New and Emerging Health Technology Reports

Recent Reports from CADTH and Other HTA Agencies

Previous issues of Health Technology Update

CADTH

These reports are available without cost at the web sites shown below:

Agence d’évaluation des technologies et des modes d’intervention en santé (AÉTMIS)

• Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy
  • Available: http://www.aetmis.gouv.qc.ca/site/index.php?id=250,725,0,0,1,0

• Bone-anchored hearing aids
  • Available: http://www.aetmis.gouv.qc.ca/site/index.php?id=250,697,0,0,1,0

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR)

• Hysteroscopic tubal sterilization (Essure™ System)
  • Available: http://www.ihe.ca/documents/hta/TechNote_No_57.pdf

Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)

• Radiofrequency neurotomy for lumbar pain
  • Available: http://www.cadth.ca/media/pdf/398_radiofrequency_cetap_e.pdf
• Chondroitin sulfate for interstitial cystitis
  • Available: http://www.cadth.ca/media/pdf/431_uracyst_cetap_e.pdf
• Accommodative intraocular lenses for age-related cataracts
  • Available: http://www.cadth.ca/media/pdf/406_accommodative_lens_cetap_August2006.pdf

McGill University Health Centre Technology Assessment Unit (TAU)

• Should the McGill University Health Centre use safety devices to reduce needlestick injuries associated with intravascular infusions? An update
  • Available: http://www.mcgill.ca/files/tau/needlestick_update_May2006_FINAL.pdf

Ontario Medical Advisory Secretariat (MAS)

• Artificial discs for lumbar and cervical degenerative disc disease - an update
  • Available: http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/providers/program/mas/tech/reviews/pdf/rev_adr_040106.pdf

UK National Horizon Scanning Centre (NHSC)

• Patent foramen ovale closure for migraine
  • Available: http://www.pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/horizon/PDF_files/2006reports/PFOclosure.pdf

US Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA)

• Pulmonary vein isolation for treatment of atrial fibrillation
  • Available: http://www.bcbs.com/tec/vol21/20_01.html
• Wireless esophageal pH monitoring
  • Available: http://www.bcbs.com/tec/vol21/21_02.html

US California Technology Assessment Forum (CTAF)

• Low-level laser therapy for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Available: http://www.ctaf.org/content/assessments_pdf/65198186097_carpal%200206%20W.pdf