Application 1053
Placement of artificial bowel sphincters in the management of faecal incontinence
Placement of artificial bowel sphincters in the management of faecal incontinence
Application No. | 1053 |
| Application Name | Placement of artificial bowel sphincters in the management of faecal incontinence |
| Advisory Panel | Professor Bryant Stokes (Chair and MSAC member) Associate Professor David Fonda (Australian Society for Geriatric Medicine Association nominee) Dr David Jarvis (Royal Australian College of General Practitioners nominee) Professor David Lubowski (Colorectal Surgical Society nominee) Associate Professor Michael Solomon (Royal Australasian College of Surgeons nominee) Ms Elizabeth Symons (Consumers' Health Forum of Australia nominee) |
| Date Received by MSAC Secretariat | 7 December 2001 |
| Stage 1 - Eligibility | Eligible |
| Stage 2 - Assessment | Completed |
| Stage 3 - Formulation of Advice to the Minister | This assessment was considered by the MSAC at the 21 May 2003 meeting. As insufficient evidence pertaining to the safety and effectiveness of the placement of artificial bowel sphincters in the management of faecal incontinence has emerged since this technology was previously considered by the MSAC, the MSAC recommends that public funding should not be supported for this procedure. |
| Stage 4 - Decision | Endorsed by the Minister for Health and Ageing 11 August 2003 |
| Stage 5 - Implementation |  |
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