Application 1090
Artificial Intervertebral Disc Replacement (AIDR)
Application No. | 1090 |
| Application Name | Artificial Intervertebral Disc Replacement (AIDR) |
| Advisory Panels | Professor Ken Thomson (Chair and MSAC Member) Mrs Sheila Rimmer (MSAC Member) Dr Peter Lowthian (co-opted Rheumatologist) Associate Leslie Barnsley (Australian Rheumatology Association nominee) Dr George Potter (co-opted member orthopaedic surgery) Professor Bryant Stokes (co-opted member neurology) Dr Myron Rogers (Royal Australian College of Surgeons nominee) Dr Mark Davies (Royal Australian College of Surgeons nominee) Ms Rebecca Coghlan (Consumers' Health Forum of Australia nominee) |
| Date Received by MSAC Secretariat | 15 December 2003 |
| 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 28 February 2006 meeting. On the basis of currently available evidence regarding safety, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, the MSAC recommends interim funding for single level AIDR in patients with single level intra lumbar disc disease in the absence of osteoporosis and prior fusion at the same level, who have failed consecutive therapy. The MSAC will review this recommendation in three years. In the absence of adequate evidence of effectiveness, the MSAC recommends that public funding for AIDR in the cervical spine should not be supported. |
| Stage 4 - Decision | Endorsed by the Minister for Health and Ageing on 6 June 2006 |
| Stage 5 - Implementation | Implemented |
