IMR Press / JIN / Volume 21 / Issue 1 / DOI: 10.31083/j.jin2101039
Open Access Case Report
Surgical aspects using an exoscope for corpus callosotomy: initial experience for epilepsy surgery
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1 Department of Neurosurgery, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, 430-8558 Shizuka, Japan
2 Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, 430-8558 Shizuka, Japan
*Correspondence: afujimotoscienceacademy@gmail.com (Ayataka Fujimoto)
J. Integr. Neurosci. 2022, 21(1), 39; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.jin2101039
Submitted: 15 March 2021 | Revised: 25 March 2021 | Accepted: 8 May 2021 | Published: 28 January 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Non-medication treatment for medically intractable epilepsy)
Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

The exoscope is a new form of optic device that has begun to be used in the last decade. The exoscope provides high-quality magnification and illumination at depth, allowing easy manipulation of surgical instruments even in narrow surgical fields. Exoscopic corpus callosotomy (CC) has not been reported. We report herein our initial experience with the utility of exoscopic CC. A 3-year-old boy diagnosed with West syndrome at 4 months old was referred to our hospital. As the seizure spasms were considered to carry a risk of severe traumatic injury, we performed exoscopic CC as palliative therapy. An EX VITOM 3D exoscope and 4K-3D surgical monitor were used during the procedure. No surgical complications that could be related to exoscope use were noted. Operative time for exoscopic CC was comparable to that for microscopic CC, despite a lack of previous experience with the equipment. Stereoscopic vision was easily obtained. The exoscope was perceived as providing higher quality magnification. We report our first clinical experience of exoscopic CC. The exoscope appears useful in the field of epilepsy surgery.

Keywords
Exoscope
Three-dimensional
Corpus callosotomy
Epilepsy surgery
Microscope
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