Part 4Non‑medicare services

Part 4 Non‑medicare services 1. Endoluminal gastroplication, for the treatment of gastro‑oesophageal reflux disease 2. Endovenous laser treatment, for varicose veins 3. Gamma knife surgery 4. Intradiscal electro thermal arthroplasty 5. Intravascular ultrasound (except where used in conjunction with intravascular brachytherapy) 6. Intro‑articular viscosupplementation, for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee 7. Low intensity ultrasound treatment, for the acceleration of bone fracture healing, using a bone growth stimulator 8. Lung volume reduction surgery, for advanced emphysema 9. Photodynamic therapy, for skin and mucosal cancer 10. Placement of artificial bowel sphincters, in the management of faecal incontinence 11. Sacral nerve stimulation, for urinary incontinence 12. Selective internal radiation therapy for any condition other than hepatic metastases that are secondary to colorectal cancer 13. Specific mass measurement of bone alkaline phosphatase 14. Transmyocardial laser revascularisation 15. Vertebral axial decompression therapy, for chronic back pain