Department of Neurosurgery Xuanwu Hospital August 7, 2024, 18:50 Beijing

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On August 3-4, 2024, the 7th Annual Academic Conference of the CAAE Stereotactic Electroencephalography and Brain Localization Committee was successfully held in Xiong'an New District. It was, hosted by the Stereotactic Electroencephalography and Brain Localization Committee of the Chinese Association Against Epilepsy and co-organized by Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, . Nearly 100 expert speakers from home and abroad gathered together to presented a wonderful academic feast. Nearly 500 domestic colleagues attended the conference.

 “This year marks the eighth year since the establishment of the Stereotactic Electroencephalography and Brain Localization Committee. I am delighted to find that this advanced technology of SEEG has already reached a certain scale in China and is favored by patients and doctors. However, it should also be noted that there are still many clinical scientific issues that need to be urgently resolved in the practice of SEEG implantation and the management of complications. Our understanding of intracranial electroencephalography and brain networks may be just the tip of the iceberg. At this stage, we also need to maintain a sense of curiosity, observe every phenomenon, then distill scientific questions and find answers in the clinic. We should explore the boundaries of SEEG from different angles and dimensions, just as we explore the boundaries of the universe. At the same time, for some common problems and regular problems, the committee members also have the responsibility to teach and solve problems, so as to maximize the advantages of SEEG and minimize the risks.”

——Professor Zhao Guoguang, Chairman of the Conference

Opening Ceremony

The 7th Annual Academic Conference of the CAAE Stereotactic Electroencephalography and Brain Localization Committee was successfully concluded in Xiong'an New District on August 3-4, 2024. More than 300 epilepsy and related field experts, scholars and medical colleagues from across the country attended the conference to conduct discussions and share academic achievements in SEEG and brain science.

The opening ceremony of the conference was hosted by Director Shan Yongzhi, Academic Secretary of the CAAE Stereotactic Electroencephalography and Brain Localization Committee. Zhao Guoguang, Chairman of the Stereotactic Electroencephalography and Brain Localization Committee of the CAAE and President of Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, delivered the opening speech. Professor Zhou Dong, President of the Chinese Association Against Epilepsy, Professor Li Shichuo, Founding President of the Association, and Gao Lichun, Director of the Xiong'an New Area Public Service Bureau, were also invited to give speeches.

Nearly 90 experts and scholars from home and abroad were invited to the conference to give speeches and have in-depth discussions on topics such as SEEG-based brain network neurosurgery, SEEG and brain science, and brain-computer interface.

Figure: Professor Zhao Guoguang, chairman of the conference, giving his welcome speech

Figure: top left to top right, Professor Zhao Guoguang, chairman of the conference; Professor Zhou Dong, president of the Chinese Association Against Epilepsy; Gao Lichun, director of the Xiong'an New District Public Service Bureau; bottom left to bottom right, Director Shan Yongzhi, academic secretary of the committee; Professor Li Shichuo, founding president of the Chinese Anti-Epilepsy Association

Academic topic 1

Topic 1 was chaired by Professor Zhou Dong, Zhang Jianguo and Wang Yuping.

Professor Jiang Tao, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, gave a speech entitled “Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Progress of Glioma-related Epilepsy”;

Professor Zhao Guoguang from Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University gave a speech entitled “Frontiers of SEEG Exploration—A Panoramic Perspective Integrating Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment with Neuroscience”;

Professor Luan Guoming from Sanbo Brain Hospital of Capital Medical University gave a speech entitled “Precise Treatment of Epilepsy Based on SEEG”;

Professor Francesco Cardinale of the University of Milan, Italy, gave a speech entitled “SEEG: what's the buzz of Niguarda Hospital?”

Academic topic 2

Topic 2 was hosted by Professor Zhao Guoguang, Luan Guoming, and Zhu Dan.

Professor Zhou Dong of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, gave a speech entitled ‘ILAE's new recommendations for classifying seizures’;

Professor John Duncan of University College London gave a speech entitled ‘EpiNav software platform to support the epilepsy surgery pathway’;

Professor Wu Jinsong of Huashan Hospital, Fudan University gave a speech entitled “Precise localization, protection and reconstruction of brain function”;

Professor Fabrice Bartolomei of Aix-Marseille University gave a speech entitled “Classification of temporal lobe epilepsy”;

Professor Guan Yuguang from Sanbo Brain Hospital of Capital Medical University  gave a speech entitled “Clinical summary and application of deep thermal coagulation electrodes”.

Sub-forum 1: SEEG Forum

Session 1 was chaired by nine professors: Xu Jiweng, Yang Weidong, Sun Wei, Ou Shaowu, Hu Jie, Li Yunlin, Lin Yuansiang, Liu Shiyong, and Dou Wancheng.

Professor Li Wenling from the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University gave a speech entitled “Preliminary Discussion on the Selection of Epilepsy Targets for Feedback Neuroelectric Stimulation”;

Professor Qian Ruobing from the First Affiliated Hospital of the University of Science and Technology of China (Anhui Provincial Hospital) gave a speech entitled “Preliminary Research on Hippocampal Scene Information Processing Based on SEEG”;

Professor Zhu Junming from the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine gave a speech entitled “Discussion on the Location of Epileptogenic Foci and the Application of Virtual Surgery Based on the Fusion of Multimodal Brain Networks”;

Professor Zhou Wenjing from Tsinghua University Yuquan Hospital gave a speech entitled “Interpretation of SEEG Results and Help for Surgical Decision-Making”;

Professor Shan Yongzhi of Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, gave a speech entitled “Analysis of the Efficacy of RNS in the Treatment of Refractory Epilepsy”;

Professor Guan Yuguang of Sanbo Brain Hospital, Capital Medical University, gave a speech entitled “Non-operative MR-guided LITT”.

Professor Guo Yanwu of Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, gave a speech entitled “Exploration of the Application of Mobile Magnetic Resonance Dynamic Monitoring in SEEG-RFTC”;

Professor Hu Wenhan of Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, gave a speech entitled “Treatment of the FCD at the Bottom of the Central Sulcus: LITT vs. Open Surgery”;

Professor Ren Liankun of Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, gave a speech entitled “The Network Mechanism of Vagus Nerve Electrical Stimulation in the Treatment of Epilepsy”;

Professor Wang Shuang of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine gave a speech entitled “Clinical Characteristics of Fright Epilepsy: A Single-Center Clinical Observation”;

Professor Wang Haixiang from Yuquan Hospital, Tsinghua University gave a speech entitled “SEEG high-frequency event time series analysis”;

Professor Chen Shihua from Beijing Children Hospital, Capital Medical University gave a speech entitled “Scalp EEG and SEEG in epileptic spasms”.

Sub-forum 2: SEEGand Brain Science Forum

Session 2 was chaired by six professors: Ren Liankun, Zhang Hua, Shao Xiaoqiu, Wei Penghu, Zhang Xu, and Wang Xiongfei.

Professor Wang Qun of Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, gave a speech entitled “Research on the Mechanism of Hearing Based on SEEG”;

Professor He Xiaosong of the University of Science and Technology of China gave a speech entitled “The Correlation between the Epicenter of Cortical Atrophy after Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Surgery and Surgical Prognosis”;

Professor Wang Mengyang of Sanbo Brain Hospitalm, Capital Medical University gave a speech entitled “Anatomical-electrical-clinical analysis of tuberous sclerosis complex”;

Professor Zhou Hongyu of the Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine gave a speech entitled “Surgical treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy with amygdala enlargement”;

Professor Chen Junxi from Guangdong Sanjiu Brain Hospital gave a speech entitled “Experience Sharing on the Surgical Excision of Insular Epileptogenic Foci Guided by SEEG”;

Professor Zhang Liping from Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University gave a speech entitled “Epilepsy Syndromes that can be Treated with Surgery”.

Gerwin Schalk, a visiting professor from Fudan University, gave a speech entitled “Advances of brain machine interface with ECoG/SEEG”;

Luo Cheng, professor at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, gave a speech entitled “Analysis of the dynamic characteristics of brain space-time and research on intelligent epilepsy typing”;

Zhang Molin, professor of electrical engineering at Tsinghua University, gave a speech entitled “Design and system integration of low-power wireless physiological information sensing circuits”;

Dai Xiaochuan, professor at the School of Biomedical Engineering at Tsinghua University, gave a speech entitled “Neuron-mimicking electrodes and brain-computer interfaces”;

Professor Yu Tao from Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University gave a speech entitled “The Role of the Anterior Thalamic Nucleus in Epileptic Brain Networks”;

Professor Chen Liying from Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine gave a speech entitled “Research on the Mechanism of Adult Newborn Neurons Promoting Seizures and Their Neural Circuits”.

SEEG Forum

The SEEG Forum was moderated by Professor Liang Shuli, Cui Zhiqiang and Sui Lisen.

Professor Zhang Kai of Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, gave a speech entitled “SEEG-RFTC—Advantages and Limitations”;

Professor Guo Qiang of Guangdong Sanjiu Brain Hospital gave a speech entitled “The Characteristics of the Distribution of the Epileptogenic Zone of MOGHE from the Perspective of SEEG”;

Professor Zhang Yang of Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, gave a speech entitled “A Study of Thalamic-Occipital Electrostimulation to Improve Abnormal Discharges in the Epileptogenic Zone iEEG”;

Professor Song Shiwei from Xiehe Hospital, Fujian Medical University, gave a speech entitled “SEEG-RFTC for the treatment of medial temporal lobe epilepsy”;

Professor Qiao Liang from Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, gave a speech entitled “SEEG in orbitofrontal epilepsy and additional conditions”;

Professor Lu Jun from Hunan Provincial Brain Hospital gave a speech entitled “Application and reflection of SEEG-guided radiofrequency thermocoagulation treatment”;

Professor Hou Xiaobing of Foshan First People's Hospital gave a speech entitled “Experience in the localization of visual pathways and vision-related epilepsy”.

Youth Forum

The Youth Forum was hosted by Professor Zhao Rui, Hu Feng and Tao Zhe.

Professor Jiang Lei of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University gave a speech entitled “Diagnosis and treatment of refractory epilepsy with the aid of MRI with edge enhancement sequences”;

Professor Xu Cuiping of Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University gave a speech entitled “CM-DBS for the treatment of refractory epilepsy”;

Professor You Longfei of the First Affiliated Hospital of the University of Science and Technology of China (Anhui Provincial Hospital) gave a speech entitled “Research on the Precursor Symptoms of Drug-resistant Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Based on SEEG”;

Professor Tang Xiaowei of Guangdong Sanjiu Brain Hospital gave a speech entitled “SEEG-guided Diagnosis and Treatment of Insular Lobe Epilepsy”;

Professor Feng Tao of Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University gave a speech entitled “Structural and Metabolic Abnormalities of Subregions of the Amygdala and Hippocampus under Different Seizure Modes Depicted by SEEG”;

Professor Gao Taihong of Shandong Provincial Hospital gave a speech entitled “SEEG-guided ultra-selective cortical resection for intractable epilepsy”;

Professor Qin Guangbiao of Peking University People's Hospital gave a speech entitled “Clinical application of SEEG in the diagnosis and treatment of refractory epilepsy”.

This This conference was held over a day and a half around the theme of “Frontiers in SEEG Exploration” and was a huge success, with a full house. The content focused on clinical and basic research topics in SEEG, creating a high-level academic exchange platform. It presented the most cutting-edge academic research in the fields of SEEG and brain science to domestic colleagues, and will play a positive role in promoting the standardization and development of the discipline.

After the academic activities, the conference organized participants to visit the newly completed Xiong'an Xuanwu Hospital. Zhang Jiaxing, Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee of Xiong'an Xuanwu Hospital, and others received and exchanged with the experts.

Picture: Zhang Jiaxing, Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee of Xiong'an Xuanwu Hospital, received the visitors