British Journal of Neurosurgery

Article	Citations
Longitudinal neurosurgical activity in the NHS: a retrospective study	29
Non-missile penetrating brain injury—surgical techniques for removing a long penetrating foreign body: a case report	19
Endocrine dysregulation in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage	16
Long-term outcome of patients treated for craniopharyngioma: a single center experience	15
Cerebral syphilitic Gumma in the modern era: a report of an unusual case and brief review of recent published reports	15
A lecture series – neurosurgery in an Irish Medical School without an associated neurosurgical Centre	14
Modic changes and its association with other MRI phenotypes in east Anatolian low back pain patients	13
Further data on the value of intra-ventricular administration of aminoglycosides to treat post-neurosurgical Gram-negative meningitis is required	13
Between Scylla and Charybdis: risks of early therapeutic anticoagulation for venous thromboembolism after acute intracranial hemorrhage	13
Artificial intelligence and the potential for perioperative delabeling of penicillin allergies for neurosurgery inpatients	13
Radiofrequency thalamotomy for tremor outcomes correlate with dentorubrothalamic tract distance	12
Complications in neurosurgery, acta neurochirurgica supplement 130	10
Outcomes of head trauma in children admitted to a tertiary paediatric intensive care unit in South Wales	10
Experimental animal models for brain abscess: a systematic review	10
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
Laparoscopic anchoring of peritoneal catheters using surgical mesh – a promising approach for recurrent extrinsic ventriculoperitoneal shunt migration	9
Reducing the neurosurgical waiting list burden: is it a futile endeavour?	9
Pathogenesis, management strategies, and outcome of non-communicating extradural spinal arachnoid cyst (NEAC): a systematic review	8
Mycotic pseudoaneurysm in the internal carotid artery secondary to cranial base abscess diagnosed with optic neuritis: a case report	8
Spinal cord stimulation as a treatment option for complex regional pain syndrome: a narrative review	8
High flow arteriovenous malformation with transverse-sigmoid sinus stenosis and congestive venopathy mimicking DAVF	7
Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in traumatic brain injury after radiographic progression: a 6-year experience at a single Canadian Level 1 trauma Centre	7
Bibliometric analysis of the top 100 cited articles on stereotactic radiosurgery of intracranial meningiomas	7
Trends and insights in clinical and research aspects of spinal surgery	7

NF2 mutation associated with accelerated time to recurrence for older patients with atypical meningiomas	7
Effectiveness and safety of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in isolated generalised or segmental dystonia (SUNDYS trial): a study protocol	7
Transoral penetrating upper cervical injury: a case report	6
Don’t make a mountain out of dermoid cysts of the anterior fontanelle	6
Different phenotypes of moyamoya disease in a Chinese familial case involving heterozygous c.14429G>a variant in RNF213	6
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
Treatment of C2 tuberculosis using C1-3 inter-lateral mass structural bone graft and short segment fixation: a case report	5
Clinical and descriptive characteristics associated with high-grade meningioma in a large clinical series	5
Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumour in the third ventricle of a young adult – a rare presentation	5
Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson disease 2013–2023: where are we a further 10 years on?	5
Identifying elective treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms using the Hospital Episode Statistics database	5
Ruptured brain arteriovenous malformation in a pregnant woman: a case report	5
Localization and symptoms associated with removal of negative motor area during awake surgery	5
Hyperostosis in meningioma: a retrospective exploration of histological correlates	5
Effectiveness of subtemporal decompression for the management of slit ventricle syndrome	5
Cerebral arteriovenous malformation and foreign accent syndrome: a case report	4
A national audit of head injury discharge advice	4
A career in neurosurgery: perceptions and the impact of a national SBNS/NANSIG neurosurgery careers day	4
Forty years at the National Centre for Stereotactic Radiosurgery a historical vignette 1985–2025	4
Too many case reports…	4
C1 lateral mass screw insertion using cannulated, navigated screws: preliminary results of a novel technique	4
Functional outcomes following treatment of unruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysms: a single-centre comparison of microsurgical vs. endovascular management	4
Neurosurgical training: what lessons can the UK learn from global training programs?	4
Evaluation of the safety, radiographic and resident training results of thoracic pedicle screws placement using resection of the transverse process	4
Pharmacological venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in elective cranial surgery: a systematic review of time of initiation, regimen and duration	4
Degenerative cervical myelopathy education in UK medical schools: a national cross-sectional survey of medical students	4
Surgical outcomes of intraoperative O-arm versus C-arm fluoroscopy in occipitocervical fixation: a retrospective analysis	4
First insights into the utilisation of the M.BLUE ® device for post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus treatment	4
Middle meningeal artery embolisation for chronic subdural haematoma – a UK single-centre experience	4
Cost-effectiveness of surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy in the United Kingdom	4
Global neurosurgery: Colombia	4
A different perspective on the dilemma of durotomy or duraplasty in Chiari type 1 malformation surgery	4
Animal products in neurosurgery – navigating informed consent	4
5-Aminolevulinic acid fluorescence-guided endoscopic surgery for deep-seated intraparenchymal tumors	4
YouTube videos for describing Deep Brain Stimulation: a comprehensive and quantitative review	4
Fellowship of the British Journal of Neurosurgery	4
Mortality and morbidity in surgically treated patients with petroclival meningiomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis of case series	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	4
Patient and physician positioning during anterior skull base surgery impacts physician ergonomics	3
The impact of minimum unit pricing on traumatic brain injury in Scotland: a retrospective cohort study of routine national data	3
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of children with non-sinogenic Brain infections	3
Aneurysm management in patients over 80 years old with good grade subarachnoid haemorrhage	3
Correction	3
Comparison of two techniques of goal directed fluid therapy in elective neurosurgical patients – a randomized controlled study	3
Comparative study on acute management of intracerebral haematoma using local thrombolysis in moyamoya and non-moyamoya patients: a single institution experience	3
Surgical treatment of hemifacial spasm caused by fusiform vertebral artery aneurysm: case report and literature review	3
The volume-outcome relationship for endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery for benign neoplasm: analysis of an administrative dataset for England	3
Tumour treating fields in glioblastoma: is the treatment tolerable, effective, and practical in UK patients?	3

Tethered cord secondary to focal nondisjunction of the primary neural tube: experience from a Singapore children’s hospital	3
Stereotactic radiosurgery with immune checkpoint inhibitors for brain metastases: a meta-analysis study	3
Combined posterior percutaneous pedicle screw fixation with anterior monosegmental column reconstruction for unstable thoracolumbar burst fractures: an institutional experience	3
Usability of mixed reality in awake craniotomy planning	3
Visual and endocrine outcome following surgery for pituitary adenoma in a tertiary hospital, North Central Nigeria	3
Volume maximised glycerol rhizolysis for trigeminal neuralgia: a single centre analysis of outcomes	3
Surgical resection of petroclival meningiomas of the cerebellopontine angle and/or diaphragma sellae extension via an extended intradural anterior transpetrous approach	3
A case of adult-onset Grisel’s syndrome	3
Sisyphus in scrubs	3
Adult intracranial bacterial abscesses in Ireland (2010–2021) associated with a low mortality. Luck of the Irish?	3
Tremor in triventricular hydrocephalus secondary to an aqueductal web with stenosis and response to third ventricular ventriculostomy	3
Purely nasal floor mucosa-free graft for reconstruction after endoscopic endonasal transellar approach: an anatomical and clinical analysis	3
Contralateral transcallosal transfalcine approach for bilateral intra-extraventricular anaplastic ganglioglioma via ‘the trans-tumoral route’: a technica	3
Primary spinal cord glioblastoma multiforme: a single-center experience	3
Towards net-zero operating in neurosurgery	2
Chiari malformation type I and craniosynostosis in adults: Retrospective analysis over a 10 year period in a tertiary care Centre	2
Analysis of the influencing factors related to neuropathic pain in patients with spinal cord injuries: a retrospective study	2
Optimising trajectory planning for stereotactic brain tumour biopsy using artificial intelligence: a systematic review of the literature	2
Decompressive craniectomy incisions: all roads lead to bone	2
Reduction of giant parietooccipital fibrous dysplasia using dynamic mirror image guidance: a case report and review of the literature	2
Accessory nerve schwannoma extending into the fourth ventricle: case report and review of literature	2
Transcutaneous ventriculo-peritoneal shunt catheter extrusion with silent bowel perforation following digestive surgery: a case report	2
Natural history of post-operative non-functioning pituitary adenomas – a single centre cohort analysis	2
Chronic relapsing ascending myelopathy: a treatable progressive neurological syndrome following traumatic spinal cord injury	2
Spinal cord anaplastic Pilocytic Astrocytoma – two stage resection with elsberg and beer technique. Case report and literature review	2
Invention of a non-invasive intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring system – an enlightenment from a hydrocephalus study	2
A novel case of paravertebral glomangiomyomatosis	2
Traumatic arteriovenous fistula from internal maxillary artery following trigeminal balloon compression	2
The morbidity of out-of-hours surgery for Cauda Equina Syndrome	2
Individualised connectomic-guided radiosurgical thalamotomy for chronic pain	2
Removal of grade IV vestibular schwannomas by retrosigmoid approach: results of a cumulative series of two European centers	2
Interdural extra-arachnoidal resection of fifth nerve schwannomas with tailored petrous drilling: Eliminating the blind spot	2
A prospective observational study of electrocardiographic and echocardiographic changes in traumatic brain injury – effect of surgical decompression	2
Drug-resistant epilepsy in children with hemophilia: how can we do it surgically?	2
The incidence and prevalence of unruptured intracranial aneurysms in sickle cell disease patients: a systematic review	2
The use of augmented reality in transsphenoidal surgery: A systematic review	2
A case of recurrent flight-induced cerebrospinal fluid shunt overdrainage	2
Can angiogenesis be reliably determined on digital subtraction angiography in cerebral arteriovenous malformations?	2
Proceedings of the 2025 Spring Meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons	2
Plagiarism—lessons learnt	2
Quantitative assessment of brainstem distortion in vestibular schwannoma and its implication in occurrence of hydrocephalus	2
A history of the surgery of the cranial sutures	2
Post-traumatic hydrocephalus may be associated with autologous cranioplasty failure, independent of ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement: a retrospective analysis	2
Comparison of health-related quality of life in patients with traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid haemorrhage and cervical spine disease	2
Feasibility of awake endoscopic third ventriculostomy in selected patients of obstructive hydrocephalus	2
Spinal dural arteriovenous fistulae: Treatments and outcomes a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Repeat resection for recurrent glioblastoma in the temozolomide era: a real-world multi-centre study	2
Surgical treating lumbar intraspinal tumor through a para-split laminotomy	2
Endovascular and surgical obliteration rates of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulae: a single UK Centre experience	2
Impact of antithrombotic agents on outcomes in patients requiring surgery for chronic subdural haematoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Locating the ventral intermediate thalamic nucleus for deep brain stimulation surgery: analysis of a case series comparing CT and MR targeting	2
Unruptured untreated intracranial aneurysms: a retrospective analysis of outcomes of 445 aneurysms managed conservatively	2
Dropped head syndrome in a patient with Parkinson’s disease and inflammatory myopathy, treated with sternocleidomastoid release and circumferential cervical fusion	2
Robotically facilitated parafasicular microsurgery to a brain arteriovenous malformation in a paediatric patient	2
Screening for intracranial aneurysms in ADPKD: a call for updated guidelines and perspectives from an Italian reference center	1
Predicting metalwork following posterior fixation of thoracolumbar fractures	1
Clinical and cost-effectiveness of PCF versus ACD in the treatment of cervical brachialgia (FORVAD trial)	1
Peri-medullary anterior spinal artery aneurysm associated with cervical pial arterio-venous fistula	1
Deep brain stimulation lead fracture with normal impedances: case report and review of literature	1
From hope to loss and back again: loved ones’ experience with glioblastoma in the spatial heterogeneity challenge	1
Huge unrepaired myelocystocele, progressive sac enlargement in later stages of life: a case report	1
Frequency and predictors of implant-related complications after posterior cervical fusion	1
Pineal cysts are pineal cysts: no tumour tissue was identified in any of 114 consecutively resected pineal cysts	1
Time to evacuation of acute subdural and extradural haematoma: prospective study before and after implementation of a major trauma centre	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
A new comprehensive grading for giant pituitary adenomas: SLAP grading	1
A radiological study of the natural history of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH): a story of incomplete fusion	1
Intensive care for neurotrauma patients during the COVID-19 pandemic	1
Tubular minimally invasive resection of McCormick type II paraspinal schwannoma: preliminary experience	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
Surgical recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in English adult neurosurgical centres	1
A national survey on the management of foot drop secondary to lumbar degenerative disease in the United Kingdom	1
AI, papermills, and challenges for editors	1
Digital health interventions for remote follow-up after mild traumatic brain injury	1
Kindness in neurosurgery	1
First reported case of hydrocephalus in jointly diagnosed bacterial meningitis and a colloid cyst: how Ockham’s razor became Hickam’s dictum	1
Aural complications of foramen ovale procedures for trigeminal neuralgia: anatomical study and literature review	1
Haemorrhagic shock as an early and late complication of abdominal bone flap storage following decompressive craniectomy: a multi-institutional case series	1
The clinical features of patients with seizure freedom and failure after total corpus callosotomy for childhood-onset refractory epilepsy	1

Repair of lateral temporo-sphenoidal encephalocoele via an endoscopic transorbital approach: ex vivo 3D printed simulation followed by in vivo	1
Obstructive hydrocephalus due to an enlarged massa intermedia treated with endoscopic third ventriculostomy	1
Surgical outcomes for brain metastases: focused analysis of multiple metastases and recurrent metastases following stereotactic radiosurgery	1
Management of the skull base invasion in spheno-orbital meningiomas	1
Can a culture of team psychological safety and MDT proforma improve team performance and patient outcomes in spinal MDTs?	1
Performance of successful ambulatory cervical spine surgery: safety, efficacy, and early experiences of first 100 cases in Poland	1
Endoscopic excision of an aqueduct of Sylvius cavernoma causing obstructive hydrocephalus: technical note	1
Plagiarism	1
Posterior fossa epidermoid tumors: a single-center study and proposed classification system	1
Management of lymphocele following anterior lumbar interbody fusion, case report and review of literature	1
Variation in diagnostic coding of cervical decompressions in the English Hospital Episodes Statistics dataset	1
Neurotrauma, COVID and the rationing of intensive care: an ethical approach	1
Tremor assessment scales before, during and after MRgFUS for essential tremor – results, recommendations and implications	1
Accuracy of frameless robot-assisted stereoelectroencephalography depth electrode implantation using the neurolocate registration system in paediatric patients	1
Neuroimaging with Rotterdam Scoring System and long-term outcomes in severe traumatic brain injury patients	1
Wrong site spine surgery in the U.K.: a review of current practice	1
Impact of analgesic regimen on patient outcome following subarachnoid hemorrhage: positive adjuvant effects of metamizole	1
Novel minimally invasive irrigating catheter approach for subdural empyema: a case report	1
Is length of stay for patients admitted with spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage an effective quality indicator?	1
Cerebral blood flow and modern approaches for clinical assessment & monitoring: a view to the future	1
A cut throat: a case of C5-C8 brachial plexus root transection providing evidence of T1 innervation of thumb and finger extensors	1
Sequential rupture of two concomitant cerebral aneurysms	1
Anchoring of a mental nerve stimulator for treatment of facial neuropathic pain: a case illustration	1
Time to resumption of antithrombotic therapy in chronic subdural haematoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis	1
Identifying prognostic predictors for postoperative pituitary neuroendocrine tumour recurrence: an integrated clinical, radiological, and immunohistochemistry assessment	1
Radiological cervical foraminal stenosis severity and morphology as a predictor of pre-operative function and functional surgical outcome	1
Implementation of trauma unit guidance for inpatient management of adult traumatic brain injury: a cross-sectional survey	1
Matched analysis of patient gender and meningioma resection outcomes	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
Anatomical aspects and technical note of a modified retropharyngeal approach and reconstruction of the anterior occipitocervical junction	1
Presentation and management of spinal meningioma and its association with breast carcinoma—case series and systematic review	1
Simple sutureless closure of a thoracic ventral dural defect in a patient with superficial siderosis: technical report	1
Effect of deep brain stimulation on freezing of gait in patients with Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review	1
Intraosseous anastomosing haemangioma of the skull: a case report	1
Paediatric endoscopic endonasal middle skull base reconstruction: retrospective analysis of 78 patients treated in a single tertiary care paediatric center	1
Imaging of trochlear nerve schwannomas: a case series and systematic review of the literature	0
Progress in Brain Research: Cranial Surgery Part 1	0
Tetraventricular hydrocephalus with aqueductal flow void: an overlooked entity having consistent improvement following endoscopic third ventriculostomy	0
Neurosurgery inpatient outcome prediction for discharge planning with deep learning and transfer learning	0
Compound elevated skull fractures: a retrospective descriptive study	0
Asymptomatic chronic subdural haematoma - does it need neurosurgical intervention?	0
Neurosurgical trauma from E-Scooter usage: a review of early case series in London and a review of the literature	0
Lateral supraorbital approach for resection of large and giant olfactory groove meningiomas: a single center experience	0
Chronic subdural haematoma: a UK cost description analysis	0
The efficacy of post-operative drains for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis	0
Travelling to other neurosurgical centres: experiencing global neurosurgery	0
Proceedings of the 2024 British Neurosurgical Research Group Meeting	0
Green neurosurgery: a call to action	0
Bone fusion in transcele reconstruction of frontoethmoidal meningoencephalocele	0
Perioperative visual loss and consent for adult spine surgery: a national survey of the practice amongst spine surgeons and anaesthetists †	0
Brain fragments: daily notes and reminiscences	0
Follow up of infants with skull fractures by neurosurgeons due to the risk of growing fractures; is it needed?	0
Management of brain tumour related epilepsy (BTRE): a narrative review and therapy recommendations	0
Stabbed to the back! A C-clamp technique used to stabilize a C7 sagittal split fracture	0
Growth hormone-releasing pituitary microadenoma overshaded by a macroadenoma: a case of double pituitary adenomas and review of the literature	0
Effect of continuous drainage of cranial arachnoid cysts into the ventricular system by stereotactic placed catheters	0
Improvement in cranial neuropathies following stereotactic radiotherapy as primary treatment for skull base meningiomas	0
Late complications of visual impairment and hydrocephalus after flow diverter-assisted coil embolisation for intracranial large aneurysm: a case report and literature review	0
Ventriculo-inferior-venacaval shunt salvage via endovascular surgery	0
Spontaneous speech: a robust measurement before, during and after awake brain surgery in patients with glioma	0
The reality of neurosurgery waiting list recovery	0
Intravenous milrinone for delayed cerebral ischaemia in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: a systematic review	0
Tremor as a symptom of degenerative cervical myelopathy: a systematic review	0
Arachnoid webs causing rostral syrinx due to ball-valve effect: an illustrative report of two cases	0
Post-traumatic hydrocephalus: unknown knowns and known unknowns	0
External hydrocephalus associated with dural sigmoid sinus arteriovenous fistula: a case report	0
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion is more effective than cervical arthroplasty in relieving atypical symptoms in patients with cervical spondylosis	0
Management of sarcomatoid Malignant pleural mesothelioma brain metastases with stereotactic radiosurgery: an Illustrative case	0
Comparative outcomes of the treatment of unruptured paraophthalmic aneurysms in the era of flow diversion	0
Hypermobility of the spine: Ehlers Danlos and neurosurgery, the route forward in the UK?	0
Proceedings of the 2024 Spring Meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons	0
Spontaneous Shrinkage of isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH)-mutant astrocytoma caused by intra-tumoural cyst rupture: a case report	0
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy compared to ventriculoperitoneal shunt as treatment for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: a systematic review and meta-analysis	0
Electroconvulsive therapy for depression in a patient with a programmable ventriculoperitoneal shunt in situ for congenital hydrocephalus	0
Successful surgical management of anterior cervical meningomyelocele associated with Klippel–Feil deformity using anterior vertebral reconstruction: a case report	0
Bilateral epidural D-wave monitoring during resection of an eccentric cervical astrocytoma with evidence of asymmetrical corticospinal desynchronization	0
A common tumour in a rare location: a single centre case series of cerebellar glioblastoma	0
Assessing national patterns and outcomes of pituitary surgery: is hospital administrative data good enough?	0
Effect of exposure from iPhone 12 on programmable ventriculoperitoneal shunts	0
Drop metastasis from the extradural to the intradural space in spinal Ewing’s sarcoma – a novel case report	0
Post-operative tension spinal subdural extra-arachnoid hygroma of the lumbar spine: case series, literature review, and recommendations for clinical management	0
Four-level ACDF surgical series 2000–2022: a systematic review of clinical and radiological outcomes and complications	0
Epidural empyema following nBCA embolization of the middle meningeal artery for the treatment of a chronic subdural hematoma	0
Lumbo-sacral pedicular aplasia diagnosis and treatment: a systematic literature review and case report	0
Foramen magnum decompression for Chiari malformation type I – UK surgical practice	0
Suspected abusive head trauma in children – when do they really need to be transferred to a neurosurgical unit?	0
Systematic scoping review of papilledema in vestibular schwannoma without hydrocephalus	0
A review of acute symptomatic seizures during awake craniotomy for tumour resection	0
An eye on the future for defeating hydrocephalus, ciliary dyskinesia-related hydrocephalus: review article	0
Decompressive craniectomy for intracranial hypertension in vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopaenia: a case series	0
Craniocervical fusion in the paediatric population – case series of 21 patients	0
Letter to the editor – pituitary tumors and diaphragma sellae	0
Advancements in flow measurement techniques within cerebrovascular neurosurgery	0
The ghost tumour revisited. Corticosteroids in primary central nervous system lymphoma: diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic implications	0
Clinical characteristics of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage complicated by Takotsubo cardiomyopathy resulting in good neurological outcome	0