OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Neurochirurgie is 3. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Cervicodorsal extramedullary anaplastic ependymoma with intracranial metastasis	47
Results of a French pilot database of standard of care of chronic subdural hematoma	33
In response to Syrmos et al. letter: Proposal of a decisional algorithm for abdominal pseudocysts in patients with ventriculoperitoneal shunt	27
Primary intrasellar schwannoma with intratumoral hemorrhage mimicking pituitary apoplexy: A case report	17
The impact of primary decompressive craniectomy in ruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysms with intraparenchymal hematoma	17
Ruptured dural arteriovenous fistula and sinus venous thrombosis following surgical resection of a vestibular schwannoma: Case report and review of the literature	17
Contents	15
Endoscopically operated 15 ventral skull-base dermoid and epidermoid cysts: Outcomes of a case series and technical note	14
C2–C3 vertebral disc angle: An analysis of patients with and without cervical spondylotic myelopathy	12
Beyond traditional surgery for far lateral lumbar herniation: transforaminal full endoscopic discectomy	12
Usefulness of discography, discoblock and a new mechanical method for identifying a painful segment/disc	11
What is the role of neurosurgeons in the current management of intracranial aneurysm in France? An analysis of professional practices	11
Efficacy of Intravenous Paracetamol and Ibuprofen on Postoperative Pain and Morphine Consumption in Lumbar Disc Surgery: Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial	11
Risk factors associated with congenital central nervous system abnormalities in the National Hospital of Zinder, Niger	10
Super acute subdural hematoma following drain removal for chronic subdural haematoma	10
Dorsal rhizotomy in cerebral palsy: How root sectioning is influenced by intraoperative neuromonitoring?	9
A case of extreme hydrocephalus in a 67-year-old man whose professional and social lives were normal	9
Neuro damage control: current concept and civilian applications	9
New methods for determination of the keyhole position in the lateral suboccipital approach to avoid transverse-sigmoid sinus injury: Proposition of the groove line as a new surgical landmark	9
Sphenoparietal sinus and superficial middle cerebral vein thrombosis: A case report and review of literature	9
Understanding the research-care demarcation and why it must be revised	9
Adult transverse sinus capillary hemangioma: case report and review of the literature	9
Women in neurosurgery: Historical vignette and current issues in France	8
Care trials: A solution for surgical research between clinical trial and register	8
Minimally invasive cerebral revascularization in moyamoya disease in adult patients	8

Use of hypnosis preoperatively for surgery of the spine: Pilot study	7
Does long segment subarachnoido-subarachnoid shunt prevent posttraumatic and postinfectious spinal arachnoid cyst recurrence?: technical note and case series	7
Understanding why restrictive trial eligibility criteria are inappropriate	7
Neurosurgical management of penetrating brain injury during World War I: A historical cohort	7
Subependymal giant-cell astrocytoma: A surgical review in the modern era of mTOR inhibitors	7
Use and consequences of less-lethal weapons in France: A neurosurgical perspective	7
Surgical management of tumors of the cervical spine and craniovertebral junction involving the vertebral artery: A narrative review	7
Rathke’s cleft cyst apoplexy in a boy treated by endoscopic endonasal surgery: case report and literature review	7
Use of Second Window ICG in spinal cord biopsy of a mildly contrast-enhancing lesion: Technical note and review of the literature	7
Surgical treatment of hemifacial spasms: how to predict failure and complications through a series of 200 patients	6
Bone-destructive osseous arteriovenous fistula at the jugular bulb mimicking a glomus jugular tumor	6
Editorial board	6
Training and teaching of vagus nerve stimulation surgery: Worldwide survey and future perspectives	6
Management of vestibular schwannoma during pregnancy: A systematic review	6
Denosumab salvage therapy in an 11-year-old boy with locally recurrent unresectable giant cell tumor of the lumbar spine after surgery	6
Awake microsurgical management of brain aneurysms: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis on rationale, safety and clinical outcomes	6
Spontaneous intracranial vertebral artery dissections presenting with subarachnoid hemorrhage	6
PICA injury secondary to anterior odontoid screw fixation: Case report of an exceptional complication	6
Repairment of an interrupted oculomotor nerve in the cavernous sinus	6
Concurrent carotid-cavernous fistula and cervical internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm due to a gunshot injury: A case report	6
The extradural extended eyebrow approach: A cadaveric feasibility study	6
Non-functional recurrent pituitary adenoma with intracranial metastasis–Pituitary carcinoma: A case report and review of the literature	6
Endoscopic endonasal resection of coexisting pituitary adenoma and meningioma: Two cases’ report and literature review	6
Understanding how the primary endpoint impacts the interpretation of trial results: The Japanese Adult Moyamoya bypass trial	6
Step by step teaching anatomy for anterior approach of the lumbar spine: A cadaveric study	6
Usefulness of an alternative option for evacuation of acute subdural hematoma: The toothbrush curettage method	5
Prognostic factors for progression-free survival of the filum terminale ependymomas in adults	5
Early aggressive constriction resection for hourglass-like constriction of peripheral nerve in the upper extremity: a retrospective study	5
Surgical outcome of meningomyelocele and short-term prognostic factors: A retrospective cohort study	5
Fractured cervical spine, dissected vertebral artery, and life-threatening stroke: A challenging case report and literature review	5
Effects of sodium fluoride on neural tube development in chick embryos	5
Cerebral hydatid cyst in children: A case series of 21 patients and review of literature	5
Clinical decisions based on reasons that reason should ignore	5
MRI-based whole-tumor radiomics to classify the types of pediatric posterior fossa brain tumor	5
Comments on: Impact of discontinuation of antithrombotic therapy after surgery for chronic subdural hematoma, Todeschi et al., Neurochirurgie 66 (4) (2020) 195-202	5
How science can harm: The true history of thrombectomy trials	5
Rare hemorrhagic presentation of a brain arterioveinous malformation	5
Post-traumatic cerebral venous sinus thrombosis associated with epidural hematoma: A challenging clinical situation	5
Vertebral artery stenosis from osteophyte: A systematic review and case series	5
Editorial board	5
Rethinking age barriers in Parkinson’s disease for deep brain stimulation	5
Deep brain stimulation for refractory epilepsy	5
Metastasis of the choroid plexuses: A systematic review of the literature and case illustration	4
Management of patients suffering from hemorrhagic intracranial metastases: Propositions to help the neurosurgeon in emergency situations based on a literature review	4
Rapidly recurrent recalcitrant Rathke Cleft Cyst: Case report and review of the literature	4
Neurochirurgie 2021: Change in the Editorial Board and novelty in the journal	4
Interventional magnetic-resonance-guided cryotherapy combined with microsurgery for recurrent glioblastoma: An innovative treatment?	4
Symptomatic spinal metastasis of a supratentorial glioblastoma in a pediatric patient: a case report and comprehensive review of the literature	4
A carcinoid tumor of the middle ear masquerading as a glomus tympanicum presenting with temporal lobe hemorrhage in a 70-year-old woman: Case report and review of the literature	4
Current trends and challenges in intracranial aneurysm treatment	4

Can fifth nerve mapping guide rhizotomy for recurrent trigeminal neuralgia? Case report	4
Impact of preaneurysmal M1 length in unruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysm: mid-term outcome and single-center experience	4
Preoperative cervical alignment parameters can predict postoperative disability scores and myelopathy outcomes	4
Postoperative neurological complications in intradural extramedullary tumors: A 10-year experience of a single center	4
Empathy burnout among neurosurgeons	4
Commentary on “Libérons-nous de la douleur”, book by Dr Marc Leveque, M.D. (2022, Ed. Buchet Chastel)	4
Functional and dysfunctional impulsivities changes after subthalamic nucleus-deep brain stimulation in Parkinson disease	4
Sustainable neurosurgical training around the globe. A review and outline	4
Cervical collar after one level instrumented anterior cervical discectomy: An unscientific myth	4
Which surgery is better for obese patients with lumbar degenerative diseases: open TLIF or Endo-LIF? A retrospective matched case–control study	4
Thalamic deep brain stimulation for post-traumatic neuropathic limb pain: Efficacy at five years’ follow-up and effective volume of activated brain tissue	4
A survey on the experience of risk-taking behaviors of bedridden patients in neurosurgery	4
Spinal schwannoma causes acute subarachnoid haemorrhage: A case report and literature review	4
Hemodynamic factors of spontaneous vertebral artery dissecting aneurysms assessed with numerical and deep learning algorithms: Role of blood pressure and asymmetry	4
MicroRNAs miR-629-3p, miR-1202 and miR-1225-5p as potential diagnostic and surgery outcome biomarkers for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis	4
Letter to the editor regarding: “Recent advances in trigonocephaly”	4
Contents	4
Highly cited scores, scoring systems, grading systems, and classifications of daily use in cranial neurosurgery: A must-have during residency training! A mini-review	4
Is there a relationship between lumbosacral epidural spinal injections and lumbosacral epidural lipomatosis? A retrospective study	4
Lessons from landmark studies on the treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysms	4
Enhanced prognostic accuracy in severe TBI: a comprehensive nomogram analysis	4
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in an infant with vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation treated by endovascular occlusion: Case report and a review of literature	4
Contents	3
Idiopathic biventricular hydrocephalus: A clinical case report	3
Pediatric abscessed craniopharyngioma: A case report and review of literature	3
Confirmed Titanium hypersensitivity causing the failure of a lumbar spine fusion	3
A dead worm in the brain - a rare finding among the French population	3
Lies, damned lies, and statistical populations	3
The Dural Dark-Side Approach for falcine and tentorial meningioma: A surgical series of five patients	3
Early rehabilitation using gait exoskeletons is possible in the neurosurgical setting, even in patients with cognitive impairment	3
Contents	3
Tumoral and peritumoral vascularization of brain tumours: a study comparing an intraoperative ultrasensitive Doppler and a preoperative first-pass perfusion MRI	3
Performance of the necker cranial injury scale as a predictor of prognosis in children with severe traumatic brain injury: A retrospective cohort study	3
Transient meningism in children after non-autologous duraplasty for Chiari Malformation surgery: A case series	3
Aggressive primary scalp lymphoma mimicking an acute epidural hematoma: Case report and review of the literature	3
Cerebral arterio-venous malformations hemodynamics changes in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia – case report	3
Pediatric cranial osteoblastoma: Technical note of surgical treatment and review of the literature	3
Spinal Arachnoid Web: A didactic report of two cases with clinical, radiological, surgical and pathological correlations	3
Primary intradural Extraosseous Ewing’s sarcoma of the cauda equina: A case report and literature review	3
Hemangioblastoma and arteriovenous malformation in the same patient: a not random association or two isolated entities? Systematic review starting from a unique case	3
Natural course of the acute unruptured intracranial vertebral artery dissections which show pearl-and-string sign	3
Feasibility of unilateral hemilaminectomy utilizing a Williams retractor for the resection of intradural-extramedullary spinal neoplasms	3
Indications for surgical evacuation of cerebellar intracerebral hemorrhage: consensus guidelines from the French Society of Neurosurgery (SFNC) and the French Society of Vascular Neurology (SFNV)	3
Understanding explanatory and pragmatic trials: Examples from randomized controlled trials on vertebroplasty	3
When Clovis Vincent confronts the director at the old Pitié hospital	3
Infected psammomatous intracranial meningioma	3
Effect of non-neurological complications on the functional outcome of patients with ruptured intracranial aneurysms	3
De novo adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma with long-term pre-diagnostic imaging	3
CSF Otorrhea: A rare presentation of spinal myxopapillary ependymoma	3
Elucidation of effect of spinopelvic parameters in degenerative disc disease	3
Application of offset Dingo instruments in Anterior to Psoas (ATP)/Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion (OLIF) procedure: A retrospective study of 80 patients	3
Editorial board	3
Vagus nerve stimulation lead durability: Insights from an extensive monocentric single-operator adult series	3
Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on neuro-oncology multidisciplinary tumor board in the pre-vaccine era: the Normandy experience	3
How to manage a ureteral injury after anterior lumbar spine interbody fusion surgery	3
A narrative review of techniques for surgical revascularization of the extracranial vertebral artery in vertebrobasilar insufficiency	3
Cervico-thoracic spine pseudo tumoral calcinosis – clinical case and review of the literature	3
Effectiveness of vagus nerve stimulation for drug-resistant generalized epilepsy in children aged six and younger	3
The Da Vinci Robot, a promising yet underused minimally invasive tool for spine surgery: A scoping review of its current role and limits	3
The rise of gamification in neurosurgical training	3
Ophthalmological lesions in shaken baby syndrome: A retrospective analysis of 133 consecutive cases (1992–2018)	3