OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A-Central European 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Full-Endoscopic Trans-Kambin Triangle Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Surgical Technique and Nomenclature	19
Experience with Management of Intracranial Arachnoid Cysts	16
Laminectomy versus Unilateral Hemilaminectomy for the Removal of Intraspinal Schwannoma: Experience of a Single Institution and Review of Literature	15
A Single-Center Experience with the Olympus ORBEYE 4K-3D Exoscope for Microsurgery of Complex Cranial Cases: Technical Nuances and Learning Curve	14
Retrospective Comparison of Minimally Invasive and Open Monosegmental Lumbar Fusion, and Impact of Virtual Reality on Surgical Planning and Strategy	11
The Influence of Music on Neurosurgical Cases: A Neglected Knowledge	11
Efficacy of Internal Neurolysis for Trigeminal Neuralgia without Vascular Compression	11
Multimodal Surgical Management of Cerebral Lesions in Motor-Eloquent Areas Combining Intraoperative 3D Ultrasound with Neurophysiological Mapping	11
IDH Wild-type Glioblastoma Presenting with Seizure: Clinical Specificity, and Oncologic and Surgical Outcomes	9
Transcortical Approach to Deep-Seated Intraventricular and Intra-axial Tumors Using a Tubular Retractor System: A Technical Note and Review of the Literature	9
Perineurioma: A Rare Entity of Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors	9
Robotic Navigated Laser Craniotomy for Depth Electrode Implantation in Epilepsy Surgery: A Cadaver Lab Study	9
Surgical Treatment of Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms: Hints and Precautions for Young Cerebrovascular Surgeons	9
A New Insight in Nonaneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: The Potential Role of the Internal Jugular Veins	8
Trigeminal Neuralgia Secondary to Intracranial Neoplastic Lesions: a Case Series and Comprehensive Review	7
Decompression of the Greater Occipital Nerve for Occipital Neuralgia and Chronic Occipital Headache Caused by Entrapment of the Greater Occipital Nerve	7
A New Application of Gelatin Sponge in the Treatment of Hemifacial Spasm by Microvascular Decompression: A Technical Note	7
Prompt Return to Work after Bilateral Transforaminal Full-endoscopic Lateral Recess Decompression under Local Anesthesia: A Case Report	7
Advantages of Revision Transforaminal Full-Endoscopic Spine Surgery in Patients who have Previously Undergone Posterior Spine Surgery	7
Complications Following Decompressive Craniectomy	7
A Brief Review of Brain's Blood Flow–Metabolism Coupling and Pressure Autoregulation	7
Spinal Perineural Cysts among European Patients	6
Pros and Cons of Early and Very Early Surgery for Traumatic Central Cord Syndrome with Spinal Stenosis: Literature Review and Case Report	6
Early Serum Biomarkers for Intensive Care Unit Treatment within the First 24 Hours in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage	6
Health Care Utilization and Associated Economic Burden of Postoperative Surgical Site Infection after Spinal Surgery with Follow-Up of 24 Months	6

Pineal Apoplexy: A Case Series and Review of the Literature	6
Thoracic Spinal Angiolipomas: A Systematic Review	6
Intradiskal Injection of Methylene Blue for Discogenic Back Pain: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials	6
Ki-67 Proliferative Activity in the Tumor Margins as a Robust Prognosis Factor in Glioblastoma Patients	6
Volumetry and Surgical Grading Systems for Vestibular Schwannoma Size Assessment and their Relationship to Postoperative Facial Nerve Function	6
Distribution of Underlying Causative Organisms, Patient Age, and Survival in Spontaneous spondylodiscitis with Special Focus on Elderly Patients	6
Entrapment of the Greater Occipital Nerve with Chronic Migraine and Severe Facial Pain: A Case Report	6
Endoscope-controlled Access to Thalamic Tumors using Tubular Brain Retractor: An Alternative Approach to Microscopic Excision	5
Bur Hole–Based Resections of Intrinsic Brain Tumors with Exoscopic Visualization	5
Facial Nerve EMG: Low-Tech Monitoring with a Stopwatch	5
Subcortical Stimulation with Tip of Ultrasound Aspirator	5
Surgical Procedure in the Treatment of Organized Chronic Subdural Hematoma: A Single-Center Experience	5
The Accuracy of Direct Targeting Using Fusion of MR and CT Imaging for Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus in Patients with Parkinson's Disease	5
Updates in the Management of Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme	5
A Review of Remote Intracerebral Hemorrhage after Chronic Subdural Hematoma Evacuation	5
Cerebral Abscess Caused by Listeria monocytogenes: Case Report and Literature Review	5
Impact of COVID-19 on the Neurosurgical Resident Training Program: An Early Experience	5
Intraoperative Spinal Angiography during Microsurgical Occlusion of Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistula within the Hybrid Operation Room	5
Predictors of Intraoperative Aneurysm Rupture, Aneurysm Remnant, and Brain Ischemia following Microsurgical Clipping of Intracranial Aneurysms: Single-Center, Retrospective Cohort Study	5
Declining Numbers of Neurosurgical Emergencies at a German University Medical Center during the Coronavirus Lockdown	4
Management of Deep Spinal Wound Infections Following Instrumentation Surgery with Subfascial Negative Pressure Wound Therapy	4
Reconstruction of Craniectomy for Microvascular Decompression with Autologous Particulate Bone	4
Pituitary Adenomas Associated with Intracranial Aneurysms: the Clinical Characteristics, Therapeutic Strategies, and Possible Effects of Vascular Remodeling Factors	4
Health Economic Aspects of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Factors Determining First Year In-Hospital Treatment Expenses	4
Predictive Value of Transcranial Evoked Potential Monitoring for Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors	4
Predicting the Role of Preoperative Intramedullary Lesion Length and Early Decompressive Surgery in ASIA Impairment Scale Grade Improvement Following Subaxial Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury	4
Quality of Life Following Surgical and Conservative Therapy of Pyogenic Spinal Infection: A Study of Long-term Outcome in 210 Patients	4
How to Improve the Effect of Microvascular Decompression for Hemifacial Spasm: A Retrospective Study of 32 Cases with Unsuccessful First Time MVD	4
Minimally Invasive Surgical Technique for the Management of Giant Dumbbell Spinal Schwannoma	4
Impact of Obesity on Complication Rates, Clinical Outcomes, and Quality of Life after Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion	4
Comparison of Complications between Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion versus Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion in Two- and Three-Level Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: A Meta-analysis	4
Surgical Treatment of Multilevel Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Open-Door Laminoplasty and Fixation via Unilateral Approach. A Feasibility Study	4
Accuracy and Feasibility Analysis of SEEG Electrode Implantation using the VarioGuide Frameless Navigation System in Patients with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy	4
Long-term Radiologic and Clinical Outcomes after Three-level Contiguous Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion without Plating: A Multicentric Retrospective Study	4
Cerebral Cavernous Malformations Patient Perception Analysis via Social Media	4
Clinical Outcome in Cerebral Vasospasm Patients Treated with and without Intra-Arterial Nimodipine Infusion	4
Comparison of 3D-printed Navigation Template-assisted Pedicle Screws versus Freehand Screws for Scoliosis in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	4
Aggressive Treatment in Glioblastoma: What Determines the Survival of Patients?	4
Experiences with a 3D4K Digital Exoscope System (ORBEYE) in a Wide Range of Neurosurgical Procedures	4
Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Spinal Fusion Procedures for Spinal Infections in a Nationwide Hospital Network in Germany	3
Transforaminal Full-Endoscopic Ventral Facetectomy: Midterm Results and Factors Associated with Poor Surgical Outcomes	3
Local Anesthesia and Conscious Sedation Does Not Affect Patient's Mood and Anxiety Levels during Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Diskectomy: A Prospective Study	3
Robot-Assisted Stereotactic Shunting as a Novel Treatment for Pontine Glioependymal Cysts	3
Clinical Efficacy and Safety Profile of Anterior Thalamic Stimulation for Intractable Epilepsy	3
A New Posterior Extensor Attachment-Point Reconstruction Technique for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Involving C2 Segment: Clinical Outcome and Safety	3
Therapeutic Effects of Azithromycin on Spinal Cord Injury in Male Wistar Rats: A Role for Inflammatory Pathways	3
Important Finding for COVID-19 Pandemic: Hydrocephalus-producing effect of Vaporized Alcohol Disinfectant	3
DNA Hydroxymethylation in High-Grade Gliomas	3
Time-Resolved Magnetic Resonance Angiography for Follow-Up of Treated Dural and Epidural Spinal Arteriovenous Fistula	3
Beware of Nihilism: Favorable Outcome despite Poor Admission Status in Posterior Circulation Aneurysms after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage	3

Microendoscopic Decompression for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Associated with Adjacent Segment Disease following Lumbar Fusion Surgery: 5-year Follow-up of a Retrospective Case Series	3
Facet-Sparing Decompression of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: The Minimally Invasive Bilateral Crossover Approach	3
Differential Diagnosis of Central Neurocytoma: Two Cases	3
Diagnostic Accuracy and Field for Improvement of Frameless Stereotactic Brain Biopsy: A Focus on Nondiagnostic Cases	3
Head Injury without Head Blow? A Rare Case of Subdural Hematoma Associated with Minute Arachnoid Cyst in a Teenage Skater	3
Hemifacial Spasm: Comparison of Results between Patients Older and Younger than 70 Years Operated on with Microvascular Decompression	3
Uniportal Full-Endoscopic versus Minimally Invasive Decompression for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Meta-analysis	3
Diamond-Shaped Mini-Craniotomy: A New Concept in Neurosurgery	3
Surgical Indication Optimization of Brain Metastases Based on the Evolutionary Analysis of Karnofsky Performance Status	3
A Supplemental Technique for Preoperative Evaluation of Giant Intracranial Aneurysm	3
Preoperative and Postoperative Opioid Dependence in Patients Undergoing Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion for Degenerative Spinal Disorders	3
Analysis of Clinical, Imaging, and Pathologic Features of 36 Patients with Primary Intraspinal Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors: A Case Series and Literature Review	3
Structure of Neurosurgical Care in Germany in Comparison to Countries Organized in the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies: A Need to Reorganize Neurosurgical Training and Care in Germany	3
Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 is Involved in the Fibrotic Process in Denervated Muscles after Sciatic Nerve Trauma and Recovery	3
Complications, Length of Hospital Stay, and Cost of Care after Surgery for Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis	3
The Transformation of Intracranial Subdural Hygroma to Chronic Subdural Hematoma Following Endoscopic Spinal Surgery: A Case Report	3
Sensitivity and Negative Predictive Value of Motor Evoked Potentials of the Facial Nerve	3
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage with Negative Initial Digital Subtraction Angiography: Subsequent Detection of Aneurysms and Complication Rates of Repeated Angiography	3
Thoracolumbar Instrumentation Surgery in Patients with Parkinson's Disease: A Case-Control Study	3
Occlusion of the Anterior Cerebral Artery Mimicking a Cerebral Aneurysm: Clinical Presentation and Literature Review	3
Is Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery Superior to Endoscopic Spine Surgery in Postoperative Radiologic Outcomes of Lumbar Spine Degenerative Disease? A Systematic Review	2
Collimation Reduces Radiation Exposure to the Surgeon in Endoscopic Spine Surgery: A Prospective Study	2
Comparison of Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion and Posterior Laminoplasty for Four-Segment Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes	2
The internal trabecular bone structure of the odontoid process of the axis. A retrospective single-center comparative study in patients following cervical trauma.	2
Fatal Acute Pneumocephalus after Bilateral Drainage for Chronic Subdural Hematomas: Case Report	2
Effect of Optic Canal Opening on Postoperative Visual Acuity in Patients with Tuberculum Sellae Meningiomas	2
A Case of Fulminant Listeria Rhombencephalitis with Brainstem Abscesses in a 37-Year-Old Immunocompetent Patient: From Vestibular Neuritis to Ondine's Curse	2
ACDF plus Uncovertebrectomy versus ACDF alone for the Treatment of Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy: Minimum 5-Year Follow-Up	2
Treatment of Unique Bilateral Distal Fusiform Superior Cerebellar Artery Aneurysms with Mini-Flow Diverter Device Implantation: Case Report	2
Risk Factors for Poor Postoperative Outcome and Epileptic Symptoms in Patients Diagnosed with Cerebral Cavernous Malformations	2
fMRI Resting-State Connectivity between Language and Nonlanguage Areas as Defined by Intraoperative Electrocortical Stimulation in Low-Grade Glioma Patients	2
Morphometric Anatomy of the Posterior Aspect of the Atlas and the Vertebral Artery Groove in Relation to Lateral Mass Screw Placement	2
Biology, Physics and Genetics of Intracranial Aneurysm Formation: A Review	2
Hemorrhagic Suprasellar Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumor in an Adult: Uncommon Features of an Extremely Rare Neoplasm	2
Endoscopic Fenestration for Treating Galassi Type III Middle Cranial Fossa Arachnoid Cysts: Single- and Multiple-stoma have the Same Curative Effect	2
Comparing Three-dimensional and Two-dimensional Preoperative Planning for Lumbar Transpedicular Screw Placement: A Retrospective Study	2
Should the Globus Pallidus Targeting Be Refined in Dystonia?	2
Interleukin-6 in Spinal Cord Injury: Could Immunomodulation Replace Immunosuppression in the Management of Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries?	2
Spontaneous Hematomyelia Associated with the Use of Non–vitamin K Antagonist	2
Hyperacute in-Stent Thrombosis Causing Large Vessel Occlusion after Stent-Assisted Aneurysm Coiling Secondary to Complete Clopidogrel and Prasugrel Resistance: a Case Report	2
High Rate of Pulmonary Cement Embolism after Cement-Augmented Pedicle Screw Fixation: A 12-Year Single-Center Study	2
Safety and Efficacy of Endovascular Embolization of Ruptured Intracranial Aneurysms within 72 hours of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage	2
Minimally Invasive Subfrontal Approach: How to Make it Safe and Effective from the Olfactory Groove to the Mesial Temporal Lobe	2
A Review of Strategies Associated with Surgical Decompression in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury	2
Special Topic Issue: Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring	2
Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopic Diskectomy for Lumbar Disk Herniation: Young (Age <60 years) versus Older (Age ≥60 years) Patients	2
Simulation with 3D Neuronavigation for Learning Cortical Bone Trajectory Screw Placement	2
New Evidence for Regulatory Role of Trigeminal Ganglion on the Intraocular Pressure Following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage	2
The Efficiency of Simultaneous Systemic and Topical Use of Tranexamic Acid in Spinal Fusion Surgery	2
Brain Arteriovenous Malformations: Impact of Neurologic Status, Bleeding, and Type of Treatment on Final Outcome	2
Long-Term Clinical and Radiologic Outcome Following Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Spondylodiscitis: A Retrospective Bicenter Study	2
Management of Adult Chiari I Patients Based on CSF Flow Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Experience of Two Neurosurgical Centers	2
Bilateral Radioscopically Guided Erector Spinae Plane Block for Postoperative Analgesia in Spine Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial	2
Prognostic Analysis of a Hypoxia-Associated lncRNA Signature in Glioblastoma and its Pan-Cancer Landscape	2
Lumbosacral Interbody Fusion Using a Biportal Endoscopic Technique for Patients with Multilevel Severe Degenerative Lumbosacral Spondylosis: Technical Note and Case Presentations	2
Oxidative Stress Level in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage	2
Evaluation of Sexual Function in Patients with Lower Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Comparison of Pre- and Postoperative Status	2
Can Currently Suggested Quality Indicators Be Transferred to Meningioma Surgery?—A Single-Center Pilot Study	2
Emergent Hybrid Treatment of a Ruptured Scalp Arteriovenous Fistula with Eyelid involvement: Technical Note	2
Preliminary Results of Endoscopic Radiofrequency Treatment of the Sacroiliac Joint Syndrome	2
Use of Gelatin-thrombin Hemostatic Matrix for Control of Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysm	2
Augmented Reality–Assisted versus Freehand Ventriculostomy in a Head Model	2
Relationship of Change in Cervical Curvature after Laminectomy with Lateral Mass Screw Fixation to Spinal Cord Shift and Clinical Efficacy	2
Lumbar Spinous Process–Splitting Technique for Ligamentum Flavum Cyst Removal	2
Association between Brachycephaly, Chiari Malformation, and Basilar Invagination	2
Shunt Dependence after Intraventricular Hemorrhage and Intraventricular Fibrinolysis with uPA versus rt-PA	2
The LRG-TGF-β-Alk-1/TGFßRII-Smads as Predictive Biomarkers of Chronic Hydrocephalus after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage	2
Surgical Outcomes of Extraforaminal Microdiskectomy by Midline Incision for Far-Lateral Lumbar Disk Herniation	2