Summary:
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on extracorporeal shock wave therapy for refractory tendinopathies (plantar fasciitis and tennis elbow) in November 2005.
NICE has reviewed the guidance on extracorporeal shockwave therapy for refractory tendinopathies (plantar fasciitis and tennis elbow) (IPG139, November 2005) and is reassessing the procedure separately for plantar fasciitis (see below), tennis elbow and Achilles tendinopathy. New guidance will be published as a result. Until the new guidance is published the NHS should continue to follow the current recommendations.
The Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee (IPAC) has considered this procedure and NICE has issued a consultation document about its safety and efficacy. Consultation has now ended. IPAC will consider the consultation comments and produce a Final Interventional Procedures Document, which will be considered by NICE before guidance is issued to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The consultation period for this procedure closed on the 26 May 2009.
If you wish to be alerted to developments regarding this procedure, including the release of NICE guidance, please express your interest at the top of the page.
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