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Lead
Ali Rezai, MD
The purpose of this clinical study is to investigate the safety and efficacy of deep brain stimulation (DBS) as a treatment option in the management of severe, treatment refractory, morbid obesity.
Age
22–60
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
At least 24 months post Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery without evidence of a sustained improvement in BMI after gastric bypass surgery for at least 6 months.
Participant is willing to comply with all follow-up evaluations at the specified times
Participant is able to provide informed consent
Fluent in English
You may not be if
Medical contraindications for general anesthesia, craniotomy, or DBS surgery
Evidence of neurological disorders, e.g., multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and ischemic stroke, or severe brain atrophy or the presence of subdural hygromas or subdural hematomas.
Severe cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, liver, hematological disease, severe coagulopathy, acute infectious process
