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ReviewJournal of child neurology2023

Use of Invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces in Pediatric Neurosurgery: Technical and Ethical Considerations.

David Bergeron, Christian Iorio-Morin, Marco Bonizzato, Guillaume Lajoie, Nathalie Orr Gaucher, Éric Racine, Alexander G Weil

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Review in Journal of child neurology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. [Ethical considerations for artificial intelligence-enhanced brain-computer interface].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2025
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  13. [An emerging discipline: brain-computer interfaces medicine].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2024
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  14. [Ethical considerations for medical applications of implantable brain-computer interfaces].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2024
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  19. Neurosurgery and the Brain-Computer Interface.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

David BergeronDivision of Neurosurgery, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9039-9427
Christian Iorio-MorinDivision of Neurosurgery, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
Marco BonizzatoElectrical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Guillaume LajoieMathematics and Statistics Department, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Nathalie Orr GaucherDepartment of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Éric RacinePragmatic Research Unit, Institute de Recherche Clinique de Montréal (IRCM), Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Alexander G WeilDivision of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine (CHUSJ), Département de Pédiatrie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine · CACentre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation · CAMila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute · CAMontreal Clinical Research Institute · CAUniversité de Montréal · CAUniversité de Sherbrooke · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Invasive brain-computer interfaces hold promise to alleviate disabilities in individuals with neurologic injury, with fully implantable brain-computer interface systems expected to reach the clinic in the upcoming decade. Children with severe neurologic disabilities, like quadriplegic cerebral palsy or cervical spine trauma, could benefit from this technology. However, they have been excluded from clinical trials of intracortical brain-computer interface to date. In this manuscript, we discuss the ethical considerations related to the use of invasive brain-computer interface in children with severe neurologic disabilities. We first review the technical hardware and software considerations for the application of intracortical brain-computer interface in children. We then discuss ethical issues related to motor brain-computer interface use in pediatric neurosurgery. Finally, based on the input of a multidisciplinary panel of experts in fields related to brain-computer interface (functional and restorative neurosurgery, pediatric neurosurgery, mathematics and artificial intelligence research, neuroengineering, pediatric ethics, and pragmatic ethics), we then formulate initial recommendations regarding the clinical use of invasive brain-computer interfaces in children.

Indexed as

Brain-Computer InterfacesNeurosurgeryPersons with DisabilitiesArtificial IntelligenceChildHumansNeurosurgical Proceduresbrain-computer interfacebrain-machine interfaceethicsneuroprosthesis

Identifiers

PMID37116888
PMCPMC10226009
OpenAlexW4367301926

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