Advice
About this briefing
Medtech innovation briefings summarise the published evidence and information available for individual medical technologies. The briefings provide information to aid local decision‑making by clinicians, managers, and procurement professionals.
Medtech innovation briefings aim to present information and critically review the strengths and weaknesses of the relevant evidence, but contain no recommendations and are not formal NICE guidance.
Development of this briefing
This briefing was developed for NICE by KiTEC. The Interim process and methods statement sets out the process NICE uses to select topics, and how the briefings are developed, quality assured and approved for publication.
Project team
King's Technology Evaluation Centre (KiTEC), King's Health Partners
Medical Technologies Evaluation Programme, NICE
Peer reviewers and contributors
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Elizabeth Morris, Technical Adviser, KiTEC
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James Clinch, Technical Adviser, KiTEC
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Muralikrishnan Radhakrishnan Kartha, Health Economist, KiTEC
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Tiago Rua, Health Economist, KiTEC
Specialist commentators
The following specialist commentators provided comments on a draft of this briefing:
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Ron Coggins, Consultant Hepatobiliary, Upper Gastrointestinal and General Surgeon, NHS Highland
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Stuart Oglesby, Consultant Surgeon, NHS Tayside
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Karol Pal, Consultant Surgeon, NHS Borders
Copyright
© National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2014. All rights reserved. NICE copyright material can be downloaded for private research and study, and may be reproduced for educational and not‑for‑profit purposes. No reproduction by or for commercial organisations, or for commercial purposes, is allowed without the written permission of NICE.
ISBN: 978‑1‑4731‑0626‑0