1090.1 - Review of Interim Funded Service: Artificial Intervertebral Disc Replacement - Lumbar
Reference No. | 1090.1 |
| Application Name | Review of Interim Funded Service: Artificial Intervertebral Disc Replacement - Lumbar |
| Advisory Panel | Professor Ken Thomson Chair MSAC Member Cardiovascular/Interventional Radiologist Mr Russell McGowan Deputy Chair MSAC Member Consumers' Health Forum Representative Dr Mark Davies Orthopaedic Surgeon Mr Graeme Brazenor Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr Peter Wilde Orthopaedic Surgeon Mr Chris Poulos Pain and Rehabilitation Specialist) Professor Nicola Fazzalari PhD in the Discipline of Pathology Professor Bryant Stokes Neurosurgeon Dr Myron Rogers Neurosurgeon |
| Date Received by MSAC Secretariat | n/a |
| Stage 1 - Eligibility | 25/11/2009 |
| Stage 2 - Assessment | ESC Evaluation: 17 March 2011 MSAC Appraisal: 27 - 28 April 2011 |
| Stage 3 - Formulation of Advice to the Ministe | After considering the strength of the available evidence in relation to the safety, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of lumbar artificial intervertebral disc replacement (lumbar AIDR), MSAC supports ongoing rather than interim public funding in line with the current Item Descriptors (Items 48691, 48692 and 48693): Lumbar artificial intervertebral total disc replacement: including removal of disc, one level, in patients with single-level intralumbar disc disease in the absence of vertebral osteoporosis and prior spinal fusion at the same lumbar level who have failed conservative therapy, with fluoroscopy |
| Stage 4 - Decision Noting of MSAC advice by the Minister does not constitute a final decision in relation to the provision of public funding. |
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| Stage 5 - Implementation |  |
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