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Mini-incision surgery for total knee replacement

 
Guidance issued
 
Number: IPG117

Summary

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Mini-incision surgery for total knee replacement  in March 2004.

NICE has reviewed this guidance and is reassessing the procedure. New guidance will be published as a result.  Until the new guidance is published the NHS should continue to follow the recommendations in the guidance below.

The Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee has considered this procedure and NICE has now issued a consultation document about its safety and efficacy. This has been issued for 4 weeks public consultation until 5pm on 24th February 2010.

If you wish to comment on the consultation document please use the link at the bottom of this page.

NICE is committed to promoting through its guidance race and disability equality and equality between men and women, and to eliminating all forms of discrimination. One of the ways we do this is by trying to involve as wide a range of people and interest groups as possible in the development of our guidance on interventional procedures. In particular, we aim to encourage people and organisations from groups in the population who might not normally comment on our guidance to do so. We also ask consultees to highlight any ways in which draft guidance fails to promote equality or tackle discrimination and how it might be improved.

If you wish to be updated to any developments with this procedure, you can express an interest here.

Description

The most common indication for a total knee replacement is osteoarthritis of the knee joint. The mini-incision total knee replacement involves an incision 10 to 12 cm long over the knee, compared with the conventional total knee replacement which requires an incision 20 to 30 cm long. The same prostheses are inserted using specially designed instruments.

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Details

Arrangement:
Special
Topic area:
Musculoskeletal
Specialty:
Trauma and orthopaedic surgery
Specialist advice has been sought from:
British Orthopaedic Association
Date notified to NICE:
02 October 2003
Provisional consultation date:
October 2004
Guidance issue date:
23 March 2005

Contact details:

Project manager (for general enquiries or comments)
(for general enquiries or comments)
Ben Doak
Technical lead
(for procedure specific enquiries or comments)
Helen Gallo
ip@nice.org.uk
Contact Address:

Interventional Procedures Programme
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
MidCity Place
71 High Holborn
London
WC1V 6NA

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