OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neurosurgery is 41. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-03-01 to 2023-03-01.)

Article	Citations
The Brain Tumor Cooperative Group NIH Trial 87-01: A Randomized Comparison of Surgery, External Radiotherapy, and Carmustine versus Surgery, Interstitial Radiotherapy Boost, External Radiation Therapy	161
Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization for Chronic Subdural Hematoma: A Series of 60 Cases	116
Image-Guided Navigation and Robotics in Spine Surgery	108
Epidemiology, Natural History, and Clinical Presentation of Large Vessel Ischemic Stroke	102
Predicting 90-Day and 1-Year Mortality in Spinal Metastatic Disease: Development and Internal Validation	95
Colloid Cysts: Experience with the Management of 84 Cases Since the Introduction of Computed Tomography	93
Letter: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Global Pandemic: A Neurosurgical Treatment Algorithm	84
Development of Machine Learning Algorithms for Prediction of 30-Day Mortality After Surgery for Spinal Metastasis	78
Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Third Edition: Update of the Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines, Executive Summary	76
Glioblastoma Treated With Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy	75
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines on the Role of Surgery in the Management of Adults With Metastatic Brain Tumors	72
Surgical Performance Determines Functional Outcome Benefit in the Minimally Invasive Surgery Plus Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Intracerebral Hemorrhage Evacuation (MISTIE) Procedure	68
Twenty-Five Years of Intracranial Pressure Monitoring After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Retrospective, Single-Center Analysis	67
Concussion Guidelines Step 2: Evidence for Subtype Classification	65
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines on the Use of Stereotactic Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Adults With Metastatic Brain Tumors	64
Phase 1 Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Fluorescence Imaging Study of Tozuleristide (BLZ-100) in Adults With Newly Diagnosed or Recurrent Gliomas	61
Prospective Tractography-Based Targeting for Improved Safety of Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy	57
Ultra-Early (<12 Hours) Surgery Correlates With Higher Rate of American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale Conversion After Cervical Spinal Cord Injury	55
Overview of Mechanical Thrombectomy Techniques	53
Iterative Surgical Resections of Diffuse Glioma With Awake Mapping: How to Deal With Cortical Plasticity and Connectomal Constraints?	51
The Role of Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy in Surgical Neuro-Oncology: Series of 100 Consecutive Patients	50
High-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation at 10 kHz for the Treatment of Combined Neck and Arm Pain: Results From a Prospective Multicenter Study	50
Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Acromegaly: An International Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study	50
Subperiosteal vs Subdural Drain After Burr-Hole Drainage of Chronic Subdural Hematoma: A Randomized Clinical Trial (cSDH-Drain-Trial)	49
INtraoperative photoDYnamic Therapy for GliOblastomas (INDYGO): Study Protocol for a Phase I Clinical Trial	48
Mean 6-Year Follow-up of Magnetically Controlled Growing Rod Patients With Early Onset Scoliosis: A Glimpse of What Happens to Graduates	48
Impact of H3.3 K27M Mutation on Prognosis and Survival of Grade IV Spinal Cord Glioma on the Basis of New 2016 World Health Organization Classification of the Central Nervous System	48
White Blood Cell Count Improves Prediction of Delayed Cerebral Ischemia Following Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage	47
The Brain Tumor Cooperative Group NIH Trial 87-01: A Randomized Comparison of Surgery, External Radiotherapy, and Carmustine versus Surgery, Interstitial Radiotherapy Boost, External Radiation Therapy	47
NeuroForm Atlas Stent-Assisted Coiling: Preliminary Results	47
Is Visible Aminolevulinic Acid-Induced Fluorescence an Independent Biomarker for Prognosis in Histologically Confirmed (World Health Organization 2016) Low-Grade Gliomas?	47
Pain Outcomes Following Microvascular Decompression for Drug-Resistant Trigeminal Neuralgia	46
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines on the Role of Whole Brain Radiation Therapy in Adults With Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Brain Tumors	46
Flow Diversion of Posterior Circulation Cerebral Aneurysms: A Single-Institution Series of 59 Cases	46
Epilepsy Surgery in the First 3 Years of Life: Predictors of Seizure Freedom and Cognitive Development	45
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines on the Role of Steroids in the Treatment of Adults With Metastatic Brain Tumors	44
Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Pain Reduces Opioid Use and Results in Superior Clinical Outcomes When Used Without Opioids	43
The Surgical Approach to the Anterior Nucleus of Thalamus in Patients With Refractory Epilepsy: Experience from the International Multicenter Registry (MORE)	43
PREOPERATIVE SIMULATION FOR MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA	42
Koos Classification of Vestibular Schwannomas: A Reliability Study	42
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines on the Role of Prophylactic Anticonvulsants in the Treatment of Adults with Metastatic Brain Tumors	41
Return to Work Following Surgery for Incidental Diffuse Low-Grade Glioma: A Prospective Series With 74 Patients	41
Mechanism of Action and Biology of Flow Diverters in the Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms	41
Post-treatment Antiplatelet Therapy Reduces Risk for Delayed Cerebral Ischemia due to Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage	41
Upfront Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Stereotactic Laser-Ablation in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma: A Multicenter Review of Survival Outcomes Compared to a Matched Cohort of Biopsy-Only Patients	41