Australian Government - Department of Health and Ageing

Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC)

1041 - 1060

Completed Assessments 1041 - 1060



1041 - Intravascular brachytherapy - Commercial-in-Confidence application

1042 - Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT)

1043 - Thyrogen™ (thyrotropin alfa) as a diagnostic agent for well-differentiated thyroid cancer

1044 - Ostase immunoassay for the mass measurement of serum bone alkaline phosphatase

1045 - Intra-articular viscosupplementation for treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee

1046 - Implantation of the InterstimŽ device for sacral nerve stimulation
1047 - Endoluminal gastroplication for the treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD)

1048 - Intradiscal electrothermal anuloplasty: a treatment for patients with chronic lower back pain due to anular disruption of contained herniated discs

1049 - M-VAX™ : a treatment for patients with advanced stage III melanoma

1050 - Optical biometry using partial coherence interferometry prior to cataract surgery

1051 - VAC therapy (vacuum assisted closure) - deemed ineligible
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1052 - Radiofrequency ablation of liver tumours

1053 - Placement of artificial bowel sphincters in the management of faecal incontinence

1054 - Hyperbaric oxygen therapy

1055 - Hysteroscopic sterilisation by tubal cannulation and placement of intrafallopian implant

1056 - LeukoScanŽ: for the use in diagnostic imaging of the long bones and feet in patients with suspected osteomyelitis, including those with diabetic foot ulcers

1057 - M2AŽ capsule endoscopy for the evaluation of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding in adult patients

1058 - QuantiFERON - TB Gold - withdrawn
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1059 - Endo venous laser treatment for varicose veins

1060 - Bone mineral densitometry - see Reference 19.


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