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ArticleNeurologia medico-chirurgica2021

Current Status and Future Objectives of Surgical Therapies for Epilepsy in Japan.

Nobuhiro Mikuni, Naotaka Usui, Hiroshi Otsubo, Kensuke Kawai, Haruhiko Kishima, Taketoshi Maehara, Seiichiro Mine, Takamichi Yamamoto

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Article in Neurologia medico-chirurgica, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Nobuhiro MikuniDepartment of Neurosurgery, Sapporo Medical University.
Naotaka UsuiDepartment of Neurosurgery, National Epilepsy Center, NHO Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders.
Hiroshi OtsuboDepartment of Clinical Neurophysiology, The Hospital for Sick Children of University of Toronto.
Kensuke KawaiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Jichi Medical University.
Haruhiko KishimaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine.
Taketoshi MaeharaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
Seiichiro MineDepartment of Neurosurgery, Gyotoku General Hospital.
Takamichi YamamotoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital.

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This study investigated the number of epilepsy surgeries performed over time in Japan, and conducted a questionnaire survey of the Japan Neurosurgical Society (JNS) training program core hospitals to determine the current status and future objectives of surgical therapies and epilepsy training programs for physicians in Japan. This article presents part of a presentation delivered as a presidential address at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Epilepsy Surgery Society of Japan held in January 2021. The number of epilepsy surgeries performed per year has increased in Japan since 2011 to around 1,200 annually between 2015 and 2018. The questionnaire survey showed that 50% of the responding hospitals performed epilepsy surgery and 29% had an epilepsy center, and that these hospitals provided senior residents with education regarding epilepsy surgery. The presence of an epilepsy center in a hospital was positively correlated with the availability of long-term video electroencephalography monitoring beds as well as the number of epilepsy surgeries performed at the hospital. In regions with no medical facilities offering specialized surgical therapies for epilepsy, the JNS training program core hospitals may help improve epilepsy diagnosis and treatment. They may also increase the number of safe and effective surgeries by establishing epilepsy centers that can perform long-term video electroencephalography monitoring, providing junior neurosurgeons with training regarding epilepsy, and playing a core role in surgical therapies for epilepsy in tertiary medical areas in close cooperation with neighboring medical facilities.

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EpilepsyElectroencephalographyHumansJapanNeurosurgeonsNeurosurgical Proceduresepilepsy surgerylong-term video electroencephalography monitoring

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