Enterra Therapy Gastric Electrical Stimulation (GES) System for the treatment of the symptoms of medically refractory gastroparesis

Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
Record ID 32010001681
English
Authors' recommendations: Enterra Therapy is a gastric electrical stimulation system for the relief of symptoms associated with gastroparesis. While not a cure, Enterra Therapy offers many potential benefits to both the patient and the health system in terms of improved treatment outcomes and costs in treating the disease.Despite the lack of studies on the economic impact of Enterra Therapy, the improvement in patient symptoms and reduction in need for medication and nutritional support mechanisms indicate that, over the long term, use of this technology (if approved) may provide significant reductions in costs and health system resource usage to treat gastroparesis patients.However, currently available data must first be backed up by reliable, high quality results from large, randomised controlled clinical trials before Enterra Therapy can be widely distributed and used.
Details
Project Status: Completed
URL for project: http://www.horizonscanning.gov.au/internet/horizon/publishing.nsf/Content/211ABF81A69CA39DCA2575AD0080F3DC/$File/HS%20Enterra%20Therapy.pdf
Year Published: 2006
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: Australia
MeSH Terms
  • Electric Stimulation Therapy
Contact
Organisation Name: Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures-Surgical
Contact Address: ASERNIP-S 24 King William Street, Kent Town SA 5067 Australia Tel: +61 8 8219 0900
Contact Name: racs.asernip@surgeons.org
Contact Email: racs.asernip@surgeons.org
Copyright: Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA or other HTA producer. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database.