OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Acta Neurochirurgica is 4. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Idiopathic chronic temporal lobe herniation with associated epilepsy	49
Safety analysis and complications of condylar screws in a single-surgeon series of 250 occipitocervical fusions	40
Thalamic anterior part of the ventral posterolateral nucleus and central lateral nucleus in the genesis of central post-stroke pain	40
Vertical parasagittal hemispherotomy: a case report of postoperative mesio-temporal seizures via amygdalofugal pathway	39
Hydroxyapatite cement cranioplasty for reconstruction of translabyrinthine approach: aesthetic results, long-term satisfaction, quality of life, and complications	32
Brain infarctions after glioma surgery: prevalence, radiological characteristics and risk factors	29
A clinicoradiological analysis of silent corticotroph adenomas after the introduction of pituitary-specific transcription factors	28
Glioblastoma in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: first case report and review of potential pathomechanisms	26
The role of microsurgery for poor-grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhages in the endovascular era	25
Hemodynamic response and clinical outcome following intravenous milrinone plus norepinephrine–based hyperdynamic hypertensive therapy in patients suffering secondary cerebral ischemia after aneurysmal	25
Impact of C-shaped skin incision on surgical operability in the retrosigmoid approach: when a good start is half of the job	25
Preoperative measurements on MRI in Chiari 1 patients fail to predict outcome after decompressive surgery	22
Dynamic radiation-induced imaging changes more than 20 years following gamma knife surgery	21
Correction to: Integrity of dural closure after autologous platelet rich fibrin augmentation: an in vitro study	20
“Omics” in traumatic brain injury: novel approaches to a complex disease	19
Ictal onset stereoelectroencephalography patterns in temporal lobe epilepsy: type, distribution, and prognostic value	18
Risk factors for polyetheretherketone cage subsidence following minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion	18
Reducing complication rates for repeat craniotomies in glioma patients: a single-surgeon experience and comparison with the literature	18
Multiple anterior choroidal arteries and perioperative ischemic complications in unruptured anterior choroidal artery aneurysms treated with microsurgical clipping	17
Extent of spinal canal obliteration as prognostic factor for functional outcome in patients with spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma: a retrospective study	17
Complications in stereoelectroencephalography: are we too severe?	17
Super-selective balloon test occlusion with electrophysiological monitoring to occlude angiographically invisible posterior communicating artery perforators with unruptured aneurysm	15
Response to: Some historical remarks on ipsilateral hemiparesis and the absence of decussation of the pyramidal tracts	15
Intracranial pulse pressure waveform analysis using the higher harmonics centroid	14
Response to letter: “Stereotactic biopsies of brainstem lesions: dilemma on the best trajectory”	14

Dural sac shrinkage signs on magnetic resonance imaging at the thoracic level in spontaneous intracranial hypotension—its clinical significance	14
Surgical treatment of symptomatic pineal cysts without hydrocephalus—meta-analysis of the published literature	14
Feasibility of underwater microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm: a technical note	13
Combined biportal unilateral endoscopic endonasal and endoscopic anterior transmaxillary approach for resection of lesions involving the infratemporal fossa	13
In reply to “Vascular supplies to the column of the fornix other than the subcallosal artery: median artery of the corpus callosum and posterior choroidal arteries”	13
Unstable ventricular tachycardia requiring defibrillation from rapid ventricular pacing during basilar apex aneurysm clipping	13
A rare case of bilateral occipital condyle fractures associated with inferior clivus separation fracture resulting in craniocervical dislocation: a case report and modification of the Anderson and Mon	13
Customized cost-effective polymethylmethacrylate cranioplasty: a cosmetic comparison with other low-cost methods of cranioplasty	13
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	13
There is more to NPH than lower body Parkinsonism	12
Intracerebral hemorrhage due to vasculitis following COVID-19 vaccination: a case report	12
Correction to: Bilateral thoracic disc herniation with abdominal wall paresis: a case report	12
Factors which influence the complications of external ventricular cerebrospinal fluid drainage	12
Vascular supplies to the column of the fornix other than the subcallosal artery: median artery of the corpus callosum and posterior choroidal arteries	11
Neurosurgical management of petrous bone lesions: classification system and selection of surgical approaches	11
How I do it? Posterior inferior cerebellar artery-intracranial vertebral artery reimplantation bypass and trapping of dissecting aneurysm involving the proximal posterior inferior cerebellar artery	11
Distress and quality of life do not change over time in patients with operated and conservatively managed intracranial meningioma	10
Intraoperative findings of abnormal muscle response for hemifacial spasm following botulinum neurotoxin treatment	10
Twist drill craniostomy vs burr hole drainage of chronic subdural hematoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Comment: Invasive tests for predicting shunt response in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus—the risk aspect	10
Venous sinus thrombosis in traumatic brain injury: a major trauma centre experience	10
Aneurismal subarachnoid hemorrhage during the COVID-19 outbreak in a Hub and Spoke system: observational multicenter cohort study in Lombardy, Italy	10
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	10
Designing electrode configuration of electroosmosis based edema treatment as a complement to hyperosmotic therapy	10
Surgical management of anterior clinoidal meningiomas: consensus statement on behalf of the EANS skull base section	10
Fred Gentili, MD, FRCSC (1947–2022): Say it loud, say it clear	10
Correction to: Atypical evolution of meningiomatosis after discontinuation of cyproterone acetate: clinical cases and histomolecular characterization	9
Distribution of electric field in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder treated with deep brain stimulation of the bed nucleus of stria terminalis	9
Upper limb dysfunction and activities in daily living in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus	9
Waiting time for surgery influences the outcome in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus — a population-based study	9
Myasthenia gravis after glioblastoma resection: paraneoplastic syndrome or coincidence? A unique case report and review of the literature	9
Letter: Response to letter “The exact number of misplacements is essential for the reproducibility of statistical findings by Mansoor et al.” by G. Kerry	9
Current decision support tools fail to agree or predict therapeutic decisions in a single cohort of unruptured intracranial aneurysms	9
Management of Chiari type I malformation: a retrospective analysis of a series of 91 children treated surgically	9
Posterior cranial fossa and cervical spine morphometric abnormalities in symptomatic Chiari type 0 and Chiari type 1 malformation patients with and without syringomyelia	9
Vagus nerve stimulation: a 20-year Australian experience	9
How I do it: surgical resection of ventrolateral pontomesencephalic junction glioma via oculomotor-tentorial triangle	9
Biportal endoscopic unilateral laminotomy with bilateral decompression for the treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy	8
Long-term mortality in patients with moyamoya angiopathy according to stroke presentation type in South Korea	8
Cervical spine injuries requiring surgery in a Level I trauma centre in a major German city	8
Alexander A. Potapov MD, PhD (July 5, 1948–May 15, 2021): an intensivist turned neurosurgeon	8
Impact of subcallosal artery origin and A1 asymmetry on surgical outcomes of anterior communicating artery aneurysms	8
Decompression of the greater occipital nerve improves outcome in patients with chronic headache and neck pain — a retrospective cohort study	8
Three-dimensional high-definition exoscope (Kestrel View II) in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a valid alternative to operative microscope-assisted surgery	8
Diffusional kurtosis imaging as a possible prognostic marker of cervical incomplete spinal cord injury outcome: a prospective pilot study	8
International practice variation in perioperative laboratory testing in glioblastoma patients—a retrospective cohort study	7
Reply to the Letter: Failed back surgery syndrome, a term overdue for replacement	7
Unreliable claims regarding bicycle helmet law in Western Australia	7
Shunt performance in 349 patients with hydrocephalus after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage	7
Radiofrequency thermocoagulation of the sulcus bottom in type II focal cortical dysplasia-related epilepsy with tapered implantation of electrodes: a case report	7

The Shape grading system: a classification for growth patterns of pituitary adenomas	7
Revascularization to the ACA: effectiveness and variation of the STA-RAG-A3 bonnet bypass	7
Current state of social media utilization in neurosurgery amongst European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) member countries	7
Extended testing for cognition: has awake brain mapping moved to the next level?	7
Adaptation of laser interstitial thermal therapy for tumor ablation under MRI monitoring in a rat orthotopic model of glioblastoma	7
Stereotactic radiosurgery for clinoid meningiomas: a multi-institutional study	7
Combined use of multimodal techniques for the resection of glioblastoma involving corpus callosum	7
Robot-assisted stereotactic multiple brain abscesses’ puncture: technical case report	6
Letter: “Motor and functional outcome of selective dorsal rhizotomy in children with spastic diplegia at 12 and 24 months of follow‐up”	6
Efficacy of caudal pedunculopontine nucleus stimulation on postural instability and gait disorders in Parkinson’s disease	6
Treatment of octogenarians and nonagenarians with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a 17-year institutional analysis	6
Aggressive pituitary neuroendocrine tumors: current practices, controversies, and perspectives, on behalf of the EANS skull base section	6
Two-step staged resection of giant olfactory groove meningiomas	6
Improvement in neurological outcome and brain hemodynamics after late cranioplasty	6
Craniotomies following acute traumatic brain injury in Finland—a national study between 1997 and 2018	6
How I do it? Uniportal full endoscopic pseudoarthrosis release of left L5/S1 Bertolotti’s syndrome under intraoperative computer tomographic guidance in an ambulatory setting	6
A new uPAR-targeting fluorescent probe for optical guided intracranial surgery in resection of a meningioma—a case report	6
Response to Letter regarding ”Motor and functional outcome of selective dorsal rhizotomy in children with spastic diplegia at 12 and 24 months of follow-up”	6
Invasive tests for predicting shunt response in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: the risk aspect	6
A stereotactic frame-based drill guide-aided setting for laser interstitial thermal therapy	6
How I do it: horizontal fissure approach to the middle cerebellar peduncle	6
A case series of percutaneous transforamen ovale biopsies in cavernous sinus lesions	6
Clinical considerations on a right operculo-insular cavernous angioma: an illustrative case	5
Head injury care in a low- and middle-income country tertiary trauma center: epidemiology, systemic lacunae, and possible leads	5
Recurrence and risk factors of posterior communicating artery aneurysms after endovascular treatment	5
How I do it: total resection of a giant sphenoclinoidal meningioma with normalization of near blind vision	5
Extradural anterior clinoidectomy through endoscopic transorbital approach: laboratory investigation for surgical perspective	5
Is there a variance in complication types associated with ALIF approaches? A systematic review	5
Motor and functional outcome of selective dorsal rhizotomy in children with spastic diplegia at 12 and 24 months of follow-up	5
Deep brain stimulation in patients on chronic antiplatelet or anticoagulation treatment	5
Contralateral sublaminar approach for decompression of the combined lateral recess, foraminal, and extraforaminal lesions using biportal endoscopy: a technical report	5
The impact of ARUBA on the clinical practice of unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations: big data, poor evidence and measuring impact on health policy	5
Burr hole craniostomy versus minicraniotomy in chronic subdural hematoma: a comparative cohort study	5
Management of ventriculomegaly in pediatric patients with syndromic craniosynostosis: a single center experience	5
Correction to: Diffusional kurtosis imaging as a possible prognostic marker of cervical incomplete spinal cord injury outcome: a prospective pilot study	5
Letter re: The exact number of misplacements is essential for the reproducibility of statistical findings by Mansoor et al.	5
Spontaneous angiogram-negative subarachnoid hemorrhage: a retrospective single center cohort study	5
Assessment of variability in motor grading and patient-reported outcome reporting: a multi-specialty, multi-national survey	4
External carotid artery to internal carotid artery transposition to augment flow for a superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery bypass associated with severe external carotid artery steno	4
Psychooncological distress in low-grade glioma patients—a monocentric study	4
The foramen ovale “mirage” and how this impacts percutaneous cannulation for treatment of trigeminal neuralgia: a report of two cases	4
Atypical evolution of meningiomatosis after discontinuation of cyproterone acetate: clinical cases and histomolecular characterization	4
Ruptured aneurysm arising at anterior spinal artery as the collateral circulation with bulbar artery supply to posterior inferior cerebellar artery treated by proximal occlusion and occipital artery-p	4
Pretreatment patient-reported cognitive function in patients with diffuse glioma	4
The utility of plasma circulating cell-free messenger RNA as a biomarker of glioma: a pilot study	4
Petrous bone lesions: surgical implementation and outcomes of extradural subtemporal approach	4
Surgically generated aerosol and mitigation strategies: combined use of irrigation, respirators and suction massively reduces particulate matter aerosol	4
A rare case of giant calcified thoracic disc herniation, OPLL and OLF: how I do it	4
Contextualization of post-operative mini-strokes in glioma surgery	4
Prevalence of incidental meningiomas and gliomas on MRI: a meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis	4
Stereotactic biopsies of brainstem lesions: dilemma on the best trajectory	4
Technological innovation and neurosurgery	4
Genetic alterations associated with malignant transformation of sporadic vestibular schwannoma	4
Uncommon presentations of a neurosurgical site infection: impaired wound healing with hypergranulation and crust formation	4
Aphasic status epilepticus after glioma resection: two case reports	4
Robotic-assisted percutaneous iliac screw fixation for destructive lumbosacral metastatic lesions: an early single-institution experience	4
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,	4