Neurosurgical Focus

Article	Citations
Applications of indocyanine green in brain tumor surgery: review of clinical evidence and emerging technologies	66
Augmented reality–assisted ventriculostomy	45
Ambulatory neurosurgery in the COVID-19 era: patient and provider satisfaction with telemedicine	44
Informed consent in neurosurgery: a systematic review	43
Magnetic resonance imaging–based synthetic computed tomography of the lumbar spine for surgical planning: a clinical proof-of-concept	40
Virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: a turning point in neurosurgical education	38
Virtual education in neurosurgery during the COVID-19 pandemic	38
Does robot-assisted navigation influence pedicle screw selection and accuracy in minimally invasive spine surgery?	38
The effect of augmented reality on the accuracy and learning curve of external ventricular drain placement	36
Augmented reality head-mounted display–based incision planning in cranial neurosurgery: a prospective pilot study	34
First in-human report of the clinical accuracy of thoracolumbar percutaneous pedicle screw placement using augmented reality guidance	34
Holographic mixed-reality neuronavigation with a head-mounted device: technical feasibility and clinical application	32
Learning curves in robot-assisted spine surgery: a systematic review and proposal of application to residency curricula	31
Virtual dissection of the real brain: integration of photographic 3D models into virtual reality and its effect on neurosurgical resident education	31
A systematic review of virtual reality for the assessment of technical skills in neurosurgery	30
Spinal anesthesia in awake surgical procedures of the lumbar spine: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 3709 patients	30
Evaluating robotic pedicle screw placement against conventional modalities: a systematic review and network meta-analysis	30
Increases in female academic productivity and female mentorship highlight sustained progress in previously identified neurosurgical gender disparities	30
Augmented reality navigation for cranial biopsy and external ventricular drain insertion	30
Carbon fiber–reinforced PEEK instrumentation in the spinal oncology population: a retrospective series demonstrating technique, feasibility, and clinical outcomes	30
Mechanical thrombectomy versus intravenous thrombolysis for distal large-vessel occlusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies	29
The immunology of low-grade gliomas	29
Fully automatic brain tumor segmentation for 3D evaluation in augmented reality	28
Comparison of intracranial injury predictability between machine learning algorithms and the nomogram in pediatric traumatic brain injury	28
Anxiety in neurosurgical patients undergoing nonurgent surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic	27

Medical malpractice in spine surgery: a review	27
Neurosurgery training in India during the COVID-19 pandemic: straight from the horse’s mouth	27
Evaluation of the precision of operative augmented reality compared to standard neuronavigation using a 3D-printed skull	27
Neurosurgeons in 2020: the impact of gender on neurosurgical training, family planning, and workplace culture	27
Predicting meningioma consistency and brain-meningioma interface with intraoperative strain ultrasound elastography: a novel application to guide surgical strategy	27
The role of diffusion tensor imaging and tractography in the surgical management of brainstem gliomas	27
Performance assessment of the metastatic spinal tumor frailty index using machine learning algorithms: limitations and future directions	26
Clinical trials using oncolytic viral therapy to treat adult glioblastoma: a progress report	26
Spinal versus general anesthesia for minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: implications on operating room time, pain, and ambulation	25
Women neurosurgeons around the world: a systematic review	24
Trends in acute ischemic stroke treatments and mortality in the United States from 2012 to 2018	24
Safety and interim survival data after intracranial administration of M032, a genetically engineered oncolytic HSV-1 expressing IL-12, in pet dogs with sporadic gliomas	24
Intraoperative imaging of brain tumors with fluorescein: confocal laser endomicroscopy in neurosurgery. Clinical and user experience	24
Real-time navigation guidance with intraoperative CT imaging for pedicle screw placement using an augmented reality head-mounted display: a proof-of-concept study	24
Recurrent high-grade glioma surgery: a multimodal intraoperative protocol to safely increase extent of tumor resection and analysis of its impact on patient outcome	23
Supratentorial high-grade gliomas: maximal safe anatomical resection guided by augmented reality high-definition fiber tractography and fluorescein	23
History of African women in neurosurgery	23
Robotic and robot-assisted skull base neurosurgery: systematic review of current applications and future directions	23
Awake spinal surgery: simplifying the learning curve with a patient selection algorithm	23
Microsurgical clipping of middle cerebral artery aneurysms: preoperative planning using virtual reality to reduce procedure time	22
Navigated ultrasound-based image guidance during resection of gliomas: practical utility in intraoperative decision-making and outcomes	21
Randomized study comparing 3D virtual reality and conventional 2D on-screen teaching of cerebrovascular anatomy	21
The progression of diversity: Black women in neurosurgery	21
The oncolytic Newcastle disease virus as an effective immunotherapeutic strategy against glioblastoma	21
Viral therapies for glioblastoma and high-grade gliomas in adults: a systematic review	20
The prevalence of imposter syndrome among young neurosurgeons and residents in neurosurgery: a multicentric study	20
Three-dimensional–printed marker–based augmented reality neuronavigation: a new neuronavigation technique	19
Women’s role in neurosurgical research: is the gender gap improving?	19
Intraarterial delivery of virotherapy for glioblastoma	19
Impact of health disparities on treatment for single-suture craniosynostosis in an era of multimodal care	19
Osteoporosis treatment in patients undergoing spinal fusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis	19
Central nervous system injury–induced immune suppression	19
Delta-24 adenoviral therapy for glioblastoma: evolution from the bench to bedside and future considerations	18
Introduction. Virtual and augmented reality in neurosurgery: a timeline	18
Transcriptome-wide analysis of intracranial artery in patients with moyamoya disease showing upregulation of immune response, and downregulation of oxidative phosphorylation and DNA repair	18
Pseudarthrosis rate following anterior cervical discectomy with fusion using an allograft cellular bone matrix: a multi-institutional analysis	17
360° 3D virtual reality operative video for the training of residents in neurosurgery	17
Delayed variations in the diagnostic accuracy of intraoperative neuromonitoring in the resection of intramedullary spinal cord tumors	17
Automated prediction of the Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Score from CT using a novel deep learning algorithm	16
The medicolegal impact of misplaced pedicle and lateral mass screws on spine surgery in the United States	16
Women in neurosurgery: where does the United Kingdom stand?	16
Syngeneic murine glioblastoma models: reactionary immune changes and immunotherapy intervention outcomes	16
Treatment of patients with glioma during the COVID-19 pandemic: what we learned and what we take home for the future	16
Implications of IDH mutations on immunotherapeutic strategies for malignant glioma	15
COVID-19: changing patterns among neurosurgical patients from North India, efficacy of repeat testing, and inpatient prevalence	15
A systematic review of next-generation point-of-care stroke diagnostic technologies	15
Augmented reality–assisted roadmaps during periventricular brain surgery	15
Intraoperative MRI–based elastic fusion for anatomically accurate tractography of the corticospinal tract: correlation with intraoperative neuromonitoring and clinical status	15
Spine surgery under awake spinal anesthesia: an Egyptian experience during the COVID-19 pandemic	14
Percutaneous instrumentation with cement augmentation for traumatic hyperextension thoracic and lumbar fractures in ankylosing spondylitis: a single-institution experience	14

Time trends in the risk of delayed cerebral ischemia after subarachnoid hemorrhage: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	14
Central or axial atlantoaxial dislocation and craniovertebral junction alterations: a review of 393 patients treated over 12 years	14
Management of sagittal synostosis in the Synostosis Research Group: baseline data and early outcomes	14
Impact of different visualization devices on accuracy, efficiency, and dexterity in neurosurgery: a laboratory investigation	14
Direct thrombectomy versus bridging thrombolysis with mechanical thrombectomy in middle cerebral artery stroke: a real-world analysis through National Inpatient Sample data	14
Patient perception of scoliosis correction surgery on Instagram	14
Video-assisted thoracoscopic image-guided spine surgery: evolution of 19 years of experience, from endoscopy to fully integrated 3D navigation	14
Strategies, considerations, and recent advancements in the development of liquid biopsy for glioblastoma: a step towards individualized medicine in glioblastoma	14
Minimally invasive versus open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for grade I lumbar spondylolisthesis: 5-year follow-up from the prospective multicenter Quality Outcomes Database registry	13
Robot-guided versus freehand fluoroscopy-guided minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a single-institution, observational, case-control study	13
Management of spine fractures in ankylosing spondylitis and diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: a challenge	13
Using viral vectors to deliver local immunotherapy to glioblastoma	13
Neurosurgery in times of a pandemic: a survey of neurosurgical services during the COVID-19 outbreak in the Veneto region in Italy	13
Collaborative spinal robot system for laminectomy: a preliminary study	13
Functional outcome and morbidity after microsurgical resection of spinal meningiomas	13
Association between D-dimer levels and long-term mortality in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage	13
Responsive neurostimulation for pediatric patients with drug-resistant epilepsy: a case series and review of the literature	13
Development of cerebral vasospasm following traumatic intracranial hemorrhage: incidence, risk factors, and clinical outcomes	13
Endovascular treatment as the first-line approach for cure of low-grade brain arteriovenous malformation	13
Overview of medical malpractice in neurosurgery	13
Safety and efficacy of cement augmentation with fenestrated pedicle screws for tumor-related spinal instability	13
Preparedness and guidelines for neurosurgery in the COVID-19 era: Indian perspective from a tertiary care referral hospital	12
Mechanical thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke with tandem occlusions: impact of extracranial carotid lesion etiology on endovascular management and outcome	12
Immunoregulatory effects of glioma-associated stem cells on the glioblastoma peritumoral microenvironment: a differential PD-L1 expression from core to periphery?	12
Remote video-based outcome measures of patients with Parkinson’s disease after deep brain stimulation using smartphones: a pilot study	12
Deep brain stimulation telemedicine programming during the COVID-19 pandemic: treatment of patients with psychiatric disorders	12
Minimally invasive procedures for hypothalamic hamartoma–related epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Experiences of neurological surgeons with malpractice lawsuits	12
Refining the treatment of spinal cord lesions: experience from 500 cases	12
Short-segment cement-augmented fixation in open separation surgery of metastatic epidural spinal cord compression: initial experience	12
Day 2 neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios for prediction of delayed cerebral ischemia in subarachnoid hemorrhage	11
Responsive neurostimulation in pediatric patients with drug-resistant epilepsy	11
Benefits of endoscope-assisted microsurgery in the management of pediatric brain tumors	11
Electroencephalography for detection of vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a retrospective analysis and systematic review	11
Development of an inside-out augmented reality technique for neurosurgical navigation	11
Predicting surgical decision-making in vestibular schwannoma using tree-based machine learning	11
Slow progress in the visibility of women in neurosurgery in the United States: opportunity for improvement	11
Recapitulating the Bayesian framework for neurosurgical outpatient care and a cost-benefit analysis of telemedicine for socioeconomically disadvantaged patients in the Philippines during the pandemic	11
Open-door extended endoscopic transorbital technique to the paramedian anterior and middle cranial fossae: technical notes, anatomomorphometric quantitative analysis, and illustrative case	10
Inhibition of glioma using a novel non-neurotoxic vesicular stomatitis virus	10
A novel surgical planning system using an AI model to optimize planning of pedicle screw trajectories with highest bone mineral density and strongest pull-out force	10
Endoscope-assisted fluorescence-guided resection allowing supratotal removal in glioblastoma surgery	10
Neurosurgery at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia: experience from a Surabaya academic tertiary hospital	10
Early practices in endonasal skull base surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: a global survey	10
Racial and socioeconomic disparities in the advanced treatment of medically intractable pediatric epilepsy	10
Feasibility of smart glasses in supporting spinal surgical procedures in low- and middle-income countries: experiences from East Africa	10
Rediscovery of the transcerebellar approach: improving the risk-benefit ratio in robot-assisted brainstem biopsies	10
The role of atorvastatin in collateral circulation formation induced by encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis: a prospective trial	10
Study of comparative surgical exposure to the petroclival region using patient-specific, petroclival meningioma virtual reality models	10
History of Women in Neurosurgery (WINS)	10
Damned if you monitor, damned if you don’t: medical malpractice and intraoperative neuromonitoring for spinal surgery	10
Preoperative MRI for postoperative seizure prediction: a radiomics study of dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor and a systematic review	10
Quantitative and qualitative comparison of morphometric outcomes after endoscopic and conventional correction of sagittal and metopic craniosynostosis versus control groups	10
Medical malpractice and meningiomas: an analysis of 47 cases	10
Pediatric neurosurgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: update and recommendations from the Brazilian Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery	10
Management and surgical outcomes of dystrophic scoliosis in neurofibromatosis type 1: a systematic review	10
Single-level awake transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a Mayo Clinic institutional experience and national analysis	10
Malpractice and socioeconomic aspects in neurosurgery: a developing-country reality	10
Does stroke etiology influence outcome in the posterior circulation? An analysis of 107 consecutive acute basilar occlusion thrombectomies	9
Comparison of effectiveness and outcomes among different thrombectomy techniques in acute basilar artery occlusion: a dual-center experience	9
Neuroprotective effect of dapsone in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial	9
The impact of cerebrospinal fluid shunting on quality of life in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: a long-term analysis	9
An analysis of tumor-related potential spinal column instability (Spine Instability Neoplastic Scores 7–12) eventually requiring surgery with a 1-year follow-up	9
Delays in presentation and mortality among Black patients with mechanical thrombectomy after large-vessel stroke at a US hospital	9
Ultra-early synostectomy and cranial remodeling orthoses in the management of craniosynostoses	9
Construct validity of the Surgical Autonomy Program for the training of neurosurgical residents	9
Advancements in the treatment of traumatic spinal cord injury during military conflicts	9
Antiresorptive and anabolic medications used in the perioperative period of patients with osteoporosis undergoing spine surgery: their impact on the biology of fusion and systematic review of the lite	9
Heparin in the treatment of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Cross-sectional analysis of women in neurosurgery: a Canadian perspective	9
CT-to-fluoroscopy registration versus scan-and-plan registration for robot-assisted insertion of lumbar pedicle screws	9
Synthetic and systems biology principles in the design of programmable oncolytic virus immunotherapies for glioblastoma	9
Improvement following minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in patients aged 70 years or older compared with younger age groups	9
Workflow and performance of intraoperative CT, cone-beam CT, and robotic cone-beam CT for spinal navigation in 503 consecutive patients	9
Update on intrathecal management of cerebral vasospasm: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Simulation of surgery for supratentorial gliomas in virtual reality using a 3D volume rendering technique: a poor man's neuronavigation	9
Deep brain stimulation in children and youth: perspectives of patients and caregivers gleaned through Twitter	8
Intraoperative blood loss in oncological spine surgery	8
Separation surgery for metastatic epidural spinal cord compression: comparison of a minimally invasive versus open approach	8
Systematic review of charged-particle therapy for chordomas and sarcomas of the mobile spine and sacrum	8

Unaccounted for enteral volume loss linked to delayed cerebral ischemia after subarachnoid hemorrhage	8
Status of current medicolegal reform in the United States: a neurosurgical perspective	8
Early experience with targeted therapy as a first-line adjuvant treatment for pediatric low-grade glioma	8
Safety and efficacy of the p48 MW and p64 flow modulation devices: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Cortical mapping in glioma surgery: correlation of fMRI and direct electrical stimulation with Human Connectome Project parcellations	8
Existing clinical evidence on the use of cellular bone matrix grafts in spinal fusion: updated systematic review of the literature	8
Impact of surgeon rhBMP-2 cost awareness on complication rates and health system costs for spinal arthrodesis	8
Perceptions of Indian neurosurgeons about medicolegal issues and malpractice suits	8
Real-time intraoperative surgical telepathology using confocal laser endomicroscopy	8
Neurotoxicity of subarachnoid Gd-based contrast agent accumulation: a potential complication of intraoperative MRI?	8
Reconversion of neurosurgical practice in times of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a narrative review of the literature and guideline implementation in a Mexican neurosurgical referral center	8
Use of rhBMP-2 for adult spinal deformity surgery: patterns of usage and changes over the past decade	8
Intraoperative real-time near-infrared optical imaging for the identification of metastatic brain tumors via microscope and exoscope	8
Enhanced biomaterials: systematic review of alternatives to supplement spine fusion including silicon nitride, bioactive glass, amino peptide bone graft, and tantalum	8
Preoperative frailty and 30-day mortality after resection of brain metastases: a multicenter surgical registry analysis of 11,038 patients	8
Differentiation of lumbar disc herniation and lumbar spinal stenosis using natural language processing–based machine learning based on positive symptoms	8
Emerging pathogenic mechanisms in human brain arteriovenous malformations: a contemporary review in the multiomics era	7
Efficacy of a virtual reality–based basic and clinical fused curriculum for clinical education on the lumbar intervertebral disc	7
Does state malpractice environment affect outcomes following spinal fusions? A robust statistical and machine learning analysis of 549,775 discharges following spinal fusion surgery in the United Stat	7
Developing nonlinear k-nearest neighbors classification algorithms to identify patients at high risk of increased length of hospital stay following spine surgery	7
Radiographic alignment outcomes after the single-position prone transpsoas approach: a multi-institutional retrospective review of 363 cases	7
Evaluating a 3D deep learning pipeline for cerebral vessel and intracranial aneurysm segmentation from computed tomography angiography–digital subtraction angiography image pairs	7
Robot-assisted carotid artery stenting: outcomes, safety, and operational learning curve	7
Long-term outcomes of foramen magnum decompression with duraplasty for Chiari malformation type I in adults: a series of 297 patients	7
Experimental animal models for moyamoya disease and treatment: a pathogenesis-oriented scoping review	7
Boosting phase-contrast MRI performance in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus diagnostics by means of machine learning approach	7
Interhospital transfer status for spinal metastasis patients in the United States is associated with more severe clinical presentations and higher rates of inpatient complications	7
Vertebral multiple myeloma with pathological fracture: the most common etiology for emergency spine surgery in patients with no cancer diagnosis on admission	7
Role of CDKN2A deletion in grade 2/3 IDH-mutant astrocytomas: need for selective approach in resource-constrained settings	7
The gender gap in European neurosurgical conference presentations	7
Neurosurgery resident training using blended learning concepts: course development and participant evaluation	7
Which supervised machine learning algorithm can best predict achievement of minimum clinically important difference in neck pain after surgery in patients with cervical myelopathy? A QOD study	7
Biographies of international women leaders in neurosurgery	7