OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neurosurgical Focus is 27. 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 2020-08-01 to 2024-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Middle meningeal artery embolization treatment of nonacute subdural hematomas in the elderly: a multiinstitutional experience of 151 cases	65
Applications of indocyanine green in brain tumor surgery: review of clinical evidence and emerging technologies	58
The association between lower Hounsfield units on computed tomography and cage subsidence after lateral lumbar interbody fusion	51
Lumbar disc height and vertebral Hounsfield units: association with interbody cage subsidence	47
Single-position prone lateral approach: cadaveric feasibility study and early clinical experience	44
Association of osteopenia and osteoporosis with higher rates of pseudarthrosis and revision surgery in adult patients undergoing single-level lumbar fusion	43
Ambulatory neurosurgery in the COVID-19 era: patient and provider satisfaction with telemedicine	40
Augmented reality–assisted ventriculostomy	40
Informed consent in neurosurgery: a systematic review	39
Magnetic resonance imaging–based synthetic computed tomography of the lumbar spine for surgical planning: a clinical proof-of-concept	38
PEEK versus titanium cages in lateral lumbar interbody fusion: a comparative analysis of subsidence	37
Virtual education in neurosurgery during the COVID-19 pandemic	37
Hounsfield units of the vertebral body and pedicle as predictors of pedicle screw loosening after degenerative lumbar spine surgery	37
Virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: a turning point in neurosurgical education	37
The role of frailty in geriatric cranial neurosurgery for primary central nervous system neoplasms	33
Frailty predicts worse outcomes after intracranial meningioma surgery irrespective of existing prognostic factors	33
First in-human report of the clinical accuracy of thoracolumbar percutaneous pedicle screw placement using augmented reality guidance	33
Does interbody cage lordosis impact actual segmental lordosis achieved in minimally invasive lumbar spine fusion?	32
The effect of augmented reality on the accuracy and learning curve of external ventricular drain placement	32
The association between lower Hounsfield units of the upper instrumented vertebra and proximal junctional kyphosis in adult spinal deformity surgery with a minimum 2-year follow-up	32
Does robot-assisted navigation influence pedicle screw selection and accuracy in minimally invasive spine surgery?	31
Augmented reality head-mounted display–based incision planning in cranial neurosurgery: a prospective pilot study	30
Holographic mixed-reality neuronavigation with a head-mounted device: technical feasibility and clinical application	29
Augmented reality navigation for cranial biopsy and external ventricular drain insertion	28
Neurosurgery training in India during the COVID-19 pandemic: straight from the horse’s mouth	27

Acute subdural hematoma in the elderly: outcome analysis in a retrospective multicentric series of 213 patients	27
Learning curves in robot-assisted spine surgery: a systematic review and proposal of application to residency curricula	27
Increases in female academic productivity and female mentorship highlight sustained progress in previously identified neurosurgical gender disparities	27