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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Iatrogenic pseudoaneurysm after surgery: Stay away from the evil. Case report and review of the literature	47
The impact of primary decompressive craniectomy in ruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysms with intraparenchymal hematoma	26
Contents	23
A rare cause of intracranial hypertension: Intradiploic epidermoid cyst with superior sagittal sinus compression	21
Super acute subdural hematoma following drain removal for chronic subdural haematoma	18
Endoscopically operated 15 ventral skull-base dermoid and epidermoid cysts: Outcomes of a case series and technical note	16
Understanding the research-care demarcation and why it must be revised	16
Dorsal rhizotomy in cerebral palsy: How root sectioning is influenced by intraoperative neuromonitoring?	14
Beyond traditional surgery for far lateral lumbar herniation: transforaminal full endoscopic discectomy	14
Outcomes for Patients Undergoing Burr Holes for Subdural Hematoma Evacuation versus Craniotomies in the Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization Era	14
Risk factors associated with congenital central nervous system abnormalities in the National Hospital of Zinder, Niger	13
Neuro damage control: current concept and civilian applications	12
Ruptured dural arteriovenous fistula and sinus venous thrombosis following surgical resection of a vestibular schwannoma: Case report and review of the literature	12
Contents	11
Adult transverse sinus capillary hemangioma: case report and review of the literature	11
Usefulness of discography, discoblock and a new mechanical method for identifying a painful segment/disc	11
Surgical management of tumors of the cervical spine and craniovertebral junction involving the vertebral artery: A narrative review	10
Subependymal giant-cell astrocytoma: A surgical review in the modern era of mTOR inhibitors	10
Comment on “Performance of magnetic resonance imaging in discriminating between intra- and extradural versus extradural-only nerve sheath tumor”	10
Management of vestibular schwannoma during pregnancy: A systematic review	10
Does long segment subarachnoido-subarachnoid shunt prevent posttraumatic and postinfectious spinal arachnoid cyst recurrence?: technical note and case series	10
Understanding prognostic models: The example of the PHASES score for unruptured intracranial aneurysms	10
Repeated salvage high precision radiotherapy for repeated recurrence of high-grade glioma	9
Neurosurgical management of penetrating brain injury during World War I: A historical cohort	9
Minimally invasive cerebral revascularization in moyamoya disease in adult patients	9

Rathke’s cleft cyst apoplexy in a boy treated by endoscopic endonasal surgery: case report and literature review	9
Performance of the glucose-potassium ratio as a biomarker of mortality in children with severe traumatic brain injury	9
Use and consequences of less-lethal weapons in France: A neurosurgical perspective	9
Microscope-based augmented reality assistance in keyhole retrosigmoid approach for microvascular decompression: a technical note	9
Training and teaching of vagus nerve stimulation surgery: Worldwide survey and future perspectives	8
Foix-Alajouanine syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis of presentation, management, and outcomes	8
Step by step teaching anatomy for anterior approach of the lumbar spine: A cadaveric study	8
Understanding why restrictive trial eligibility criteria are inappropriate	8
Awake microsurgical management of brain aneurysms: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis on rationale, safety and clinical outcomes	8
Intraoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasound-assisted resection of brain tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Spontaneous intracranial vertebral artery dissections presenting with subarachnoid hemorrhage	7
Surgical treatment of hemifacial spasms: how to predict failure and complications through a series of 200 patients	7
Minimally Invasive Far Lateral Transforaminal Approach (MI-FLT) to ventrally located intradural lesions of the thoracic spine without instability: case series and technical note	7
Effects of sodium fluoride on neural tube development in chick embryos	7
The neurosurgeon as athlete, gentleman, and physician: Thierry de Martel (1875–1940) as a model for contemporary practice	7
Bone-destructive osseous arteriovenous fistula at the jugular bulb mimicking a glomus jugular tumor	7
Rare hemorrhagic presentation of a brain arterioveinous malformation	7
Fractured cervical spine, dissected vertebral artery, and life-threatening stroke: A challenging case report and literature review	7
Repairment of an interrupted oculomotor nerve in the cavernous sinus	7
Denosumab salvage therapy in an 11-year-old boy with locally recurrent unresectable giant cell tumor of the lumbar spine after surgery	7
Telesurgery in neurosurgery: An emerging tool to close – or widen – the global equity gap?	7
Clinical decisions based on reasons that reason should ignore	7
Emergency cranial neurosurgery does not need one clock, but many	7
Aggressive surgery for metastatic spinal tumors	6
Cerebral hydatid cyst in children: A case series of 21 patients and review of literature	6
Understanding how the primary endpoint impacts the interpretation of trial results: The Japanese Adult Moyamoya bypass trial	6
Comprehensive pain management in spinal surgery: The role of botulinum toxin	6
Post-traumatic cerebral venous sinus thrombosis associated with epidural hematoma: A challenging clinical situation	6
A single-center retrospective analysis of keyhole clipping for intracranial aneurysms in hybrid operating room	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
Combined endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal and microscopic transcranial approaches for the primary resection of giant pituitary adenomas	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
Factors associated with 30-day readmission in patients treated for unruptured intracranial aneurysms: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
How science can harm: The true history of thrombectomy trials	6
Rethinking age barriers in Parkinson’s disease for deep brain stimulation	6
Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus and caregiver burden	6
Vertebral artery stenosis from osteophyte: A systematic review and case series	5
Current trends and challenges in intracranial aneurysm treatment	5
Editorial board	5
Can fifth nerve mapping guide rhizotomy for recurrent trigeminal neuralgia? Case report	5
Surgical outcome of meningomyelocele and short-term prognostic factors: A retrospective cohort study	5
The renal involvement during lateral lumbar interbody fusion: a radioanatomical study for surgical risk stratification	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
Lessons from landmark studies on the treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysms	5
Which surgery is better for obese patients with lumbar degenerative diseases: open TLIF or Endo-LIF? A retrospective matched case–control study	5
MRI-based whole-tumor radiomics to classify the types of pediatric posterior fossa brain tumor	5
Persistent primitive olfactory artery-associated aneurysms: diagnose the vessel before treating the aneurysm	5
Masquelet induced cranial membrane under silicone layer during cranioplasty: Toward a natural technique for regeneration of meninges after decompressive craniectomy	5
Enhanced prognostic accuracy in severe TBI: a comprehensive nomogram analysis	5

A survey on the experience of risk-taking behaviors of bedridden patients in neurosurgery	4
Is there a relationship between lumbosacral epidural spinal injections and lumbosacral epidural lipomatosis? A retrospective study	4
Understanding explanatory and pragmatic trials: Examples from randomized controlled trials on vertebroplasty	4
Impact of preaneurysmal M1 length in unruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysm: mid-term outcome and single-center experience	4
Contents	4
Can Microsurgery be Standardized? Quantifying Technique in Intracerebral Hemorrhage	4
Gender and leadership equity in neurosurgery: a systematic review of representation and authorship trends (2000–2025)	4
Educational quality and reliability of neurosurgical content on YouTube: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Clinical predictors of overall survival in very elderly patients with spinal osteosarcoma: an analysis of the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results database	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
Metastasis of the choroid plexuses: A systematic review of the literature and case illustration	4
Hemodynamic factors of spontaneous vertebral artery dissecting aneurysms assessed with numerical and deep learning algorithms: Role of blood pressure and asymmetry	4
Symptomatic spinal metastasis of a supratentorial glioblastoma in a pediatric patient: a case report and comprehensive review of the literature	4
Polyethylene glycol-coated patch versus standard dural sealing practices for preventing cerebrospinal fluid leaks in posterior fossa surgery: a randomized multicenter study	4
Robot-assisted MIS surgery in a pregnant woman with lumbar traumatic fracture: A technical note	4
Optimized intracerebral hematoma management with ultrasound-guided minimally invasive surgery (HUG-MIS): A technical note	4
Beyond “Time to Surgery”: a structured evidence review and multi-clock framework for emergency cranial neurosurgery	4
Contents	4
Corrigendum to “Robotic hydrocephalus surgery: A systematic review of the effectiveness in neurosurgical interventions” [Neurochirurgie (2025) 101677]	4
Postoperative neurological complications in intradural extramedullary tumors: A 10-year experience of a single center	4
Performance of the Marshall and Rotterdam scales as predictors of mortality in children with severe traumatic brain injury	4
Commentary on “Libérons-nous de la douleur”, book by Dr Marc Leveque, M.D. (2022, Ed. Buchet Chastel)	4
Comments on “Trends and development of enhanced recovery after surgery programs in cranial and spinal neurosurgery”	4
Acknowledging our reviewers	4
Empathy burnout among neurosurgeons	3
Trepanation is not decompressive craniectomy: The danger of false historical continuity	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
Predicting mechanical failure in spinal metastases: from clinical scores to patient-specific biomechanical modeling	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
Aggressive primary scalp lymphoma mimicking an acute epidural hematoma: Case report and review of the literature	3
When Clovis Vincent confronts the director at the old Pitié hospital	3
Effectiveness of vagus nerve stimulation for drug-resistant generalized epilepsy in children aged six and younger	3
De novo adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma with long-term pre-diagnostic imaging	3
Effect of non-neurological complications on the functional outcome of patients with ruptured intracranial aneurysms	3
The rise of gamification in neurosurgical training	3
Elucidation of effect of spinopelvic parameters in degenerative disc disease	3
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	3
A narrative review of techniques for surgical revascularization of the extracranial vertebral artery in vertebrobasilar insufficiency	3
Cerebral arterio-venous malformations hemodynamics changes in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia – case report	3
Lies, damned lies, and statistical populations	3
Interobserver reliability of the DESH score in idiopathic chronic hydrocephalus	3
Accuracy of non-contrast brain CT in pre-embolization evaluation of the middle meningeal artery	3
Contents	3
Tumoral and peritumoral vascularization of brain tumours: a study comparing an intraoperative ultrasensitive Doppler and a preoperative first-pass perfusion MRI	3
How to manage a ureteral injury after anterior lumbar spine interbody fusion surgery	3
Confirmed Titanium hypersensitivity causing the failure of a lumbar spine fusion	3
Primary intradural Extraosseous Ewing’s sarcoma of the cauda equina: A case report and literature review	3
Reply to: Using fluid mechanics to reduce postoperative pneumocephalus during chronic subdural hematoma burr hole surgery: Technical note	3
Contents	3
Pediatric abscessed craniopharyngioma: A case report and review of literature	3
Rapidly recurrent recalcitrant Rathke Cleft Cyst: Case report and review of the literature	3
Infected psammomatous intracranial meningioma	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
Natural course of the acute unruptured intracranial vertebral artery dissections which show pearl-and-string sign	3
Incidence and risk factors of sport-related concussion in amateur handball players: findings from the PRECCOCE study	3
Transient meningism in children after non-autologous duraplasty for Chiari Malformation surgery: A case series	3
Cervical intradural extramedullary cavernoma as a rare cause of acute hydrocephalus – a case report and systematic review	3
Attachment ≠ Origin: A Critical Appraisal of the Olfactory Schwannoma Literature	3
Impact of Drain Column Height setting on Intracranial Pressure Control and Outcomes After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Retrospective Study	3
Application of offset Dingo instruments in Anterior to Psoas (ATP)/Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion (OLIF) procedure: A retrospective study of 80 patients	3
Ethics and Simulation in Neurosurgery: The Twin Pillars of Modern Surgical Training	3
Letter to the editor regarding: “Awake surgery for isolated parenchymal degenerating neurocysticercosis - Case report and focused review of misdiagnosis of neurocysticercosis”	3
Preoperative cervical alignment parameters can predict postoperative disability scores and myelopathy outcomes	3
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	3
Awake surgery with direct electrical stimulation for safe resection of a deep posterior thalamic cavernous malformation	3