Summary:
NICE issued full guidance on this procedure to the NHS in England and Wales in September 2003. It included a statement saying that the procedure would be reconsidered pending the results of the EndoVascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) trials and an updated systematic review to be commissioned by NICE.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued updated guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on stent-graft placement in abdominal aortic aneurysms. The Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee reconsidered the procedure based on the results of a systematic review commissioned by NICE.
It replaces previous guidance on stent-graft placement in abdominal aortic aneurysm (Interventional Procedures Guidance no 10).
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