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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Non-missile penetrating brain injury—surgical techniques for removing a long penetrating foreign body: a case report	19
Targeted needs assessment of neurosurgical training in Ukraine: a pilot survey study	18
Further data on the value of intra-ventricular administration of aminoglycosides to treat post-neurosurgical Gram-negative meningitis is required	18
Artificial intelligence and the potential for perioperative delabeling of penicillin allergies for neurosurgery inpatients	16
Long-term outcome of patients treated for craniopharyngioma: a single center experience	15
Radiofrequency thalamotomy for tremor outcomes correlate with dentorubrothalamic tract distance	15
Cerebral syphilitic Gumma in the modern era: a report of an unusual case and brief review of recent published reports	12
Longitudinal neurosurgical activity in the NHS: a retrospective study	12
A long-term follow-up of cauda equina stimulation for chronic pelvic pain – case report	11
Progress in brain research vol 268: Recent advances and controversies in Gamma Knife neurosurgery,	10
The prognostic utility of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in paediatric brain tumours: a retrospective case control study	10
Experimental animal models for brain abscess: a systematic review	10
Outcomes of head trauma in children admitted to a tertiary paediatric intensive care unit in South Wales	9
Complications in neurosurgery, acta neurochirurgica supplement 130	9
Mycotic pseudoaneurysm in the internal carotid artery secondary to cranial base abscess diagnosed with optic neuritis: a case report	8
Laparoscopic anchoring of peritoneal catheters using surgical mesh – a promising approach for recurrent extrinsic ventriculoperitoneal shunt migration	8
Pathogenesis, management strategies, and outcome of non-communicating extradural spinal arachnoid cyst (NEAC): a systematic review	7
En-bloc resection achieves higher GTR rates with similar neurological outcomes in grade-2 intramedullary spinal ependymomas: single-centre cohort study	7
Reducing the neurosurgical waiting list burden: is it a futile endeavour?	7
Effectiveness and safety of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in isolated generalised or segmental dystonia (SUNDYS trial): a study protocol	6
NF2 mutation associated with accelerated time to recurrence for older patients with atypical meningiomas	6
Trends and insights in clinical and research aspects of spinal surgery	6
Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumour in the third ventricle of a young adult – a rare presentation	5
Compassionate pedagogy in neurosurgery: current perspectives and relevance to neurosurgical training	5
Cost-effectiveness of surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy in the United Kingdom	5

Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in traumatic brain injury after radiographic progression: a 6-year experience at a single Canadian Level 1 trauma Centre	5
Don’t make a mountain out of dermoid cysts of the anterior fontanelle	5
Ruptured brain arteriovenous malformation in a pregnant woman: a case report	5
Clinical and descriptive characteristics associated with high-grade meningioma in a large clinical series	5
Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson disease 2013–2023: where are we a further 10 years on?	5
Selective dorsal rhizotomy – the treatment of choice for cerebral palsy spasticity in non-ambulant GMFCS IV children?	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
Dural substitutes – the myth and reality	5
Localization and symptoms associated with removal of negative motor area during awake surgery	5
Spinal cord stimulation as a treatment option for complex regional pain syndrome: a narrative review	5
Different phenotypes of moyamoya disease in a Chinese familial case involving heterozygous c.14429G>a variant in RNF213	5
Lhermitte-Duclos disease (dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma) in the setting of cowden syndrome: a case report and literature review on COLD syndrome	4
Global neurosurgery: Colombia	4
Middle meningeal artery embolisation for chronic subdural haematoma – a UK single-centre experience	4
Animal products in neurosurgery – navigating informed consent	4
Hyperostosis in meningioma: a retrospective exploration of histological correlates	4
Fellowship of the British Journal of Neurosurgery	4
First insights into the utilisation of the M.BLUE ^® device for post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus treatment	4
Functional outcomes following treatment of unruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysms: a single-centre comparison of microsurgical vs. endovascular management	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
Treatment of C2 tuberculosis using C1-3 inter-lateral mass structural bone graft and short segment fixation: a case report	4
Neurosurgical training: what lessons can the UK learn from global training programs?	4
Forty years at the National Centre for Stereotactic Radiosurgery a historical vignette 1985–2025	3
5-Aminolevulinic acid fluorescence-guided endoscopic surgery for deep-seated intraparenchymal tumors	3
Sisyphus in scrubs	3
Volume maximised glycerol rhizolysis for trigeminal neuralgia: a single centre analysis of outcomes	3
Tethered cord secondary to focal nondisjunction of the primary neural tube: experience from a Singapore children’s hospital	3
Patient selection and outcome of deep brain stimulation for multiple sclerosis-associated tremor	3
Surgical outcomes of intraoperative O-arm versus C-arm fluoroscopy in occipitocervical fixation: a retrospective analysis	3
A national audit of head injury discharge advice	3
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of children with non-sinogenic Brain infections	3
Combined posterior percutaneous pedicle screw fixation with anterior monosegmental column reconstruction for unstable thoracolumbar burst fractures: an institutional experience	3
YouTube videos for describing Deep Brain Stimulation: a comprehensive and quantitative review	3
Patient and physician positioning during anterior skull base surgery impacts physician ergonomics	3
A different perspective on the dilemma of durotomy or duraplasty in Chiari type 1 malformation surgery	3
A career in neurosurgery: perceptions and the impact of a national SBNS/NANSIG neurosurgery careers day	3
Surgical management of ossified posterior longitudinal ligament: a review	3
The impact of minimum unit pricing on traumatic brain injury in Scotland: a retrospective cohort study of routine national data	3
Adult intracranial bacterial abscesses in Ireland (2010–2021) associated with a low mortality. Luck of the Irish?	3
ALK-positive ALCL: first described adult case of synchronous CNS and systemic involvement at presentation: a case report and review of the literature	3
Degenerative cervical myelopathy education in UK medical schools: a national cross-sectional survey of medical students	3
Evaluation of the safety, radiographic and resident training results of thoracic pedicle screws placement using resection of the transverse process	3
Effect of lamina terminalis fenestration on cerebral vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: a systematic review and meta-analysis	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
Traumatic arteriovenous fistula from internal maxillary artery following trigeminal balloon compression	2
The volume-outcome relationship for endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery for benign neoplasm: analysis of an administrative dataset for England	2
Impact of antithrombotic agents on outcomes in patients requiring surgery for chronic subdural haematoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2

Towards net-zero operating in neurosurgery	2
The incidence and prevalence of unruptured intracranial aneurysms in sickle cell disease patients: a systematic review	2
Natural history of post-operative non-functioning pituitary adenomas – a single centre cohort analysis	2
A case of recurrent flight-induced cerebrospinal fluid shunt overdrainage	2
Dural prostate adenocarcinoma metastases mimicking and driving subdural hematoma: mechanistic insights from a case series	2
Correction	2
Usability of mixed reality in awake craniotomy planning	2
A history of the surgery of the cranial sutures	2
Aneurysm management in patients over 80 years old with good grade subarachnoid haemorrhage	2
Dropped head syndrome in a patient with Parkinson’s disease and inflammatory myopathy, treated with sternocleidomastoid release and circumferential cervical fusion	2
Contralateral transcallosal transfalcine approach for bilateral intra-extraventricular anaplastic ganglioglioma via ‘the trans-tumoral route’: a technica	2
Unruptured untreated intracranial aneurysms: a retrospective analysis of outcomes of 445 aneurysms managed conservatively	2
Optimising trajectory planning for stereotactic brain tumour biopsy using artificial intelligence: a systematic review of the literature	2
Plagiarism—lessons learnt	2
Endovascular and surgical obliteration rates of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulae: a single UK Centre experience	2
Locating the ventral intermediate thalamic nucleus for deep brain stimulation surgery: analysis of a case series comparing CT and MR targeting	2
Post-traumatic hydrocephalus may be associated with autologous cranioplasty failure, independent of ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement: a retrospective analysis	2
Comparison of two techniques of goal directed fluid therapy in elective neurosurgical patients – a randomized controlled study	2
Circumstances and precipitating factors preceding intracranial aneurysm rupture: a systematic review	2
Tremor in triventricular hydrocephalus secondary to an aqueductal web with stenosis and response to third ventricular ventriculostomy	2
Examination of quality of life and economic benefit with early lumbar microdiscectomy: a pilot study	2
Spinal cord anaplastic Pilocytic Astrocytoma – two stage resection with elsberg and beer technique. Case report and literature review	2
Proceedings of the 2025 Spring Meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons	2
Spontaneous ultra-early resorption of an intracerebral hematoma in a cirrhotic patient: case report and analysis of this unusual phenomenon	2
Comparison of health-related quality of life in patients with traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid haemorrhage and cervical spine disease	2
Individualised connectomic-guided radiosurgical thalamotomy for chronic pain	2
Purely nasal floor mucosa-free graft for reconstruction after endoscopic endonasal transellar approach: an anatomical and clinical analysis	2