OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Spine Journal is 34. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Consensus statement for perioperative care in lumbar spinal fusion: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society recommendations	197
Decision curve analysis to evaluate the clinical benefit of prediction models	142
Augmented and virtual reality in spine surgery, current applications and future potentials	98
Vertebral bone quality score predicts fragility fractures independently of bone mineral density	88
Safety and accuracy of robot-assisted placement of pedicle screws compared to conventional free-hand technique: a systematic review and meta-analysis	85
Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion using the biportal endoscopic techniques versus microscopic tubular technique	64
Preoperative MRI-based vertebral bone quality (VBQ) score assessment in patients undergoing lumbar spinal fusion	62
Single position circumferential fusion improves operative efficiency, reduces complications and length of stay compared with traditional circumferential fusion	59
Indirect decompression via oblique lateral interbody fusion for severe degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis: a comparative study with direct decompression transforaminal/posterior lumbar interbody fusi	56
Long-term clinical outcome of minimally invasive versus open single-level transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for degenerative lumbar diseases: a meta-analysis	55
Allogeneic mesenchymal precursor cells treatment for chronic low back pain associated with degenerative disc disease: a prospective randomized, placebo-controlled 36-month study of safety and efficacy	55
Frailty adversely affects outcomes of patients undergoing spine surgery: a systematic review	54
Spinal endoscopy: evidence, techniques, global trends, and future projections	54
Using a national surgical database to predict complications following posterior lumbar surgery and comparing the area under the curve and F1-score for the assessment of prognostic capability	50
Global incidence, prevalence, and disability of vertebral fractures: a systematic analysis of the global burden of disease study 2019	50
Alteration of lumbar muscle morphology and composition in relation to low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis	47
Assessing underlying bone quality in spine surgery patients: a narrative review of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and alternatives	47
Survival analysis and risk factors of new vertebral fracture after vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture	44
Vertebral bone quality score independently predicts cage subsidence following transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion	44
Robotic and navigated pedicle screws are safer and more accurate than fluoroscopic freehand screws: a systematic review and meta-analysis	42
A matched comparison of outcomes between percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy and open lumbar microdiscectomy for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation: a 2-year retrospective cohort study	41
A meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of Hounsfield units on computed topography relative to dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry for the diagnosis of osteoporosis in the spine surgery population	41
Endplate volumetric bone mineral density is a predictor for cage subsidence following lateral lumbar interbody fusion: a risk factor analysis	40
Clinical efficacy of ultrasound guided bilateral erector spinae block for single-level lumbar fusion surgery: a prospective, randomized, case-control study	38
Surgical plans generated from telemedicine visits are rarely changed after in-person evaluation in spine patients	38

Machine learning algorithms for prediction of health-related quality-of-life after surgery for mild degenerative cervical myelopathy	38
Sarcopenia predicts perioperative adverse events following complex revision surgery for the thoracolumbar spine	38
Spinal metastases 2021: a review of the current state of the art and future directions	37
Prospective validation of a clinical prediction score for survival in patients with spinal metastases: the New England Spinal Metastasis Score	36
Kinematics after cervical laminoplasty: risk factors for cervical kyphotic deformity after laminoplasty	35
Instrumentation techniques to prevent proximal junctional kyphosis and proximal junctional failure in adult spinal deformity correction—a systematic review of biomechanical studies	35
Paraspinal muscle fatty degeneration as a predictor of progressive vertebral collapse in osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures	35
Osteoporosis increases the likelihood of revision surgery following a long spinal fusion for adult spinal deformity	35
Bone quality in patients with osteoporosis undergoing lumbar fusion surgery: analysis of the MRI-based vertebral bone quality score and the bone microstructure derived from microcomputed tomography	34
IL-1β promotes disc degeneration and inflammation through direct injection of intervertebral disc in a rat lumbar disc herniation model	34
Development of machine learning and natural language processing algorithms for preoperative prediction and automated identification of intraoperative vascular injury in anterior lumbar spine surgery	34