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on i STAT CG4+ and CHEM8+ cartridges for point-of-care testing in the emergency department

Result type

Medtech innovation briefing

Published

9 September 2015

Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous retroperitoneal endoscopic necrosectomy. This involves inserting a thin telescope through a small cut in the side above the hip and using it to wash out and remove the dead tissue.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

23 March 2011

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

HealthTech guidance

Published

23 January 2024

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 irreversible electroporation for treating primary lung cancer and metastases in the lung. This involves using electrical pulses to kill cancer cells.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

23 February 2013

Evidence-based recommendations on cytoreduction surgery with hyperthermic intraoperative peritoneal chemotherapy for peritoneal carcinomatosis. This involves surgically removing visible cancer and bathing the abdominal cavity with heated chemotherapy fluid to reach any remaining cancer cells.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

3 March 2021

Evidence-based recommendations on infliximab (Remicade, Inflectra or Remsima), adalimumab (Humira) and golimumab (Simponi) for treating moderate to severe ulcerative colitis in adults, and on infliximab for treating severe active ulcerative colitis in children and young people of 6–17 years.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

25 February 2015

This guideline sets out an antimicrobial prescribing strategy for secondary bacterial infection of eczema and covers infection of other common skin conditions. It aims to optimise antibiotic use and reduce antibiotic resistance. The recommendations are for adults, young people and children aged 72 hours and over. They do not cover diagnosis.

Result type

Antimicrobial prescribing guideline

Published

2 March 2021

This quality standard covers preventing bacterial infection in newborn babies, treating pregnant women and pregnant people whose babies are at risk of infection, and treating newborn babies with suspected or confirmed bacterial infection. It includes when to give antibiotics to prevent and treat neonatal bacterial infection and describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement. This includes early-onset (within 72 hours of birth) and late-onset (between 72 hours and 28 days following birth) neonatal infection.

Result type

Quality standard

Last updated

23 January 2024

Evidence-based recommendations on thoracoscopic repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in neonates. This involves inserting surgical instruments through small cuts in the chest, and then moving the abdominal organs out of the chest and repairing the diaphragm.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

25 January 2011

Evidence-based recommendations on irreversible electroporation for the treatment of liver metastases. This involves using very short electrical field pulses delivered over several minutes to destroy the tumour and a small surrounding tissue margin.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

23 February 2013