The Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee (IPAC) has considered the evidence, specialist advice and (where available) patient commentary on this procedure, and NICE has issued a consultation document about its safety and efficacy.

The consultation period for this procedure closed on 27 April 2015 at 5pm.

IPAC will review the consultation comments and any available new evidence, to produce a Final Interventional Procedures Document.  After this is approved for publication by NICE, it will undergo a resolution period before guidance is issued to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. If you wish to be alerted to developments regarding this procedure, please use the register an interest button to the left of this page.

Please note that NICE reserves the right to summarise and edit comments received during consultations or not to publish them at all where in the reasonable opinion of NICE, the comments are voluminous, publication would be unlawful or publication would otherwise be inappropriate. If you wish to be alerted to developments regarding this procedure, including the release of the consultation document, please use the register an interest button to the left of this page