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Evidence-based recommendations on intravascular lithotripsy for calcified coronary arteries during percutaneous coronary intervention in adults. This involves breaking up the calcification with soundwaves.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

24 June 2020

Evidence-based recommendations on artificial iris insertion for acquired aniridia. This involves inserting an artificial iris into the eye.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

22 July 2020

Evidence-based recommendations on artificial iris insertion for congenital aniridia. This involves inserting an artificial iris into the eye.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

22 July 2020

Evidence-based recommendations on transcranial magnetic stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder in adults. This involves pulsing electromagnetic energy through the skull to stimulate the brain.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

5 August 2020

Evidence-based recommendations on electrical stimulation to improve muscle strength in chronic respiratory conditions, chronic heart failure and chronic kidney disease. This involves delivering electrical impulses to weakened muscles using electrodes placed on the skin.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

5 August 2020

Evidence-based recommendations on deep brain stimulation for refractory epilepsy in adults. This involves implanting an electrical stimulator in the brain.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

12 August 2020

Evidence-based recommendations on vagus nerve stimulation for treatment-resistant depression in adults. This involves implanting an electrical stimulator under the skin of the chest and connecting it by wires to the vagus nerve.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

12 August 2020

Evidence-based recommendations on transcranial magnetic stimulation for auditory hallucinations. This involves stimulating the brain with pulses of electromagnetic energy.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

23 September 2020

Evidence-based recommendations on pressurised intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy for peritoneal carcinomatosis in adults. This involves spraying the inside of the peritoneal cavity with chemotherapy.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

28 October 2020

Evidence-based recommendations on balloon cryoablation for Barrett’s oesophagus. This involves using a balloon filled with cold gas to destroy abnormal cells.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

28 October 2020

Evidence-based recommendations on balloon cryoablation for squamous dysplasia of the oesophagus. This involves using a balloon filled with cold gas to destroy abnormal cells.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

28 October 2020

Evidence-based recommendations on swallowable gastric balloon capsules for weight loss in adults. This involves swallowing a capsule containing a balloon that is then filled with liquid to inflate it in the stomach.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

18 November 2020

Evidence-based recommendations on self-expanding implant insertion into the intersphincteric space for faecal incontinence. This involves inserting implants that expand and press together, forming a ring that creates an artificial sphincter.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

27 January 2021

Evidence-based recommendations on melphalan chemosaturation with percutaneous hepatic artery perfusion and hepatic vein isolation for primary or metastatic cancer in the liver. This involves diverting the blood flow from the liver to the rest of the body while the drug is delivered directly into the liver.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

21 April 2021

Evidence-based recommendations on short-pulse transscleral cyclophotocoagulation for glaucoma. This involves using repeated short pulses of laser energy to destroy some of the cells in the eye that produce fluid.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

28 April 2021