OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of British Journal of Neurosurgery is 2. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Non-missile penetrating brain injury—surgical techniques for removing a long penetrating foreign body: a case report	22
Further data on the value of intra-ventricular administration of aminoglycosides to treat post-neurosurgical Gram-negative meningitis is required	19
Radiofrequency thalamotomy for tremor outcomes correlate with dentorubrothalamic tract distance	18
Artificial intelligence and the potential for perioperative delabeling of penicillin allergies for neurosurgery inpatients	16
Targeted needs assessment of neurosurgical training in Ukraine: a pilot survey study	12
Long-term outcome of patients treated for craniopharyngioma: a single center experience	12
Longitudinal neurosurgical activity in the NHS: a retrospective study	11
Progress in brain research vol 268: Recent advances and controversies in Gamma Knife neurosurgery,	10
Cerebral syphilitic Gumma in the modern era: a report of an unusual case and brief review of recent published reports	10
A long-term follow-up of cauda equina stimulation for chronic pelvic pain – case report	10
Experimental animal models for brain abscess: a systematic review	9
The prognostic utility of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in paediatric brain tumours: a retrospective case control study	8
Outcomes of head trauma in children admitted to a tertiary paediatric intensive care unit in South Wales	8
En-bloc resection achieves higher GTR rates with similar neurological outcomes in grade-2 intramedullary spinal ependymomas: single-centre cohort study	7
Complications in neurosurgery, acta neurochirurgica supplement 130	7
Mycotic pseudoaneurysm in the internal carotid artery secondary to cranial base abscess diagnosed with optic neuritis: a case report	7
Trends and insights in clinical and research aspects of spinal surgery	7
Laparoscopic anchoring of peritoneal catheters using surgical mesh – a promising approach for recurrent extrinsic ventriculoperitoneal shunt migration	7
Reducing the neurosurgical waiting list burden: is it a futile endeavour?	7
Selective dorsal rhizotomy – the treatment of choice for cerebral palsy spasticity in non-ambulant GMFCS IV children?	6
Spinal cord stimulation as a treatment option for complex regional pain syndrome: a narrative review	6
NF2 mutation associated with accelerated time to recurrence for older patients with atypical meningiomas	6
Effectiveness and safety of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in isolated generalised or segmental dystonia (SUNDYS trial): a study protocol	5
Different phenotypes of moyamoya disease in a Chinese familial case involving heterozygous c.14429G>a variant in RNF213	5
Compassionate pedagogy in neurosurgery: current perspectives and relevance to neurosurgical training	5

Don’t make a mountain out of dermoid cysts of the anterior fontanelle	5
Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in traumatic brain injury after radiographic progression: a 6-year experience at a single Canadian Level 1 trauma Centre	5
Localization and symptoms associated with removal of negative motor area during awake surgery	5
Clinical and descriptive characteristics associated with high-grade meningioma in a large clinical series	5
Pathogenesis, management strategies, and outcome of non-communicating extradural spinal arachnoid cyst (NEAC): a systematic review	5
Transoral penetrating upper cervical injury: a case report	5
Delayed regression of atypical meningiomatosis following discontinuation of gender-affirming hormone therapy in a transgender woman: a case report	5
Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumour in the third ventricle of a young adult – a rare presentation	5
Treatment of C2 tuberculosis using C1-3 inter-lateral mass structural bone graft and short segment fixation: a case report	4
Lhermitte-Duclos disease (dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma) in the setting of cowden syndrome: a case report and literature review on COLD syndrome	4
Effectiveness of subtemporal decompression for the management of slit ventricle syndrome	4
Identifying elective treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms using the Hospital Episode Statistics database	4
Dural substitutes – the myth and reality	4
Cost-effectiveness of surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy in the United Kingdom	4
Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson disease 2013–2023: where are we a further 10 years on?	4
Hyperostosis in meningioma: a retrospective exploration of histological correlates	4
A narrative review of the role of AI and machine learning in enhancing cauda equina syndrome diagnosis	3
First insights into the utilisation of the M.BLUE ^® device for post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus treatment	3
The role of nimodipine in preventing cerebral ischaemia and neurological deterioration in cerebral arteriovenous malformations: a systematic review	3
A national audit of head injury discharge advice	3
Patient selection and outcome of deep brain stimulation for multiple sclerosis-associated tremor	3
5-Aminolevulinic acid fluorescence-guided endoscopic surgery for deep-seated intraparenchymal tumors	3
Evaluation of the safety, radiographic and resident training results of thoracic pedicle screws placement using resection of the transverse process	3
Global neurosurgery: Colombia	3
Functional outcomes following treatment of unruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysms: a single-centre comparison of microsurgical vs. endovascular management	3
Neurosurgical training: what lessons can the UK learn from global training programs?	3
Surgical outcomes of intraoperative O-arm versus C-arm fluoroscopy in occipitocervical fixation: a retrospective analysis	3
A different perspective on the dilemma of durotomy or duraplasty in Chiari type 1 malformation surgery	3
YouTube videos for describing Deep Brain Stimulation: a comprehensive and quantitative review	3
Biomarkers for acute mild brain injury (BAMBI): optimising GFAP/UCH-L1 thresholds to support CT stewardship in a NICE-guided mild-traumatic-brain-injury cohort	3
Fellowship of the British Journal of Neurosurgery	3
Middle meningeal artery embolisation for chronic subdural haematoma – a UK single-centre experience	3
Animal products in neurosurgery – navigating informed consent	3
Forty years at the National Centre for Stereotactic Radiosurgery a historical vignette 1985–2025	3
Surgical management of ossified posterior longitudinal ligament: a review	3
Degenerative cervical myelopathy education in UK medical schools: a national cross-sectional survey of medical students	3
Dropped head syndrome in a patient with Parkinson’s disease and inflammatory myopathy, treated with sternocleidomastoid release and circumferential cervical fusion	2
The neurosurgery-geriatric service: a mixed-methods evaluation of a novel integrated model of care for older neurosurgical patients	2
Chiari malformation type I and craniosynostosis in adults: Retrospective analysis over a 10 year period in a tertiary care Centre	2
Combined revascularisation for moyamoya disease in paediatrics: a single-centre experience in 86 patients	2
Adult intracranial bacterial abscesses in Ireland (2010–2021) associated with a low mortality. Luck of the Irish?	2
Contralateral transcallosal transfalcine approach for bilateral intra-extraventricular anaplastic ganglioglioma via ‘the trans-tumoral route’: a technica	2
The volume-outcome relationship for endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery for benign neoplasm: analysis of an administrative dataset for England	2
The impact of minimum unit pricing on traumatic brain injury in Scotland: a retrospective cohort study of routine national data	2
Usability of mixed reality in awake craniotomy planning	2
Locating the ventral intermediate thalamic nucleus for deep brain stimulation surgery: analysis of a case series comparing CT and MR targeting	2
Comparison of health-related quality of life in patients with traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid haemorrhage and cervical spine disease	2
Proceedings of the 2025 Spring Meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons	2
Effect of lamina terminalis fenestration on cerebral vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Dural prostate adenocarcinoma metastases mimicking and driving subdural hematoma: mechanistic insights from a case series	2

Examination of quality of life and economic benefit with early lumbar microdiscectomy: a pilot study	2
Circumstances and precipitating factors preceding intracranial aneurysm rupture: a systematic review	2
Tethered cord secondary to focal nondisjunction of the primary neural tube: experience from a Singapore children’s hospital	2
Volume maximised glycerol rhizolysis for trigeminal neuralgia: a single centre analysis of outcomes	2
Tremor in triventricular hydrocephalus secondary to an aqueductal web with stenosis and response to third ventricular ventriculostomy	2
Traumatic arteriovenous fistula from internal maxillary artery following trigeminal balloon compression	2
Spinal cord anaplastic Pilocytic Astrocytoma – two stage resection with elsberg and beer technique. Case report and literature review	2
Endovascular and surgical obliteration rates of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulae: a single UK Centre experience	2
A history of the surgery of the cranial sutures	2
Correction	2
Combined posterior percutaneous pedicle screw fixation with anterior monosegmental column reconstruction for unstable thoracolumbar burst fractures: an institutional experience	2
Aneurysm management in patients over 80 years old with good grade subarachnoid haemorrhage	2
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of children with non-sinogenic Brain infections	2
ALK-positive ALCL: first described adult case of synchronous CNS and systemic involvement at presentation: a case report and review of the literature	2
Sisyphus in scrubs	2
Comparison of two techniques of goal directed fluid therapy in elective neurosurgical patients – a randomized controlled study	2
Purely nasal floor mucosa-free graft for reconstruction after endoscopic endonasal transellar approach: an anatomical and clinical analysis	2