British Journal of Neurosurgery

Article	Citations
Non-missile penetrating brain injury—surgical techniques for removing a long penetrating foreign body: a case report	19
Targeted needs assessment of neurosurgical training in Ukraine: a pilot survey study	18
Further data on the value of intra-ventricular administration of aminoglycosides to treat post-neurosurgical Gram-negative meningitis is required	18
Artificial intelligence and the potential for perioperative delabeling of penicillin allergies for neurosurgery inpatients	16
Long-term outcome of patients treated for craniopharyngioma: a single center experience	15
Radiofrequency thalamotomy for tremor outcomes correlate with dentorubrothalamic tract distance	15
Cerebral syphilitic Gumma in the modern era: a report of an unusual case and brief review of recent published reports	12
Longitudinal neurosurgical activity in the NHS: a retrospective study	12
A long-term follow-up of cauda equina stimulation for chronic pelvic pain – case report	11
Progress in brain research vol 268: Recent advances and controversies in Gamma Knife neurosurgery,	10
The prognostic utility of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in paediatric brain tumours: a retrospective case control study	10
Experimental animal models for brain abscess: a systematic review	10
Outcomes of head trauma in children admitted to a tertiary paediatric intensive care unit in South Wales	9
Complications in neurosurgery, acta neurochirurgica supplement 130	9
Laparoscopic anchoring of peritoneal catheters using surgical mesh – a promising approach for recurrent extrinsic ventriculoperitoneal shunt migration	8
Mycotic pseudoaneurysm in the internal carotid artery secondary to cranial base abscess diagnosed with optic neuritis: a case report	8
En-bloc resection achieves higher GTR rates with similar neurological outcomes in grade-2 intramedullary spinal ependymomas: single-centre cohort study	7
Reducing the neurosurgical waiting list burden: is it a futile endeavour?	7
Pathogenesis, management strategies, and outcome of non-communicating extradural spinal arachnoid cyst (NEAC): a systematic review	7
NF2 mutation associated with accelerated time to recurrence for older patients with atypical meningiomas	6
Trends and insights in clinical and research aspects of spinal surgery	6
Effectiveness and safety of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in isolated generalised or segmental dystonia (SUNDYS trial): a study protocol	6
Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in traumatic brain injury after radiographic progression: a 6-year experience at a single Canadian Level 1 trauma Centre	5
Don’t make a mountain out of dermoid cysts of the anterior fontanelle	5
Ruptured brain arteriovenous malformation in a pregnant woman: a case report	5

Clinical and descriptive characteristics associated with high-grade meningioma in a large clinical series	5
Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson disease 2013–2023: where are we a further 10 years on?	5
Selective dorsal rhizotomy – the treatment of choice for cerebral palsy spasticity in non-ambulant GMFCS IV children?	5
Transoral penetrating upper cervical injury: a case report	5
Delayed regression of atypical meningiomatosis following discontinuation of gender-affirming hormone therapy in a transgender woman: a case report	5
Dural substitutes – the myth and reality	5
Localization and symptoms associated with removal of negative motor area during awake surgery	5
Spinal cord stimulation as a treatment option for complex regional pain syndrome: a narrative review	5
Different phenotypes of moyamoya disease in a Chinese familial case involving heterozygous c.14429G>a variant in RNF213	5
Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumour in the third ventricle of a young adult – a rare presentation	5
Compassionate pedagogy in neurosurgery: current perspectives and relevance to neurosurgical training	5
Cost-effectiveness of surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy in the United Kingdom	5
Global neurosurgery: Colombia	4
Middle meningeal artery embolisation for chronic subdural haematoma – a UK single-centre experience	4
Animal products in neurosurgery – navigating informed consent	4
Hyperostosis in meningioma: a retrospective exploration of histological correlates	4
Fellowship of the British Journal of Neurosurgery	4
First insights into the utilisation of the M.BLUE ® device for post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus treatment	4
Functional outcomes following treatment of unruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysms: a single-centre comparison of microsurgical vs. endovascular management	4
Effectiveness of subtemporal decompression for the management of slit ventricle syndrome	4
Identifying elective treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms using the Hospital Episode Statistics database	4
Treatment of C2 tuberculosis using C1-3 inter-lateral mass structural bone graft and short segment fixation: a case report	4
Neurosurgical training: what lessons can the UK learn from global training programs?	4
Lhermitte-Duclos disease (dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma) in the setting of cowden syndrome: a case report and literature review on COLD syndrome	4
Patient selection and outcome of deep brain stimulation for multiple sclerosis-associated tremor	3
Surgical outcomes of intraoperative O-arm versus C-arm fluoroscopy in occipitocervical fixation: a retrospective analysis	3
A national audit of head injury discharge advice	3
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of children with non-sinogenic Brain infections	3
Combined posterior percutaneous pedicle screw fixation with anterior monosegmental column reconstruction for unstable thoracolumbar burst fractures: an institutional experience	3
YouTube videos for describing Deep Brain Stimulation: a comprehensive and quantitative review	3
Patient and physician positioning during anterior skull base surgery impacts physician ergonomics	3
A different perspective on the dilemma of durotomy or duraplasty in Chiari type 1 malformation surgery	3
A career in neurosurgery: perceptions and the impact of a national SBNS/NANSIG neurosurgery careers day	3
Surgical management of ossified posterior longitudinal ligament: a review	3
The impact of minimum unit pricing on traumatic brain injury in Scotland: a retrospective cohort study of routine national data	3
Adult intracranial bacterial abscesses in Ireland (2010–2021) associated with a low mortality. Luck of the Irish?	3
ALK-positive ALCL: first described adult case of synchronous CNS and systemic involvement at presentation: a case report and review of the literature	3
Degenerative cervical myelopathy education in UK medical schools: a national cross-sectional survey of medical students	3
Evaluation of the safety, radiographic and resident training results of thoracic pedicle screws placement using resection of the transverse process	3
Forty years at the National Centre for Stereotactic Radiosurgery a historical vignette 1985–2025	3
5-Aminolevulinic acid fluorescence-guided endoscopic surgery for deep-seated intraparenchymal tumors	3
Sisyphus in scrubs	3
Volume maximised glycerol rhizolysis for trigeminal neuralgia: a single centre analysis of outcomes	3
Tethered cord secondary to focal nondisjunction of the primary neural tube: experience from a Singapore children’s hospital	3
The incidence and prevalence of unruptured intracranial aneurysms in sickle cell disease patients: a systematic review	2
Natural history of post-operative non-functioning pituitary adenomas – a single centre cohort analysis	2
A case of recurrent flight-induced cerebrospinal fluid shunt overdrainage	2
Purely nasal floor mucosa-free graft for reconstruction after endoscopic endonasal transellar approach: an anatomical and clinical analysis	2
Effect of lamina terminalis fenestration on cerebral vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
A history of the surgery of the cranial sutures	2

Chiari malformation type I and craniosynostosis in adults: Retrospective analysis over a 10 year period in a tertiary care Centre	2
Dropped head syndrome in a patient with Parkinson’s disease and inflammatory myopathy, treated with sternocleidomastoid release and circumferential cervical fusion	2
Combined revascularisation for moyamoya disease in paediatrics: a single-centre experience in 86 patients	2
Unruptured untreated intracranial aneurysms: a retrospective analysis of outcomes of 445 aneurysms managed conservatively	2
The volume-outcome relationship for endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery for benign neoplasm: analysis of an administrative dataset for England	2
Optimising trajectory planning for stereotactic brain tumour biopsy using artificial intelligence: a systematic review of the literature	2
Plagiarism—lessons learnt	2
Endovascular and surgical obliteration rates of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulae: a single UK Centre experience	2
Locating the ventral intermediate thalamic nucleus for deep brain stimulation surgery: analysis of a case series comparing CT and MR targeting	2
Dural prostate adenocarcinoma metastases mimicking and driving subdural hematoma: mechanistic insights from a case series	2
Correction	2
Tremor in triventricular hydrocephalus secondary to an aqueductal web with stenosis and response to third ventricular ventriculostomy	2
Usability of mixed reality in awake craniotomy planning	2
Spinal cord anaplastic Pilocytic Astrocytoma – two stage resection with elsberg and beer technique. Case report and literature review	2
Aneurysm management in patients over 80 years old with good grade subarachnoid haemorrhage	2
Proceedings of the 2025 Spring Meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons	2
Contralateral transcallosal transfalcine approach for bilateral intra-extraventricular anaplastic ganglioglioma via ‘the trans-tumoral route’: a technica	2
Spontaneous ultra-early resorption of an intracerebral hematoma in a cirrhotic patient: case report and analysis of this unusual phenomenon	2
Comparison of health-related quality of life in patients with traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid haemorrhage and cervical spine disease	2
Individualised connectomic-guided radiosurgical thalamotomy for chronic pain	2
Post-traumatic hydrocephalus may be associated with autologous cranioplasty failure, independent of ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement: a retrospective analysis	2
Comparison of two techniques of goal directed fluid therapy in elective neurosurgical patients – a randomized controlled study	2
Traumatic arteriovenous fistula from internal maxillary artery following trigeminal balloon compression	2
Circumstances and precipitating factors preceding intracranial aneurysm rupture: a systematic review	2
Impact of antithrombotic agents on outcomes in patients requiring surgery for chronic subdural haematoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Examination of quality of life and economic benefit with early lumbar microdiscectomy: a pilot study	2
Towards net-zero operating in neurosurgery	2
Implementation of trauma unit guidance for inpatient management of adult traumatic brain injury: a cross-sectional survey	1
Aural complications of foramen ovale procedures for trigeminal neuralgia: anatomical study and literature review	1
Radiological cervical foraminal stenosis severity and morphology as a predictor of pre-operative function and functional surgical outcome	1
A radiological study of the natural history of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH): a story of incomplete fusion	1
Repeat resection for recurrent glioblastoma in the temozolomide era: a real-world multi-centre study	1
Variation in diagnostic coding of cervical decompressions in the English Hospital Episodes Statistics dataset	1
Decompressive craniectomy incisions: all roads lead to bone	1
Advanced neurosurgical intervention of recurrent tethered cord syndrome with split cord malformation type 1: an illustrative case	1
Chronic relapsing ascending myelopathy: a treatable progressive neurological syndrome following traumatic spinal cord injury	1
Huge unrepaired myelocystocele, progressive sac enlargement in later stages of life: a case report	1
Pineal cysts are pineal cysts: no tumour tissue was identified in any of 114 consecutively resected pineal cysts	1
Surgical recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in English adult neurosurgical centres	1
Peri-medullary anterior spinal artery aneurysm associated with cervical pial arterio-venous fistula	1
Clinical and cost-effectiveness of PCF versus ACD in the treatment of cervical brachialgia (FORVAD trial)	1
Neuroimaging with Rotterdam Scoring System and long-term outcomes in severe traumatic brain injury patients	1
Letter in response to: “impact of antithrombotic agents on outcomes in patients requiring surgery for chronic subdural haematoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis” by Brannigan et al.	1
AI, papermills, and challenges for editors	1
Management of the skull base invasion in spheno-orbital meningiomas	1
Time to resumption of antithrombotic therapy in chronic subdural haematoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis	1
Effect of deep brain stimulation on freezing of gait in patients with Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review	1
Screening for intracranial aneurysms in ADPKD: a call for updated guidelines and perspectives from an Italian reference center	1
Interdural extra-arachnoidal resection of fifth nerve schwannomas with tailored petrous drilling: Eliminating the blind spot	1
Plagiarism	1
Association of social determinants of health for normal pressure hydrocephalus: a single institution retrospective cohort study	1
Proactive engineering for ventriculo-biliary shunt safety: learning from biliary reflux complications to mandate anti-reflux mechanisms	1
Fusiform intracranial aneurysms: long-term outcomes and treatment risks at a tertiary neuroscience centre	1
Robotically facilitated parafasicular microsurgery to a brain arteriovenous malformation in a paediatric patient	1
A cut throat: a case of C5-C8 brachial plexus root transection providing evidence of T1 innervation of thumb and finger extensors	1
Management of lymphocele following anterior lumbar interbody fusion, case report and review of literature	1
Volume reduction with surgery for ICH: when is it effective? Analysis of the CT scans from the STICH II trial	1
The role of medical speciality input in the management of older neurosurgical inpatients	1
Novel minimally invasive irrigating catheter approach for subdural empyema: a case report	1
Feasibility and safety of a non-operative clinical strategy for radiologically diagnosed low grade anterior mesial temporal tumours in the absence of a histological diagnosis	1
Wrong site spine surgery in the U.K.: a review of current practice	1
Simple sutureless closure of a thoracic ventral dural defect in a patient with superficial siderosis: technical report	1
Haemorrhagic shock as an early and late complication of abdominal bone flap storage following decompressive craniectomy: a multi-institutional case series	1
Sequential rupture of two concomitant cerebral aneurysms	1
Anatomical aspects and technical note of a modified retropharyngeal approach and reconstruction of the anterior occipitocervical junction	1
Identifying prognostic predictors for postoperative pituitary neuroendocrine tumour recurrence: an integrated clinical, radiological, and immunohistochemistry assessment	1
Performance of successful ambulatory cervical spine surgery: safety, efficacy, and early experiences of first 100 cases in Poland	1
Frequency and predictors of implant-related complications after posterior cervical fusion	1
Surgical outcomes following multi-level sub-axial anterior cervical discectomy and fusion versus posterior cervical decompression and fusion in an obese cohort	1
From hope to loss and back again: loved ones’ experience with glioblastoma in the spatial heterogeneity challenge	1
Spinal dural arteriovenous fistulae: Treatments and outcomes a systematic review and meta-analysis	1
Repair of lateral temporo-sphenoidal encephalocoele via an endoscopic transorbital approach: ex vivo 3D printed simulation followed by in vivo	1
Accessory nerve schwannoma extending into the fourth ventricle: case report and review of literature	1
Tremor assessment scales before, during and after MRgFUS for essential tremor – results, recommendations and implications	1
Removal of grade IV vestibular schwannomas by retrosigmoid approach: results of a cumulative series of two European centers	1
Surgical outcomes for brain metastases: focused analysis of multiple metastases and recurrent metastases following stereotactic radiosurgery	1
Can angiogenesis be reliably determined on digital subtraction angiography in cerebral arteriovenous malformations?	1
Gamma knife radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia: is anterior selective targeting a reasonable alternative?	1
The clinical features of patients with seizure freedom and failure after total corpus callosotomy for childhood-onset refractory epilepsy	1
Obstructive hydrocephalus due to an enlarged massa intermedia treated with endoscopic third ventriculostomy	1

Impact of analgesic regimen on patient outcome following subarachnoid hemorrhage: positive adjuvant effects of metamizole	1
Digital health interventions for remote follow-up after mild traumatic brain injury	1
A national survey on the management of foot drop secondary to lumbar degenerative disease in the United Kingdom	1
Kindness in neurosurgery	1
Apprenticeship to calibration: a hundred years of neurosurgical training and assessment in the United Kingdom and Ireland	1
Time to evacuation of acute subdural and extradural haematoma: prospective study before and after implementation of a major trauma centre	1
Cerebral blood flow and modern approaches for clinical assessment & monitoring: a view to the future	1
A proposed novel traumatic brain injury classification system – an overview and inter-rater reliability validation on behalf of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons	0
Decompressive craniectomy for intracerebral haemorrhage in contemporary practice: a Swedish, multi-centre study of utilization, indications, and outcomes	0
The reality of neurosurgery waiting list recovery	0
Long-term control of haemorrhagic brain metastases from atrial myxoma after radiotherapy	0
Proceedings of the 2024 Spring Meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons	0
Bilateral epidural D-wave monitoring during resection of an eccentric cervical astrocytoma with evidence of asymmetrical corticospinal desynchronization	0
When to refer patients with sacral Tarlov cysts: a practical framework for identifying likely symptomatic cysts	0
Suspected abusive head trauma in children – when do they really need to be transferred to a neurosurgical unit?	0
Arachnoid webs causing rostral syrinx due to ball-valve effect: an illustrative report of two cases	0
Impact of middle meningeal artery embolisation on management of chronic subdural haematoma in older people with frailty and antithrombotic therapy	0
Risk of post-operative cerebrospinal fluid leak and mortality in surgically managed traumatic brain injury patients: a single centre Canadian experience	0
Hypermobility of the spine: Ehlers Danlos and neurosurgery, the route forward in the UK?	0
Spontaneous Shrinkage of isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH)-mutant astrocytoma caused by intra-tumoural cyst rupture: a case report	0
Shredded vs. pledget teflon in microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia: a retrospective comparative study	0
The changing landscape of traumatic brain injuries at a district general hospital in a trauma network	0
Advancements in flow measurement techniques within cerebrovascular neurosurgery	0
Prone position versus lateral position for posterior supratentorial cerebral pathologies: a two-center retrospective comparative study	0
Long term results with medpor ® reconstruction of the anterior skull base at a single institute	0
Stabbed to the back! A C-clamp technique used to stabilize a C7 sagittal split fracture	0
Asymptomatic chronic subdural haematoma - does it need neurosurgical intervention?	0
A single centre experience of asleep, robotic, intraoperative image-guided, single-stage deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery for movement disorders	0
Four-level ACDF surgical series 2000–2022: a systematic review of clinical and radiological outcomes and complications	0
Multiplanar spinopelvic fracture reduction and dual triangular osteosynthesis stabilization for complex multiplanar sacropelvic fractures	0
An eye on the future for defeating hydrocephalus, ciliary dyskinesia-related hydrocephalus: review article	0
Green neurosurgery: a call to action	0
Effect of continuous drainage of cranial arachnoid cysts into the ventricular system by stereotactic placed catheters	0
Diagnostic accuracy of clinical examination to distinguish sacroiliac joint pain as a cause of chronic low back pain	0
Post-operative tension spinal subdural extra-arachnoid hygroma of the lumbar spine: case series, literature review, and recommendations for clinical management	0
Case report: Cervical torticollis as a presentation of cervical discitis in an infant	0
Chronic subdural haematoma: a UK cost description analysis	0
Perioperative visual loss and consent for adult spine surgery: a national survey of the practice amongst spine surgeons and anaesthetists †	0
The efficacy of post-operative drains for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis	0
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion is more effective than cervical arthroplasty in relieving atypical symptoms in patients with cervical spondylosis	0
Black blood MRI sequences in the acute management of ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms	0
Publish or perish? The perils of pushing research on neurosurgical trainees	0
Management of brain tumour related epilepsy (BTRE): a narrative review and therapy recommendations	0
Current landscape of academic neurosurgical training in the United Kingdom: analysis by the Society of British Neurological Surgeons	0
Proceedings of the 2024 British Neurosurgical Research Group Meeting	0
Clinical characteristics of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage complicated by Takotsubo cardiomyopathy resulting in good neurological outcome	0
Electroconvulsive therapy for depression in a patient with a programmable ventriculoperitoneal shunt in situ for congenital hydrocephalus	0
Follow up of infants with skull fractures by neurosurgeons due to the risk of growing fractures; is it needed?	0
Decompressive craniectomy for intracranial hypertension in vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopaenia: a case series	0
Imaging of trochlear nerve schwannomas: a case series and systematic review of the literature	0
Assessing national patterns and outcomes of pituitary surgery: is hospital administrative data good enough?	0
Effects of revision lumbar microdiscectomy and scarectomy versus scarectomy micro-surgery alone in pain perception: a retrospective pilot study	0
A case of aggressive pituitary neuroendocrine tumour with extremely rapid progression: possible diagnostic value of TERT promoter methylation	0
Ventriculo-inferior-venacaval shunt salvage via endovascular surgery	0
Insertion of a ventriculo-biliary shunt in a 3-year-old complicated by subdural biliary hygromas: a case report and review of the literature	0
Spontaneous speech: a robust measurement before, during and after awake brain surgery in patients with glioma	0
Evaluating neurosurgical training: a national survey examining the British trainee experience	0
Beyond stabilization: barriers and opportunities for sagittal alignment correction with transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion – a single tertiary center retrospective study	0
The challenge of completing a randomised clinical trial	0
Craniocervical fusion in the paediatric population – case series of 21 patients	0
A narrative review of the screening protocols investigating intracranial aneurysms in polycystic kidney disease	0
A common tumour in a rare location: a single centre case series of cerebellar glioblastoma	0
Health-related quality of life following cranioplasty – a systematic review	0
Foramen magnum decompression for Chiari malformation type I – UK surgical practice	0
Clinical practice guidelines for the care of patients with a chronic subdural haematoma: multidisciplinary recommendations from presentation to recovery	0
Patients returning to the emergency department with symptoms of cauda equina syndrome: do the symptoms differ with radiological cauda equina compression?	0
Comparative outcomes of the treatment of unruptured paraophthalmic aneurysms in the era of flow diversion	0
A cross-sectional survey of patient perceptions of the National Neurosurgical Audit Programme (NNAP)	0
Postoperative magnetic resonance imaging signal changes in middle cerebral peduncle after vestibular schwannoma surgery	0
Growth hormone-releasing pituitary microadenoma overshaded by a macroadenoma: a case of double pituitary adenomas and review of the literature	0
Successful surgical management of anterior cervical meningomyelocele associated with Klippel–Feil deformity using anterior vertebral reconstruction: a case report	0
External hydrocephalus associated with dural sigmoid sinus arteriovenous fistula: a case report	0
Intravenous milrinone for delayed cerebral ischaemia in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: a systematic review	0
Drop metastasis from the extradural to the intradural space in spinal Ewing’s sarcoma – a novel case report	0
Improvement in cranial neuropathies following stereotactic radiotherapy as primary treatment for skull base meningiomas	0
Management of sarcomatoid Malignant pleural mesothelioma brain metastases with stereotactic radiosurgery: an Illustrative case	0
Letter to the editor – pituitary tumors and diaphragma sellae	0
Lateral supraorbital approach for resection of large and giant olfactory groove meningiomas: a single center experience	0
Surgical management of anterior sacral meningoceles: an illustrated case series and review of the literature	0
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy compared to ventriculoperitoneal shunt as treatment for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: a systematic review and meta-analysis	0
The ghost tumour revisited. Corticosteroids in primary central nervous system lymphoma: diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic implications	0
Tetraventricular hydrocephalus with aqueductal flow void: an overlooked entity having consistent improvement following endoscopic third ventriculostomy	0
Tremor as a symptom of degenerative cervical myelopathy: a systematic review	0
Unsuccessful bypass and trapping of a giant dolichoectatic thrombotic basilar trunk aneurysm. What went wrong?	0
Epidural empyema following nBCA embolization of the middle meningeal artery for the treatment of a chronic subdural hematoma	0
Proceedings of the 2025 Autumn Meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons	0
Neurosurgery inpatient outcome prediction for discharge planning with deep learning and transfer learning	0
Reassessing EC-IC bypass for symptomatic ICA and MCA occlusion: a single-centre study highlighting low perioperative risk and surgical expertise	0
Decompressive craniectomy for severe cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: a 15-year Swedish multicentre case-series	0
Xanthogranulomatous osteomyelitis of the cervical spine	0
Progress in Brain Research: Cranial Surgery Part 1	0
A review of acute symptomatic seizures during awake craniotomy for tumour resection	0
Moyamoya disease beyond Japan and East Asia	0
Can common household devices alter the settings of programmable shunt valves?	0
The workhorse of hydrocephalus management: a decade of shunt surgery in a UK neurosurgical unit	0