Publications

Hayes Publications are available through the Hayes Knowledge Center, a portal to world-class research and unbiased analyses on the clinical, financial, and risk impacts of emerging, controversial, and disruptive healthcare technologies.

Every Hayes publication is developed by multidisciplinary teams of clinicians and scientists using rigorous methods grounded in internally recognized standards for systematic review and Health Technology Assessment. Learn more about these evidence resources and see sample titles below.

See below for some of our recent publications.

Proton Beam Therapy for Prostate Cancer

Focus of the Report: This report focuses on the use of proton beam therapy (PBT) to treat prostate cancer.

Technology Description: PBT is a type of external radiation treatment in which positively charged subatomic particles (protons) are precisely targeted to a specific tissue mass us…

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy After Surgery for Pilonidal Disease

Focus of the Report: This report addresses the use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) used in addition to standard wound care following surgery to treat pilonidal disease.

Technology Description: NPWT uses a device to apply subatmospheric pressure in a closed environment to cont…

Phacocanaloplasty for Concomitant Cataract and Open-Angle Glaucoma

Focus of the Report: The focus of this report is phacocanaloplasty (P-CP) for the treatment of concomitant open-angle glaucoma (OAG) and cataract in adult patients.

Technology Description: P-CP combines phacoemulsification (phaco), the standard care cataract extraction and intraocular …

Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Refractory Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Focus of Report: Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) with real-time magnetic resonance imaging thermography is being investigated as a minimally invasive surgical alternative for treatment of mesial refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE).

Technology Description: LITT delivers …