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Evidence-based recommendations on pharyngeal electrical stimulation for neurogenic dysphagia. This involves passing a catheter through the nose and into the throat where it is used to deliver small amounts of electrical current. The current travels from the throat to the brain and stimulates the areas involved in swallowing.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

23 January 2024

Evidence-based recommendations on living-donor lung transplantation for end-stage lung disease. This involves removing a lung from each of the two donors and replacing the recipient's lungs with the donor lungs.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

24 May 2006

Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation. This involves inserting a catheter into the heart that produces heat to damage the nerves in the area with the abnormal elecritcal impulses.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

26 April 2006

Evidence-based recommendations on extracorporeal shockwave therapy for Peyronie's disease. This involves using vibrations caused by sound waves to treat the affected tissue.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

17 December 2003

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

HealthTech guidance

Published

26 April 2006

Evidence-based recommendations on balloon kyphoplasty for vertebral compression fractures. This involves inflating baloon-like devices placed into the collapsed vertebra until it reaches normal height, after which they are removed and replaced with a special cement.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

26 April 2006

Evidence-based recommendations on photorefractive (laser) surgery for the correction of refractive errors. This involves using a special laser to permanently change the shape of the cornea.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

22 March 2006

Evidence-based recommendations on stent-graft placement in abdominal aortic aneurysm. This involves patching the weakened section of the aorta with a graft mounted on a stent.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

22 March 2006

Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous endoscopic colostomy. This involves placing a plastic tube in the bowel that runs back through a small opening in the abdomen to allow waste to pass through to a drainage bag worn outside the body.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

22 March 2006

Evidence-based recommendations on high dose rate brachytherapy for carinoma of the cervix. This involves giving radiation at a high dose rate to the cervix (reducing the timeframe compared with low or medium dose rates) to treat the cancer.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

22 March 2006

Evidence-based recommendations on stimulated graciloplasty for faecal incontinence. This involves making a new anal sphincter from muscle taken from the thigh and using electrical currents to gradually make it behave like a natural sphincter muscle.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

22 March 2006

Evidence-based recommendations on laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for testicular cancer. This involves using smaller openings in the skin (keyhole surgery) to remove the lymph nodes.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

22 March 2006

Evidence-based recommendations on endometrial cryotherapy for menorrhagia (heavy periods). This involves using cold temperatures to freeze and destroy the lining of the womb.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

22 March 2006

Evidence-based recommendations on image-guided vacuum-assisted excision biopsy for benign breast lesions. This involves inserting a needle with a suction device through a small opening in the breast to remove non-cancerous lumps.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

22 February 2006

Evidence-based recommendations on radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma. This involves using heat to destroy the part of the liver that contains the cancer.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

23 July 2003