British Journal of Neurosurgery

Article	Citations
The prognosis of glioblastoma: a large, multifactorial study	30
Reciprocal relationship between multifidus and psoas at L4-L5 level in women with low back pain	28
Will COVID-19 change neurosurgical clinical practice?	26
Efficacy of and risk factors for percutaneous balloon compression for trigeminal neuralgia in elderly patients	25
Prognostic value of the systemic inflammation response index in patients with aneurismal subarachnoid hemorrhage and a Nomogram model construction	22
Cognitive deficits among patients surviving aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. A contemporary systematic review	21
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on acute spine surgery referrals to UK tertiary spinal unit: any lessons to be learnt?	20
Review and analysis of modern lumbar spinal fusion techniques	18
Largest neurosurgical social media group and its impact on communication and research	16
Cerium oxide nanoparticles as a new neuroprotective agent to promote functional recovery in a rat model of sciatic nerve crush injury	16
What to know about schwannomatosis: a literature review	16
Determinants of quality of life in degenerative cervical myelopathy: a systematic review	15
Trigeminal schwannoma: a single-center experience with 43 cases and review of literature	15
Double lesion MRgFUS treatment of essential tremor targeting the thalamus and posterior sub-thalamic area: preliminary study with two year follow-up	14
A comparison of the efficacy, safety, and duration of frame-based and Remebot robot-assisted frameless stereotactic biopsy	14
Reconstruction strategies for intraoperative CSF leak in endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Choroid plexus and CSF: an updated review	13
The use of augmented reality in transsphenoidal surgery: A systematic review	13
Cranial neurosurgical robotics	12
From textbook to patient: a practical guide to train the end-to-side microvascular anastomosis	12
Post-traumatic hydrocephalus – incidence, risk factors, treatment, and clinical outcome	12
Percutaneous endoscopic posterior lumbar interbody fusion for the treatment of degenerative lumbar diseases: a technical note and summary of the initial clinical outcomes	11
Microvascular decompression: incidence and prevention of postoperative CSF leakage in a consecutive series of 134 patients	11
Understanding the motivations, needs, and challenges faced by aspiring neurosurgeons in Africa: an E-survey	11
A systematic review of the efficacy of surgical intervention in the management of symptomatic Tarlov cysts: a meta-analysis	11

Ki-67 labeling index and Knosp classification of pituitary adenomas	11
Encephalomyelitis associated with Covid-19 infection: case report	11
Pituitary apoplexy: how to define safe boundaries of conservative management? Early and long-term outcomes from a single UK tertiary neurosurgical unit	11
Association between facet joint orientation/tropism and lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration	11
Different approaches to percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy for L5/S1 lumbar disc herniation: a retrospective study	10
Comparison between outcomes of endovascular and surgical treatments of ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysms	10
Trends in safety and cost of deep brain stimulation for treatment of movement disorders in the United States: 2002–2014	10
Tranexamic acid for chronic subdural hematoma	10
Glioblastoma: assessment of the readability and reliability of online information	10
Extended lumbar drainage in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy	9
Challenges and opportunities in the care of chronic subdural haematoma: perspectives from a multi-disciplinary working group on the need for change	9
Surgical management of cerebellopontine angle epidermoid cysts: an institutional experience of 10 years	9
Primary lumbar decompression using ultrasonic bone curette compared to conventional technique	9
Options to manage postcraniotomy acute pain in neurosurgery: no protocol available	9
Estimation of bone mineral density with hounsfield unit measurement	8
Thoracolumbar fracture classification: evolution, merits, demerits, updates, and concept of stability	8
Motivations, barriers, and social media: a qualitative study of uptake of women into neurosurgery	8
Treatment strategies of ruptured intracranial aneurysms associated with moyamoya disease	8
Evaluation of the effect of bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation on fatigue in Parkinson’s Disease as measured by the non-motor symptoms scale	8
Lactic acid, neuron-specific enolase, and blood–brain barrier index after a severe traumatic brain injury: a prospective study	8
Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in a SARS-CoV-2 positive testing: casual or causal?	7
Ability of S100B to predict post-concussion syndrome in paediatric patients who present to the emergency department with mild traumatic brain injury	7
Neurosurgical trauma from E-Scooter usage: a review of early case series in London and a review of the literature	7
A case of malignant cerebral infarction associated with COVID-19 infection	7
Stereotactic radiosurgery with immune checkpoint inhibitors for brain metastases: a meta-analysis study	7
Combined contralateral C7 to C7 and L5 to S1 cross nerve transfer for treating limb hemiplegia after stroke	7
Hyperselective neurectomy in the treatment of elbow and wrist spasticity: an anatomical study and incision design	7
Surgical outcomes in patients with endoscopic versus transcranial approach for skull base malignancies: a 10-year institutional experience	7
Biomarkers for differentiating grade II meningiomas from grade I: a systematic review	7
Effect of untethering on occult tethered cord syndrome: a systematic review	7
Vesselplasty for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures with peripheral wall damage: a retrospective study	7
Necessity of routinely performing foraminoplasty during percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal discectomy (PETD) for lumbar disc herniation	7
Optical coherence tomography confirms shunt malfunction and recurrence of raised intracranial pressure in optic atrophy	7
Endovascular treatment for cerebral venous sinus thrombosis – a single center study	7
Posterior fossa ICP monitoring: a tale of two compartments	6
ALK-negative CNS anaplastic large cell lymphoma: case report and review of literature	6
Cranioplasty with hydroxyapatite or acrylic is associated with a reduced risk of all-cause and infection-associated explantation	6
Pediatric brain tumor care in a Sub-Saharan setting: current poise of a precariously loaded dice	6
Same day embolisation followed by microsurgical resection of brain arteriovenous malformations: a single centre early experience	6
Hemoglobin levels as a transfusion criterion in moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Establishing mild, moderate and severe criteria for the myelopathy disability index in cervical spondylotic myelopathy	6
Aggressive pituitary adenoma in the context of Lynch syndrome: a case report and literature review on this rare coincidence	6
Resection of the piriform cortex for temporal lobe epilepsy: a Novel approach on imaging segmentation and surgical application	6
Comparison the effect of bupivacaine plus magnesium sulfate with ropivacaine plus magnesium sulfate infiltration on postoperative pain in patients undergoing lumbar laminectomy with general anesthesia	6
Increased risk of Ventriculostomy-Associated hemorrhage in patients treated with antiplatelet agents for stent-assisted coiling of ruptured intracranial aneurysms	6
Effect of deep brain stimulation on freezing of gait in patients with Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review	6
A survey of teaching undergraduate neuroanatomy in the United Kingdom and Ireland	6
Complications associated with deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease: a MAUDE study	6
Spatial patterns of intrinsic brain activity and functional connectivity in facial synkinesis patients	6
A proposed novel traumatic brain injury classification system – an overview and inter-rater reliability validation on behalf of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons	6

Relationship between disability and pain to post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety in patient with postoperative brachial plexus injury (BPI)	6
A retrospective analysis of emergency referrals and admissions to a regional neurosurgical centre 2016–2018	6
The promotive effect of activation of the Akt/mTOR/p70S6K signaling pathway in oligodendrocytes on nerve myelin regeneration in rats with spinal cord injury	6
Tremor as a symptom of degenerative cervical myelopathy: a systematic review	6
Observations on the anti-glioma potential of electrical fields: is there a role for surgical neuromodulation?	6
Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor in adult: case series and an integrated survival analysis	6
COVID-19 response measures – a Singapore Neurosurgical Academic Medical Centre experience segregated team model to maintain tertiary level neurosurgical care during the COVID-19 outbreak	5
Gentamycin irrigation significantly reduces 28-day surgical site infection after emergency neurosurgery	5
Towards improved outcome in children treated surgically for spontaneous intracranial suppuration in South Wales	5
Technical aspects and operative nuances using a high-definition 4K-3-dimensional exoscope for carotid endarterectomy surgery	5
Neurosurgical applications of tractography in the UK	5
Preoperative MRI characteristics predict chronic subdural haematoma postoperative recurrence: a meta-analysis	5
Spinal cord stimulation in the treatment of peripheral vascular disease: a systematic review – revival of a promising therapeutic option?	5
Usefulness of intraoperative monitoring in microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Experience with revision craniovertebral decompression in adult patients with Chiari malformation type 1, with or without syringomyelia	5
An eye on the future for defeating hydrocephalus, ciliary dyskinesia-related hydrocephalus: review article	5
Important aspect of hypoglossal nerve injury following gunshot wound; Can the clivus has a role? A case report	5
Intravertebral insertion of interbody fusion cage via transpedicular approach for the treatment of stage III Kümmell disease: a technical note and case presentation	5
Primary intraspinal benign tumors treated surgically: an analysis from China	5
Trans-thoracic versus retropleural approach for symptomatic thoracic disc herniations: comparative analysis of 94 consecutive cases	5
Intracranial solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytomas: a clinical analysis of a series of 17 patients	5
A comparison of frailty indices in predicting length of inpatient stay and discharge destination following angiogram-negative subarachnoid hemorrhage	5
Surgical outcomes and prognostic factors of parasagittal meningioma: a single-center experience 165 consecutive cases	5
A morphometric study of the atlanto-occipital joint in adult patients with Chiari malformation type I	5
Bilateral laminotomy through a unilateral approach (minimally invasive) versus open laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis	5
An assessment of how the anterior cerebral artery anatomy impacts ACoA aneurysm formation based on CFD analysis	5
Exoscope aided trans-sulcal minimally invasive parafascicular resection of a paediatric brainstem pilocytic astrocytoma using a tubular retractor system	5
Risk factors and morbidity associated with surgical site infection subtypes following adult neurosurgical procedures	5
Contralateral C7 nerve transfer via the prespinal route in treatment of spastic paralysis of upper limb after cerebral palsy	5
Multifocal primary amelanotic meningeal melanomas mimicking lymphoma: a case report and literature review	5
Lack of association between COL1A1 and COL9A2 single nucleotide polymorphisms and intervertebral disc degeneration	5
Bibliometric analysis of the top 100 cited articles on stereotactic radiosurgery of intracranial meningiomas	5
Percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty in the treatment of vertebral compression fractures: a single-center analysis of pain and quality of life outcomes	5
Gross total resection with fluorescence could lead to improved overall survival rates: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Hard collar immobilisation following elective surgery on the cervical spine: a cross-sectional survey of UK spinal surgeons	4
An optimal cortical bone trajectory technique to prevent early surgical complications	4
Primary spinal cord glioblastoma multiforme: a single-center experience	4
Late complications of visual impairment and hydrocephalus after flow diverter-assisted coil embolisation for intracranial large aneurysm: a case report and literature review	4
A technique to facilitate the cannulation of the foramen ovale for balloon compression	4
Telemetric intracranial pressure monitoring: our experience with 22 patients investigated for intracranial hypertension	4
Comparison of complications in cranioplasty with various materials: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Paediatric posterior fossa tumour resection rates in a small volume centre: the past decade’s experience	4
Evaluation of the association between biochemical and immunohistochemical score of caspase-9 and TNFα, and the grading of lumbar disc herniation	4
Investigation and management of serum sodium after subarachnoid haemorrhage (SaSH): a survey of practice in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland	4
The reliability and quality of online patient education videos for vestibular schwannoma	4
Comparative effectiveness of paravertebral Ozone injection and caudal epidural steroid-hyaluronidase injection in lumbosacral spinal stenosis	4
Sudden death associated with the use of suction drains – a report of 2 cases following uneventful cranioplasty and literature review. Is the use of suction drains safe?	4
Chordoid meningioma: report of 5 cases and review of the literature	4
Acute neurologic decline in a patient with spinal stenosis: blame it on the epidural fat	4
Endoscopic resection of sellar and suprasellar epidermoid cyst: report of two cases and review of literature	4
Changes of inflammatory cytokines in vertebral compression fractures patients with percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty	4
COVID-19 consequences on medical students interested in neurosurgery: an Italian perspective	4
Subdural drainage techniques for single burr-hole evacuation of chronic subdural hematoma: two drains frontal-occipital position versus one drain frontal position	4
Intravenous sinus meningioma with intraluminal extension to the internal jugular vein: case report and review of the literature	4
Multimodal mapping and monitoring is beneficial during awake craniotomy for intra-cranial tumours: results of a dual centre retrospective study	4
Efficacy of interspinous device on adjacent segment degeneration after single level posterior lumbar interbody fusion: a minimum 2-year follow-up	4
Role of decompressive craniectomy in the management of poor-grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: short- and long-term outcomes in a matched-pair study	4
Internal neurolysis: ‘nerve combing’ for trigeminal neuralgia without neurovascular conflict – early UK outcomes	4
Use of tissue sealant patch (TachoSil) in the management of cerebrospinal fluid leaks after anterior cervical spine discectomy and fusion	4
Multiple and mirror intracranial aneurysms: study of prevalence and associated risk factors	4
A review of the hemivertebrae and hemivertebra resection	4
H3K27M-mutant glioma in thoracic spinal cord and conus medullaris with pilocytic astrocytoma morphology: case report and review of the literature	4
Ruptured intra-cranial arachnoid cysts: a case series from a single UK institution	4
Factors associated with prognosis of dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors patients after surgical resection: a retrospective observational study	4
Insular glioblastoma: surgical challenges, survival outcomes and prognostic factors	4
Management of spontaneous intracranial hypotension: a series of 31 cases over 15-years with a challenging outlier	4
Anterior controllable antidisplacement and fusion surgery for the treatment of extensive cervico-thoracic ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament with severe myelopathy: case report and litera	4
Endoscopic diving technique for surgery of brain abscess	4
The role of socioeconomic status on outcomes following cerebellopontine angle tumor resection	4
Integrity of the tectorial membrane is a favorable prognostic factor in atlanto-occipital dislocation	4
Fusion rates for conservative and surgical management of type II odontoid fractures and its impact	4
Association of blood glucose with 30-day mortality in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage undergoing neurosurgical treatment	4
Culture-negative versus culture-positive in pyogenic spondylitis and analysis of risk factors for relapse	4
CSF rhinorrhoea after endonasal intervention to the anterior skull base (CRANIAL): proposal for a prospective multicentre observational cohort study	4
Subgaleal drains may be associated with decreased infection following autologous cranioplasty: a retrospective analysis	4
Rapid recurrence and malignant transformation of a benign meningioma after pregnancy: a case report	3
Atypical meningioma: patterns of postradiotherapy recurrences	3
Compassion, communication, and the perception of control: a mixed methods study to investigate patients’ perspectives on clinical practices for alleviating distress and promoting empowerment during aw	3
Meningioma systematic reviews and meta-analyses: an assessment of reporting and methodological quality	3
Surgical aspiration versus excision for intraparenchymal abscess: a systematic review and Meta-analysis	3

Indocyanine green illuminates the way to cut the tentorium in occipital transtentorial approach: technical note	3
Application of intra-operative magnetic resonance imaging for intracranial epidermoid cysts	3
Relative survival after meningioma surgery. A French nationwide population-based cohort study	3
Unruptured untreated intracranial aneurysms: a retrospective analysis of outcomes of 445 aneurysms managed conservatively	3
Intramedullary spinal cord tumours – a single Centre, 10-year review of clinical and pathological outcomes	3
Femoral intraneural ganglion cyst: the first confirmed case report	3
Liminal spaces in neurosurgery – tensions between expectations of the patient and their surgeon at the threshold of informed consent	3
The economic and psychological impact of cancellations of elective spinal surgeries in the COVID-19 era	3
Between Scylla and Charybdis: risks of early therapeutic anticoagulation for venous thromboembolism after acute intracranial hemorrhage	3
C2 semisegmented hemivertebra – a rare anomaly presenting with torticollis	3
Microvascular decompression using a fully transcranial neuroendoscopic approach	3
Association between pressure ulcers and the risk of postoperative infections in male adults with spinal cord injury	3
Cervical radiculopathy as first presentation of CD3-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the cervico-thoracic junction	3
Improving recovery after microvascular decompression surgery for hemifacial spasm: experience from 530 cases with enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol	3
Neurosurgical intraoperative ultrasonography using contrast enhanced superb microvascular imaging -vessel density and appearance time of the contrast agent-	3
Licking the lungs, biting the brain: malignant MCA infarct in a patient with COVID 19 infection	3
Schwannomatosis of the sciatic nerve: a case report	3
Adapting management strategies for sellar-suprasellar lesions during the COVID-19 pandemic: a pragmatic approach from the frontline	3
Intravenous milrinone for delayed cerebral ischaemia in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: a systematic review	3
A practical guide to patient position and complication management in neurosurgery: a systematic qualitative review	3
Foramen magnum decompression in adults with Chiari type 1 malformation: use of intraoperative ultrasound to guide extent of surgery	3
Evaluation of the effects of personalized 3D-printed jig plate–assisted puncture in trigeminal balloon compression	3
Unsuccessful bypass and trapping of a giant dolichoectatic thrombotic basilar trunk aneurysm. What went wrong?	3
Fluorescein sodium fluorescence: role in stereotactic brain biopsy	3
Primary optic nerve sheath schwannoma: a case report	3
Surgical decompressions for cauda equina syndrome during COVID-19	3
Microsurgical endoportal MRI/US-navigated approach for the resection of large intraventricular tumours: a 20-consecutive patients case series	3
Delayed hypersensitivity reaction to a dural repair substitute	3
Hormonal and radiologic outcomes after gamma knife radiosurgery for nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas	3
Definitive radiotherapy for meningeal brainstem melanocytoma: a case report	3
Earlier cranioplasty following posttraumatic craniectomy is associated with better neurological outcomes at one-year follow-up: a two-centre retrospective cohort study	3
Optimal target localisation and eight-year outcome for subthalamic stimulation in patients with Parkinson’s disease	3
The value of texture analysis in peritumoral edema of differentiating diagnosis between glioblastoma and primary brain lymphoma	3
Acute presentation of papillary glioneuronal tumor due to intra-tumoral hemorrhage in a toddler: an odd presentation of a rare pathology	3
A novel surgical technique for treatment of symptomatic Tarlov cysts	3
Extreme cases in percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic surgery: case series and brief review of the literature	3
Primary and secondary gliosarcoma: differences in treatment and outcome	3
Cavernous sinus haemangioma masquerading as a pituitary macroadenoma: how the unexpected lurks in neurosurgery	3
Percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty for the vertebral compression osteoporotic and pathological fracture: one-year retrospective study of 112 patients	3
A single-center experience of transsphenoidal endoscopic surgery for acromegaly in 73 patients: results and predictive factors for remission	3
Does the discontinuation time of antiplatelet or anticoagulation treatment affect hemorrhagic complications in patients undergoing craniotomy for neurovascular lesions?	3
Intracranial malignant myopericytoma: case report and literature review	3
Adenosine-induced transient asystole to control intraoperative rupture of intracranial aneurysms: institutional experience and systematic review of the literature	3
The malignant transformation of osteoid osteoma in the cervical spine to high-grade osteosarcoma: a case report and review of literature	3
Ultrasound guided brain abscess aspiration	3
Primary pituitary abscess: case report and suggested management algorithm	3
Cervical corpectomy in delayed presentation of irreducible cervical dislocation: experience with eight cases	3
The relationship between pain and herniation radiology in giant lumbar disc herniation causing severe sciatica: 15 cases	3
Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery reconstruction using the fibrin sealant patch Tachosil ®	3
Medulla oblongata germinoma with Klinefelter syndrome	3
Safety for cervical corpectomy and diskectomy: univariate and multivariate analysis on predictors for prolonged ICU stay after anterior spinal fusion	3
The impact of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) on neurosurgical practice and training: a review article	3
Tumour treating fields in glioblastoma: is the treatment tolerable, effective, and practical in UK patients?	3
One case report of delayed severe intracerebral and intraventricular hemorrhage after cranioplasty	3
Spinal anaplastic ganglioglioma	3
What does it take to become a neurosurgeon? A mixed methods cross-sectional analysis of professional identity formation amongst neurosurgical trainees	3
MIS removal of extraforaminal lumbar spine schwannoma using MAS–TLIF retractor: technical note	3
Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) for intracranial lesions: a single-institutional series, outcomes, and review of the literature	3
Spinal brucellosis with large circumscribed paraspinal and epidural abscess formation: a case report	3
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy compared to ventriculoperitoneal shunt as treatment for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Parent artery occlusion for flow-related aneurysms at the proximal segment of the main feeding arteries of cerebellar arteriovenous malformations	3
Modic changes and its association with other MRI phenotypes in east Anatolian low back pain patients	3
Embolization as adjunctive treatment to achieve complete cure of ruptured arachnoid cyst associated with chronic subdural hematoma	3
Cervical decompressive laminectomy and lateral mass screw-rod arthrodesis: surgical experience and analytical review of 4120 consecutive screws	3
Preoperative meningioma embolization reduces perioperative blood loss: a multi-center retrospective matched case-control study	3
Osteoradionecrosis and microvascular free flap failure managed with negative pressure wound therapy: A case report	3
Post-traumatic hydrocephalus: unknown knowns and known unknowns	3