This is a new guideline from NICE advising that iFUSE can be used for treating chronic sacroiliac pain. The guideline was released in Oct 18. It is worth being aware of as we may have patients affecte...
This summary is based on 3 recent NICE guidelines:Bisphosphonates in people for primary or secondary prevention. Raloxifene for primary prevention. Basically it isn't advised. Raloxifene and teripar...
How often have you encountered an anxious parent with their child with bow legs or in-toeing and wondered ‘is this normal or not?’. If you don’t feel 100% confident in knowing which child needs simple...
There are three new guidelines from NICE about using various percutaneous treatments for intervertebral disc problems. Percutaneous coblation of the intervertebral disc for low back pain and sciatica....
This is a new guideline from NICE on treating symptomatic Morton's neuroma with radiofrequency ablation (RFA). They also list current advised management, which I have added at the bottom, as I felt a ...
This guideline from NICE is an update of their 2008 osteoarthritis one. There will be more coming soon on pharmacological treatments, so this is covering most of the other stuff. There is only 1 new t...
Subcutaneous ICDs The first guideline advises that subcutaneous ICDs can be used. Traditional ICDs have leads placed transvenously, which is more complicated and requires a GA. Subcutaneous ICDs seem ...
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