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Evidence-based recommendations on thoracoscopic exclusion of the left atrial appendage in atrial fibrillation (with or without other cardiac surgery) for the prevention of thromboembolism. This involves inserting a camera and instruments through small cuts in the chest and closing the left atrial appendage.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

22 June 2011

Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous cryotherapy for renal tumours. This involves inserting instruments that apply cold temperatures into the tumour to destroy the cancer cells.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

27 July 2011

Evidence-based recommendations on open femoro-acetabular surgery for hip impingement syndrome. This involves removing some of the cartilage or bone, with the aim of reshaping the joint surface.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

27 July 2011

Evidence-based recommendations on laparoscopic cryotherapy for renal cancer. This involves inserting a surgical instrument (cryoprobe) to apply freezing temperatures to the tumour and destroy the cancer cells.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

24 August 2011

Evidence-based recommendations on minimally invasive oesophagectomy. This involves making small cuts or holes in the chest wall and inserting a camera and other instruments into the chest cavity to carry out the operation.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

28 September 2011

Evidence-based recommendations on arthroscopic femoro-acetabular surgery for hip impingement syndrome. This involves removing some of the cartilage or bone, with the aim of reshaping the joint surface.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

28 September 2011

Evidence-based recommendations on drainage, irrigation and fibrinolytic therapy (DRIFT) for post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus in preterm infants. This involves draining excess CSF from the brain, washing out the blood, and breaking down blood clots using drugs (fibrinolytics).

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

23 November 2011

Evidence-based recommendations on magnetic resonance image-guided transcutaneous focused ultrasound for uterine fibroids. This involves using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to locate the fibroids and direct high-intensity ultrasound energy to destroy fibroid tissue.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

23 November 2011

Evidence-based recommendations on low dose rate brachytherapy for localised prostate cancer. This involves placing small radioactive seeds into the prostate that give off low doses of radiation to destroy cancer cells.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

27 July 2005

Evidence-based recommendations on radiofrequency ablation for gastric antral vascular ectasia. This involves using radiofrequency (heat) energy to stop the bleeding by destroying the enlarged blood vessels.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

26 June 2015

Evidence-based recommendations on suture fixation of acute disruption of the distal tibiofibular syndesmosis. This involves threading a suture through a tunnel made in the bones (tibia and fibula) and tying the ends together to fix the joint.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

26 June 2015

Evidence-based recommendations on electrotherapy for treating grade I to III haemorrhoids in adults. This involves using electric current to shrink the haemorrhoids.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

26 June 2015

Evidence-based recommendations on stapled transanal rectal resection for obstructed defaecation syndrome. This involves removing the damaged part of the rectum and joining the remaining parts back together.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

23 June 2010

Evidence-based recommendations on ab externo canaloplasty for primary open-angle glaucoma in adults. This involves widening the eye’s main draining canal by inserting a tiny tube, then removing the tube and stitching the canal to keep it open.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

13 September 2017

Evidence-based recommendations on high-intensity focused ultrasound for symptomatic breast fibroadenoma in adults. This involves using high-frequency sound waves to heat up the tissues in the lump.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

13 September 2017