Minimally invasive surgery for placement of a subcutaneous EEG implant.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A new class of subcutaneous electroencephalography has enabled ultra long-term monitoring of people with epilepsy. The objective of this paper is to describe surgeons' experiences in an early series of implantations as well as discomfort or complications experienced by the participants.

Methods

We included 38 implantation procedures from two trials on people with epilepsy and healthy adults. Questionnaires to assess surgeons' and participants' experience were analyzed as well as all recorded adverse events occurring up to 21 days post-surgery.

Results

With training, the implantation could be performed in approximately 15 min. Overall, the implantation procedure was considered easy to perform with only 2 episodes where the implant got fixated in the introduc

SUBMITTER: Djurhuus BD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10665563 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature