Australian Government - Department of Health and Ageing

Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC)

1081 - 1100

Completed Assessments 1081 - 1100


1080 - Coronary (Radi) pressure wire

1081 - Uterine artery embolisation

1082 - SIR-Spheres for the treatment of non-resectable liver tumours

1083 - Intacs implants

1084 - UroVysion fluorescence insitu hybridization (FISH) assay

1085 - Carbon labelled urea breath tests for diagnosis of Helicobacter Pylori infection

1087 - Brain natriuretic peptide assays in the diagnosis and monitoring of heart failure - incorporating Application 1086

1088 - Needling of glaucoma bleb - deemed ineligible
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1089 - Brachytherapy for prostate cancer

1090 - Artificial intervertebral disc replacement (AIDR)

1091 - Laparoscopic remotely assisted radical prostatectomy

1092 - Deep brain stimulation for the symptoms of Parkinson's disease

1093 - Endovascular neurointerventional procedures

1094 - Rapid opiate detox with sedation - deemed ineligible
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1095 - Computed tomography colonography

1096 - Hepatitis B DNA testing

1097 - Topical negative pressure therapy via the VAC system - deemed ineligible



1098 - Breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

1099 - Lumbar non-fusion posterior stabilisation devices

1100 - Intersphinteric injection of silicone biomaterial for severe passive faecal incontinence



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