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Papers

(The median citation count of Acta Neurochirurgica is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Glioblastoma in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: first case report and review of potential pathomechanisms	35
The role of microsurgery for poor-grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhages in the endovascular era	34
Hemodynamic response and clinical outcome following intravenous milrinone plus norepinephrine–based hyperdynamic hypertensive therapy in patients suffering secondary cerebral ischemia after aneurysmal	32
Reducing complication rates for repeat craniotomies in glioma patients: a single-surgeon experience and comparison with the literature	23
Super-selective balloon test occlusion with electrophysiological monitoring to occlude angiographically invisible posterior communicating artery perforators with unruptured aneurysm	22
Ictal onset stereoelectroencephalography patterns in temporal lobe epilepsy: type, distribution, and prognostic value	19
Surgical treatment of symptomatic pineal cysts without hydrocephalus—meta-analysis of the published literature	15
Customized cost-effective polymethylmethacrylate cranioplasty: a cosmetic comparison with other low-cost methods of cranioplasty	15
Combined use of vancomycin powder and betadine irrigation lowers the incidence of postcraniotomy wound infection in low-risk cases: a single-center risk-stratified cohort analysis	14
Unstable ventricular tachycardia requiring defibrillation from rapid ventricular pacing during basilar apex aneurysm clipping	14
Vascular supplies to the column of the fornix other than the subcallosal artery: median artery of the corpus callosum and posterior choroidal arteries	12
Fred Gentili, MD, FRCSC (1947–2022): Say it loud, say it clear	12
Waiting time for surgery influences the outcome in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus — a population-based study	11
Management of non-vestibular schwannomas in adult patients: a systematic review and consensus statement on behalf of the EANS skull base section Part III: Lower cranial nerve schwannomas, jugular fora	11
Craniotomies following acute traumatic brain injury in Finland—a national study between 1997 and 2018	10
International practice variation in perioperative laboratory testing in glioblastoma patients—a retrospective cohort study	10
Spontaneous angiogram-negative subarachnoid hemorrhage: a retrospective single center cohort study	9
Efficacy of caudal pedunculopontine nucleus stimulation on postural instability and gait disorders in Parkinson’s disease	9
Pretreatment patient-reported cognitive function in patients with diffuse glioma	8
Uncommon presentations of a neurosurgical site infection: impaired wound healing with hypergranulation and crust formation	8
The “springform” technique in cranioplasty: custom made 3D-printed templates for intraoperative modelling of polymethylmethacrylate cranial implants	7
Management of non-vestibular schwannomas in adult patients: a systematic review and consensus statement on behalf of the EANS skull base section Part II: Trigeminal and facial nerve schwannomas (CN V,	7
A multivariable prediction model for recovery patterns and time course of symptoms improvement in hemifacial spasm following microvascular decompression	6
The risk factors of intracerebral hemorrhage in deep brain stimulation: does target matter?	6
Complications of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis and stenosis surgery in patients over 80 s: comparative study with over 60 s and 70 s. Experience with 678 cases	6

Alcohol intoxication and lack of helmet use are common in electric scooter-related traumatic brain injuries: a consecutive patient series from a tertiary university hospital