Epilepsy Epilepsy
Conditions
Interventions
None
Sponsors
Kikuchi Takayuki
Yukihiro Yamao
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. 16-75 years of age 2. patients with medically intractable epilepsy 3. Need to focus resection 4. Difficulty in identification of epileptic focus by using conventional investigations 5. Understanding of the explanation and confirmation of the consent 6. patients in whom pre- and postoperative MRI can be performed
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. patients with uncontrollable respiratory or cardiovascular diseases 2. compromised host 3. patients who will not be able to visit hospital 2 years after operation 4. Brain dysfunction or mental disorder 5. patients with hypermotor seizure 6. patients with pacemaker 7. patients with metals in the body that are not confirmed to perform MRI
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To evaluate efficiency of stereotactic electroencephalogram by recording electrocorticogram and electrosubcorticogram | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) Identification of epileptic focus of the deep part of the brain 2) Improvement of results of epilepsy surgery | — |
Contacts
Public ContactYukihiro Yamao
Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
Outcome results
None listed