OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Acta Neurochirurgica is 9. 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
Thalamic anterior part of the ventral posterolateral nucleus and central lateral nucleus in the genesis of central post-stroke pain	40
Safety analysis and complications of condylar screws in a single-surgeon series of 250 occipitocervical fusions	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
Impact of C-shaped skin incision on surgical operability in the retrosigmoid approach: when a good start is half of the job	25
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
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
Reducing complication rates for repeat craniotomies in glioma patients: a single-surgeon experience and comparison with the literature	18
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
Complications in stereoelectroencephalography: are we too severe?	17
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
Response to: Some historical remarks on ipsilateral hemiparesis and the absence of decussation of the pyramidal tracts	15
Super-selective balloon test occlusion with electrophysiological monitoring to occlude angiographically invisible posterior communicating artery perforators with unruptured aneurysm	15
Surgical treatment of symptomatic pineal cysts without hydrocephalus—meta-analysis of the published literature	14
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
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
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
Factors which influence the complications of external ventricular cerebrospinal fluid drainage	12
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
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
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
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
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
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
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