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Evidence-based recommendations on tissue-cultured limbal stem cell allograft transplantation for regrowth of corneal epithelium. This involves taking limbal stem cells from a living or deceased donor, growing them in the laboratory and transplanting them onto the patient’s affected eye(s).

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

25 April 2007

NICE priority methodological research areas.

Evidence-based recommendations on endoscopic carbon dioxide laser cricopharyngeal myotomy for relief of oropharyngeal dysphagia in adults. This involves inserting an endoscope (a thin, rigid tube with a camera on the end) through the mouth, and using a carbon dioxide laser to cut through the muscle that runs round the top of the gullet.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

23 March 2016

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

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

22 March 2006

Evidence-based recommendations on implantation of a corneal graft–keratoprosthesis for severe corneal opacity in wet blinking eyes. This involves inserting an artificial cornea surrounded by a corneal graft from a human donor.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

25 November 2015

Evidence-based recommendations on endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage for acute cholecystitis when surgery is not an option. This involves inserting a stent through an endoscope into the gallbladder.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

22 June 2023

Evidence-based recommendations on balloon catheter insertion for Bartholin's cyst or abscess. This involves making a passage from the cyst or abscess through which the gland can drain by inflating a small, specially designed balloon.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

16 December 2009

Evidence-based recommendations on epiretinal brachytherapy for wet age related macular degeneration. This involves using radiation therapy used to destroy the new blood vessels.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

16 December 2011

Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous insertion of a cystic duct stent after cholecystostomy for acute calculous cholecystitis. This involves inserting a tube called a stent into or across the cystic duct. The aim is to allow bile to flow through the tube, bypassing the blockage and preventing further obstruction.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

9 March 2022

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Result type

Research recommendation

Published

12 August 2021

Evidence-based recommendations on UroShield for preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections.

Result type

Medical technologies guidance

Published

31 March 2022

Evidence-based recommendations on liposuction for chronic lymphoedema in adults. This involves using suction to remove fluid and fat through punctures in the skin.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

27 April 2022

Evidence-based recommendations on endoscopic saphenous vein harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting. This involves removing the vein under endoscopic guidance through a small cut near the knee (keyhole surgery).

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

25 June 2014

Evidence-based recommendations on deep brain stimulation for intractable trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias. This involves delivering electrical impulses to a precise area of the brain using an electrode to mask the pain.

Result type

Interventional procedures guidance

Published

23 March 2011

guidance details Comes from guidance Neonatal infection: antibiotics for prevention and treatment Number NG195 Date issued

Result type

Research recommendation

Published

6 August 2021