OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Neurochirurgie is 3. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Iatrogenic pseudoaneurysm after surgery: Stay away from the evil. Case report and review of the literature	54
The impact of primary decompressive craniectomy in ruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysms with intraparenchymal hematoma	44
Contents	40
What is the role of neurosurgeons in the current management of intracranial aneurysm in France? An analysis of professional practices	29
Results of a French pilot database of standard of care of chronic subdural hematoma	19
A rare cause of intracranial hypertension: Intradiploic epidermoid cyst with superior sagittal sinus compression	18
Usefulness of discography, discoblock and a new mechanical method for identifying a painful segment/disc	15
In response to Syrmos et al. letter: Proposal of a decisional algorithm for abdominal pseudocysts in patients with ventriculoperitoneal shunt	15
Risk factors associated with congenital central nervous system abnormalities in the National Hospital of Zinder, Niger	13
Super acute subdural hematoma following drain removal for chronic subdural haematoma	13
Efficacy of Intravenous Paracetamol and Ibuprofen on Postoperative Pain and Morphine Consumption in Lumbar Disc Surgery: Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial	12
Endoscopically operated 15 ventral skull-base dermoid and epidermoid cysts: Outcomes of a case series and technical note	12
Dorsal rhizotomy in cerebral palsy: How root sectioning is influenced by intraoperative neuromonitoring?	12
Ruptured dural arteriovenous fistula and sinus venous thrombosis following surgical resection of a vestibular schwannoma: Case report and review of the literature	11
Neuro damage control: current concept and civilian applications	11
Adult transverse sinus capillary hemangioma: case report and review of the literature	11
Beyond traditional surgery for far lateral lumbar herniation: transforaminal full endoscopic discectomy	11
A case of extreme hydrocephalus in a 67-year-old man whose professional and social lives were normal	10
Management of vestibular schwannoma during pregnancy: A systematic review	9
Understanding the research-care demarcation and why it must be revised	9
Understanding prognostic models: The example of the PHASES score for unruptured intracranial aneurysms	9
Foix-Alajouanine syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis of presentation, management, and outcomes	9
Does long segment subarachnoido-subarachnoid shunt prevent posttraumatic and postinfectious spinal arachnoid cyst recurrence?: technical note and case series	9
Neurosurgical management of penetrating brain injury during World War I: A historical cohort	9
Use and consequences of less-lethal weapons in France: A neurosurgical perspective	9

Sphenoparietal sinus and superficial middle cerebral vein thrombosis: A case report and review of literature	8
Women in neurosurgery: Historical vignette and current issues in France	8
Use of Second Window ICG in spinal cord biopsy of a mildly contrast-enhancing lesion: Technical note and review of the literature	8
Subependymal giant-cell astrocytoma: A surgical review in the modern era of mTOR inhibitors	8
Minimally invasive cerebral revascularization in moyamoya disease in adult patients	8
Rathke’s cleft cyst apoplexy in a boy treated by endoscopic endonasal surgery: case report and literature review	8
Surgical management of tumors of the cervical spine and craniovertebral junction involving the vertebral artery: A narrative review	8
Surgical treatment of hemifacial spasms: how to predict failure and complications through a series of 200 patients	7
Spontaneous intracranial vertebral artery dissections presenting with subarachnoid hemorrhage	7
Endoscopic endonasal resection of coexisting pituitary adenoma and meningioma: Two cases’ report and literature review	7
Repairment of an interrupted oculomotor nerve in the cavernous sinus	7
Understanding why restrictive trial eligibility criteria are inappropriate	7
Non-functional recurrent pituitary adenoma with intracranial metastasis–Pituitary carcinoma: A case report and review of the literature	7
Awake microsurgical management of brain aneurysms: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis on rationale, safety and clinical outcomes	7
Bone-destructive osseous arteriovenous fistula at the jugular bulb mimicking a glomus jugular tumor	7
Step by step teaching anatomy for anterior approach of the lumbar spine: A cadaveric study	7
Concurrent carotid-cavernous fistula and cervical internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm due to a gunshot injury: A case report	7
Training and teaching of vagus nerve stimulation surgery: Worldwide survey and future perspectives	7
Denosumab salvage therapy in an 11-year-old boy with locally recurrent unresectable giant cell tumor of the lumbar spine after surgery	7
How science can harm: The true history of thrombectomy trials	6
Early aggressive constriction resection for hourglass-like constriction of peripheral nerve in the upper extremity: a retrospective study	6
Primary central nervous system lymphoma: A 7 years single-center experience	6
Cerebral hydatid cyst in children: A case series of 21 patients and review of literature	6
Editorial board	6
Vertebral artery stenosis from osteophyte: A systematic review and case series	6
Short-segment percutaneous osteosynthesis with long pedicle screw fixation of the injured vertebra for thoracolumbar and lumbar non neurological fractures: The Trident Fixation	6
Combined endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal and microscopic transcranial approaches for the primary resection of giant pituitary adenomas	6
Comprehensive pain management in spinal surgery: The role of botulinum toxin	6
Prognostic factors for progression-free survival of the filum terminale ependymomas in adults	6
Fractured cervical spine, dissected vertebral artery, and life-threatening stroke: A challenging case report and literature review	6
Rethinking age barriers in Parkinson’s disease for deep brain stimulation	6
Understanding how the primary endpoint impacts the interpretation of trial results: The Japanese Adult Moyamoya bypass trial	6
MRI-based whole-tumor radiomics to classify the types of pediatric posterior fossa brain tumor	6
Rare hemorrhagic presentation of a brain arterioveinous malformation	6
Enhanced prognostic accuracy in severe TBI: a comprehensive nomogram analysis	5
Lessons from landmark studies on the treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysms	5
Clinical decisions based on reasons that reason should ignore	5
Surgical outcome of meningomyelocele and short-term prognostic factors: A retrospective cohort study	5
Deep brain stimulation for refractory epilepsy	5
Thalamic deep brain stimulation for post-traumatic neuropathic limb pain: Efficacy at five years’ follow-up and effective volume of activated brain tissue	5
Symptomatic spinal metastasis of a supratentorial glioblastoma in a pediatric patient: a case report and comprehensive review of the literature	5
Effects of sodium fluoride on neural tube development in chick embryos	5
Highly cited scores, scoring systems, grading systems, and classifications of daily use in cranial neurosurgery: A must-have during residency training! A mini-review	5
Current trends and challenges in intracranial aneurysm treatment	5
Which surgery is better for obese patients with lumbar degenerative diseases: open TLIF or Endo-LIF? A retrospective matched case–control study	5
Performance of the Marshall and Rotterdam scales as predictors of mortality in children with severe traumatic brain injury	5
Can fifth nerve mapping guide rhizotomy for recurrent trigeminal neuralgia? Case report	5
Post-traumatic cerebral venous sinus thrombosis associated with epidural hematoma: A challenging clinical situation	5
Masquelet induced cranial membrane under silicone layer during cranioplasty: Toward a natural technique for regeneration of meninges after decompressive craniectomy	5
Editorial board	5

Rapidly recurrent recalcitrant Rathke Cleft Cyst: Case report and review of the literature	4
Empathy burnout among neurosurgeons	4
Primary intradural Extraosseous Ewing’s sarcoma of the cauda equina: A case report and literature review	4
Pediatric abscessed craniopharyngioma: A case report and review of literature	4
Contents	4
Commentary on “Libérons-nous de la douleur”, book by Dr Marc Leveque, M.D. (2022, Ed. Buchet Chastel)	4
Metastasis of the choroid plexuses: A systematic review of the literature and case illustration	4
Postoperative neurological complications in intradural extramedullary tumors: A 10-year experience of a single center	4
Robot-assisted MIS surgery in a pregnant woman with lumbar traumatic fracture: A technical note	4
MicroRNAs miR-629-3p, miR-1202 and miR-1225-5p as potential diagnostic and surgery outcome biomarkers for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis	4
A narrative review of techniques for surgical revascularization of the extracranial vertebral artery in vertebrobasilar insufficiency	4
Contents	4
Letter to the editor regarding: “Awake surgery for isolated parenchymal degenerating neurocysticercosis - Case report and focused review of misdiagnosis of neurocysticercosis”	4
Understanding explanatory and pragmatic trials: Examples from randomized controlled trials on vertebroplasty	4
Effectiveness of vagus nerve stimulation for drug-resistant generalized epilepsy in children aged six and younger	4
Contents	4
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in an infant with vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation treated by endovascular occlusion: Case report and a review of literature	4
Impact of preaneurysmal M1 length in unruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysm: mid-term outcome and single-center experience	4
The rise of gamification in neurosurgical training	4
Cervical collar after one level instrumented anterior cervical discectomy: An unscientific myth	4
Awake surgery with direct electrical stimulation for safe resection of a deep posterior thalamic cavernous malformation	4
Is there a relationship between lumbosacral epidural spinal injections and lumbosacral epidural lipomatosis? A retrospective study	4
Reply to: Using fluid mechanics to reduce postoperative pneumocephalus during chronic subdural hematoma burr hole surgery: Technical note	4
Cervical intradural extramedullary cavernoma as a rare cause of acute hydrocephalus – a case report and systematic review	4
Preoperative cervical alignment parameters can predict postoperative disability scores and myelopathy outcomes	4
Infected psammomatous intracranial meningioma	4
A survey on the experience of risk-taking behaviors of bedridden patients in neurosurgery	4
A carcinoid tumor of the middle ear masquerading as a glomus tympanicum presenting with temporal lobe hemorrhage in a 70-year-old woman: Case report and review of the literature	4
Hemodynamic factors of spontaneous vertebral artery dissecting aneurysms assessed with numerical and deep learning algorithms: Role of blood pressure and asymmetry	4
Sustainable neurosurgical training around the globe. A review and outline	4
Interventional magnetic-resonance-guided cryotherapy combined with microsurgery for recurrent glioblastoma: An innovative treatment?	4
Elucidation of effect of spinopelvic parameters in degenerative disc disease	4
A case of intramuscular lumbar myxoma: Uncertainty in the preoperative diagnosis of a spinal soft tissue tumour	3
The Dural Dark-Side Approach for falcine and tentorial meningioma: A surgical series of five patients	3
A dead worm in the brain - a rare finding among the French population	3
Natural course of the acute unruptured intracranial vertebral artery dissections which show pearl-and-string sign	3
Transient meningism in children after non-autologous duraplasty for Chiari Malformation surgery: A case series	3
When Clovis Vincent confronts the director at the old Pitié hospital	3
Confirmed Titanium hypersensitivity causing the failure of a lumbar spine fusion	3
De novo adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma with long-term pre-diagnostic imaging	3
Cerebral arterio-venous malformations hemodynamics changes in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia – case report	3
Application of offset Dingo instruments in Anterior to Psoas (ATP)/Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion (OLIF) procedure: A retrospective study of 80 patients	3
The Da Vinci Robot, a promising yet underused minimally invasive tool for spine surgery: A scoping review of its current role and limits	3
Massive non-aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage after cervical carotid angioplasty and stenting: A case report and review of the literature	3
Feasibility of unilateral hemilaminectomy utilizing a Williams retractor for the resection of intradural-extramedullary spinal neoplasms	3
Interobserver reliability of the DESH score in idiopathic chronic hydrocephalus	3
Vagus nerve stimulation lead durability: Insights from an extensive monocentric single-operator adult series	3
Effect of non-neurological complications on the functional outcome of patients with ruptured intracranial aneurysms	3
Indications for surgical evacuation of cerebellar intracerebral hemorrhage: consensus guidelines from the French Society of Neurosurgery (SFNC) and the French Society of Vascular Neurology (SFNV)	3
Cervico-thoracic spine pseudo tumoral calcinosis – clinical case and review of the literature	3
Idiopathic biventricular hydrocephalus: A clinical case report	3
CSF Otorrhea: A rare presentation of spinal myxopapillary ependymoma	3
Early rehabilitation using gait exoskeletons is possible in the neurosurgical setting, even in patients with cognitive impairment	3
Ophthalmological lesions in shaken baby syndrome: A retrospective analysis of 133 consecutive cases (1992–2018)	3
Common fibular nerve palsy due to fabella compression: An illustrative case report	3
Cave-in decompression technique in percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal discectomy for ossification occupation in lumbar spinal canal: A retrospective analysis of 23 cases	3
Rheumatoid pannus presenting as a large epidural mass in the subaxial cervical spine: A case report	3
Increasing burden of hydrocephalus in babies born to mothers in low- and middle-income countries	3
Lies, damned lies, and statistical populations	3
Performance of the necker cranial injury scale as a predictor of prognosis in children with severe traumatic brain injury: A retrospective cohort study	3
Hemangioblastoma and arteriovenous malformation in the same patient: a not random association or two isolated entities? Systematic review starting from a unique case	3
How to manage a ureteral injury after anterior lumbar spine interbody fusion surgery	3
Editorial board	3
Spinal Arachnoid Web: A didactic report of two cases with clinical, radiological, surgical and pathological correlations	3
Aggressive primary scalp lymphoma mimicking an acute epidural hematoma: Case report and review of the literature	3
Tumoral and peritumoral vascularization of brain tumours: a study comparing an intraoperative ultrasensitive Doppler and a preoperative first-pass perfusion MRI	3
Attachment ≠ Origin: A Critical Appraisal of the Olfactory Schwannoma Literature	3
Judicial handling of cases of non-accidental head trauma in infants: Review and analysis of expert assessments	3