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Application 1030

Low intensity ultrasound treatment for acceleration of bone fracture healing - Exogen™ bone growth stimulator

Application No.

1030

Application NameLow intensity ultrasound treatment for acceleration of bone fracture healing - Exogen™ bone growth stimulator
Advisory PanelDr Terri Jackson
(Chair and MSAC member)
Dr David Robinson
(MSAC member)
Dr Frank Burke
(Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists nominee)
Dr Brian Kable
(Royal Australian College of General Practitioners nominee)
Mr Craig Mills
(Royal Australasian College of Surgeons nominee)
Dr John Primrose
(Medical advisor to the MSAC)
Mr Victor Reid
(Consumers' Health Forum of Australian nominee)
Date Received by MSAC Secretariat14 February 2000
Stage 1 - EligibilityEligible
Stage 2 - AssessmentCompleted
Stage 3 - Formulation of Advice to the MinisterThis assessment was considered by the MSAC at the 13 November 2001 meeting.

The MSAC recommended that on the basis of the evidence available on low intensity ultrasound treatment for acceleration of bone fracture healing, public funding should not be supported for this procedure.
Stage 4 - DecisionEndorsed by the Minister for Health and Ageing 5 February 2002
Stage 5 - Implementation