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Screening and prevention programmes for children and adolescents from 6 to 14 years

Part I: Overview of screening and prevention programmes in other countries
Part II: Recommendations from evidence-based guidelines (guideline synopsis)

In Austria, the "Mutter-Kind-Pass” (the “mother-child pass") is a screening instrument for children up to the age of 5 years. There are currently no (universal) routine screenings in Austria for children and adolescents older than 6 years. In the present two-part report we researched and presented screening programmes in 9 countries and we identified evidence-based guidelines in guideline databases and via websites of relevant institutions and summarised their recommendations.

Publication: LBI-HTA Project report No. 106: http://eprints.hta.lbg.ac.at/1212/

Contact: Roman Winkler, Inanna Reinsperger

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Re-orientation of the Austrian parent-child preventive care programme. Part XI: Further development of the mother-child-pass: Screening recommendations of the expert working group for pregnancy, puerperium and early childhood (0-6 years)

In the process for the further development of the Austrian screening tool for pregnant women and children (“Mother-Child-Pass”), initiated by the Ministry of Health in 2014, after several reports conducted by the LBI-HTA, an interdisciplinary and multiprofessional expert working group formulated comprehensive (screening) recommendations for pregnancy, puerperium and childhood (0-6 years). The transparent and participatory process was finished in May 2018. The final report includes all protocols of the expert working group meetings as well as all submitted formal statements. Additionally, the recommendations were thematically structured by screening methods and by time.

Publication: LBI-HTA Project report No. 92: http://eprints.hta.lbg.ac.at/1163/

Contact: Inanna Reinsperger

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Irreversible electroporation for the treatment of liver and pancreatic cancer

Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is a non-thermal ablative process in which short but strong electric fields are generated using precisely placed needles and computer-controlled potential differences between these needles. In this way, pancreatic and liver tumors located near large blood vessels or other sensitive structures can be removed without damaging them.

There is insufficient evidence that IRE is more effective/safe or at least as effective/safe as the conventional standard of care (chemotherapy, chemoradiotherapy or palliative therapy) in the treatment of inoperable LAPC or that IRE is more effective/safe or at least as effective/safe as the conventional standard of care (TACE, sorafenib or palliative therapy) in the treatment of primary or secondary inoperable liver cancer that is not suitable for thermal ablation.

Publication: LBI-HTA Project report No. 119: http://eprints.hta.lbg.ac.at/1211/)

Contact: Eva Fuchs

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©Juan Gärtner

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Horizon Scanning in Oncology - Reports

We are pleased to introduce our new HSO report.

DSD HSO No. 89
Brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris®) in combination with chemotherapy for CD30-positive peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCLs)

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Custom-made or customisable 3D printed implants and cutting guides versus non- 3D printed standard implants and cutting guides for improving outcome in patients undergoing knee, maxillofacial, or cranial surgery

3D printed custom-made or customisable implants and cutting guides are currently most frequently applied in knee, maxillofacial, and cranial surgery. Evidence of very low or low quality shows significant differences in precision in terms of malalignment and deviation between 3D printed technology and standard instrumentation in knee arthroplasty. Evidence of higher quality is needed to validate these significant results and draw final conclusions. No firm conclusions can be made in mandibular reconstruction and cranioplasty, since no outcomes were significant in favour of either technology. No statements regarding long-term safety outcomes can be made.

Publication: LBI-HTA Projektbericht Nr. 117: http://eprints.hta.lbg.ac.at/1209/

Contact: Sabine Ettinger

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Evaluation of individual medical procedures 2019 - Reports

We are pleased to introduce our new reports.

Decision Support Documents 2019:

DSD 115: Osteochondral allograft transplantation for the knee (or other joints)
http://eprints.hta.lbg.ac.at/1204
DSD 116: Allograft for anterior and posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
http://eprints.hta.lbg.ac.at/1205
DSD 117: Human dermal allograft for massive rotator cuff tears
http://eprints.hta.lbg.ac.at//1206
DSD 118: 177Lu-PSMA Therapy in Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
http://eprints.hta.lbg.ac.at/1207

+4 Updates:

DSD 65/1. Update 2019: Annulus Fibrosus Repair after lumbar discectomy http://eprints.hta.lbg.ac.at/1200
DSD 98/1. Update 2019: Single-/two-step scaffold-based cartilage repair in the knee and ankle joint
http://eprints.hta.lbg.ac.at/1201
DSD 99/1. Update 2019: Radiofrequency denervation for lumbar and cervical facet joint pain – a systematic review
http://eprints.hta.lbg.ac.at/1202
DSD 100/1. Update 2019: Upper Airway Stimulation for Moderate-to-Severe Sleep Apnea
http://eprints.hta.lbg.ac.at/1203