Australian Government - Department of Health and Ageing

Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC)

Application 1076

High-energy transurethral microwave thermotherapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia

Application No.

1076

Application NameHigh-energy transurethral microwave thermotherapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia
Advisory PanelDr Michael Kitchener
(Chair and MSAC member)
Associate Professor Michael Cleary
(MSAC member)
Dr William Lynch
(Australian and New Zealand Association of Urological Surgeons nominee)
Dr Gerard Testa
(Australian and New Zealand Association of Urological Surgeons nominee)
Mr Don Baumber
(Consumers' Health Forum of Australia nominee)
Date Received by MSAC Secretariat5 March 2004
Stage 1 - EligibilityEligible
Stage 2 - AssessmentCompleted
Stage 3 - Formulation of Advice to the MinisterThis assessment was considered by the MSAC at the 24 August 2005 meeting.

The MSAC recommended that on the strength of evidence pertaining to high-energy transurethral microwave thermotherapy public funding should be supported for this procedure.
Stage 4 - DecisionEndorsed by the Minister for Health and Ageing 28 November 2005
Stage 5 - ImplementationImplemented