Endoscopic saphenous vein harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting
Summary
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Endoscopic saphenous vein harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting in December 2007.
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 (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 24th February 2010.
If you wish to be updated to any developments with this procedure, you can express an interest here.
Description
Endoscopic vein harvest is a minimally invasive procedure undertaken through keyhole surgery to collect a section of vein usually from the leg to act as a graft for the heart operation.
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Details
Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
British Cardiovascular Interventional Society
Contact details:
(for general enquiries or comments)
(for procedure specific enquiries or comments)
ip@nice.org.uk
Interventional Procedures Programme
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
MidCity Place
71 High Holborn
London
WC1V 6NA
