Reference 27
Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for the treatment of vertebral compression fracture
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Application No. | 27 |
| Application Name | Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for the treatment of vertebral compression fracture |
| Advisory Panels | Professor Ken Thomson (Chair and MSAC member) Dr Kwun Fong (MSAC member) Dr William Clark (co-opted member) Dr Murali Guduguntla (Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists nominee) Dr Adrian Nowitzke (Neurological Society of Australasia nominee) Professor Philip Sambrook (Australian Rheumatology Association nominee) Professor Bryant Stokes (co-opted member) Ms Valerie McKeown (Consumers' Health Forum of Australia nominee) |
| Date Received by MSAC Secretariat | 24 November 2003 |
| Stage 1 - Eligibility | Eligible |
| Stage 2 - Assessment | Completed |
| Stage 3 - Formulation of Advice to the Minister | Vertebroplasty On the strength of the evidence pertaining to safety, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of vertebroplasty, the MSAC recommends interim public funding for: - vertebroplasty in patients with painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures confirmed by diagnostic imaging and not controlled by conservative medical therapy; - vertebroplasty in patients with pain from metastatic deposits or multiple myeloma in a vertebral body This procedure should be performed by appropriately qualified medical practitioners and this recommendation is to be reviewed within 5 years Kyphoplasty The MSAC found that there is insufficient evidence to support public funding for kyphoplasty at this time |
| Stage 4 - Decision | Endorsed by the Minister for Health and Ageing 27 September 2005 |
| Stage 5 - Implementation |  |
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