OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of British Journal of Neurosurgery is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
The rupture of an anterior communicating artery aneurysm does not associate with an asymmetry in the A1 or A2 arteries: a retrospective study of radiological features	28
Radiofrequency thalamotomy for tremor outcomes correlate with dentorubrothalamic tract distance	23
Longitudinal neurosurgical activity in the NHS: a retrospective study	15
Cerebral syphilitic Gumma in the modern era: a report of an unusual case and brief review of recent published reports	15
Non-missile penetrating brain injury—surgical techniques for removing a long penetrating foreign body: a case report	15
Radiologically defined acute hydrocephalus in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage	13
Between Scylla and Charybdis: risks of early therapeutic anticoagulation for venous thromboembolism after acute intracranial hemorrhage	13
Successful multimodality management of extrarenal extracranial malignant rhabdoid tumour of the left sciatic nerve mimicking a neurofibroma	13
Modic changes and its association with other MRI phenotypes in east Anatolian low back pain patients	12
A lecture series – neurosurgery in an Irish Medical School without an associated neurosurgical Centre	12
Further data on the value of intra-ventricular administration of aminoglycosides to treat post-neurosurgical Gram-negative meningitis is required	11
Long-term outcome of patients treated for craniopharyngioma: a single center experience	10
Endocrine dysregulation in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage	10
Artificial intelligence and the potential for perioperative delabeling of penicillin allergies for neurosurgery inpatients	10
Progress in brain research vol 268: Recent advances and controversies in Gamma Knife neurosurgery,	9
Outcomes of head trauma in children admitted to a tertiary paediatric intensive care unit in South Wales	9
Reducing the neurosurgical waiting list burden: is it a futile endeavour?	8
Complications in neurosurgery, acta neurochirurgica supplement 130	8
McCune-Albright syndrome associated with pituitary adenoma: a clinicopathological study of ten cases and literature review	8
The prognostic utility of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in paediatric brain tumours: a retrospective case control study	8
A pragmatic single centre retrospective comparative review of complication profile between PEEK cages and Zero-P cage screw constructs	7
Experimental animal models for brain abscess: a systematic review	7
Trends and insights in clinical and research aspects of spinal surgery	7
Mycotic pseudoaneurysm in the internal carotid artery secondary to cranial base abscess diagnosed with optic neuritis: a case report	7
Pathogenesis, management strategies, and outcome of non-communicating extradural spinal arachnoid cyst (NEAC): a systematic review	7

Isolated traumatic supraclinoid internal carotid artery dissection diagnosed by high-resolution vessel wall MRI	7
Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in traumatic brain injury after radiographic progression: a 6-year experience at a single Canadian Level 1 trauma Centre	7
Spinal cord stimulation as a treatment option for complex regional pain syndrome: a narrative review	7
Better neuroprotective profile of caffeic acid phenyl ester over resveratrol in non-traumatic ischemia-reperfusion injury of the spinal cord	7
Bibliometric analysis of the top 100 cited articles on stereotactic radiosurgery of intracranial meningiomas	7
NF2 mutation associated with accelerated time to recurrence for older patients with atypical meningiomas	7
Localization and symptoms associated with removal of negative motor area during awake surgery	6
Different phenotypes of moyamoya disease in a Chinese familial case involving heterozygous c.14429G>a variant in RNF213	6
Ruptured brain arteriovenous malformation in a pregnant woman: a case report	6
High flow arteriovenous malformation with transverse-sigmoid sinus stenosis and congestive venopathy mimicking DAVF	6
Transoral penetrating upper cervical injury: a case report	6
Don’t make a mountain out of dermoid cysts of the anterior fontanelle	6
Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumour in the third ventricle of a young adult – a rare presentation	5
A good and timely review	5
Mortality and morbidity in surgically treated patients with petroclival meningiomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis of case series	5
Promoting padawans: a survey examining the state of mentorship in neurosurgical training in the United Kingdom	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
Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson disease 2013–2023: where are we a further 10 years on?	5
Clinical and descriptive characteristics associated with high-grade meningioma in a large clinical series	5
Identifying elective treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms using the Hospital Episode Statistics database	5
The utility of 16S rRNA gene sequencing on intraoperative specimens from intracranial infections: an 8-year study in a regional UK neurosurgical unit	4
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with a dynamic translational plating versus a rigid carbon fiber reinforced PEEK plating system – a comparison study of radiographic parameters	4
Lhermitte-Duclos disease (dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma) in the setting of cowden syndrome: a case report and literature review on COLD syndrome	4
C1 lateral mass screw insertion using cannulated, navigated screws: preliminary results of a novel technique	4
First insights into the utilisation of the M.BLUE ^® device for post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus treatment	4
Degenerative cervical myelopathy education in UK medical schools: a national cross-sectional survey of medical students	4
YouTube videos for describing Deep Brain Stimulation: a comprehensive and quantitative review	4
Gamma-knife radiosurgery in acromegaly: the results from the Croatian acromegaly registry	4
Cost-effectiveness of surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy in the United Kingdom	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
Too many case reports…	4
Patient selection and outcome of deep brain stimulation for multiple sclerosis-associated tremor	4
Evaluation of the safety, radiographic and resident training results of thoracic pedicle screws placement using resection of the transverse process	4
Global neurosurgery: Colombia	4
Effectiveness of subtemporal decompression for the management of slit ventricle syndrome	4
Endoscopic diving technique for surgery of brain abscess	4
Hyperostosis in meningioma: a retrospective exploration of histological correlates	4
Middle meningeal artery embolisation for chronic subdural haematoma – a UK single-centre experience	4
Pharmacological venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in elective cranial surgery: a systematic review of time of initiation, regimen and duration	4
Animal products in neurosurgery – navigating informed consent	4
Fellowship of the British Journal of Neurosurgery	4
Surgical treatment of hemifacial spasm caused by fusiform vertebral artery aneurysm: case report and literature review	3
Why are neurosurgeons sued? A single-center, half-decade review	3
Finite element modelling of posterior occiput-axis fixation and biomechanical analysis of C2 intralaminar screw fixation with offset connectors	3
Tethered cord secondary to focal nondisjunction of the primary neural tube: experience from a Singapore children’s hospital	3
Correction	3
Cerebral arteriovenous malformation and foreign accent syndrome: a case report	3
Contralateral transcallosal transfalcine approach for bilateral intra-extraventricular anaplastic ganglioglioma via ‘the trans-tumoral route’: a technical case instructi	3

Comparative study on acute management of intracerebral haematoma using local thrombolysis in moyamoya and non-moyamoya patients: a single institution experience	3
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of children with non-sinogenic Brain infections	3
A most unusual diagnosis via an unusual route: tunneling through Meckel’s cave	3
5-Aminolevulinic acid fluorescence-guided endoscopic surgery for deep-seated intraparenchymal tumors	3
The utility of poly(somno)graphy in evaluating children with Chiari malformation type II before and after surgical intervention: a case series	3
Primary spinal cord glioblastoma multiforme: a single-center experience	3
Relationship between the sodium fluorescein yellow fluorescence boundary and the actual boundary of high-grade gliomas during surgical resection	3
Volume maximised glycerol rhizolysis for trigeminal neuralgia: a single centre analysis of outcomes	3
A case of adult-onset Grisel’s syndrome	3
Evaluation of the role of anal tone and perianal sensation examination in the assessment of suspected cauda equina syndrome	3
A career in neurosurgery: perceptions and the impact of a national SBNS/NANSIG neurosurgery careers day	3
Technical aspects and operative nuances using a high-definition 4K-3-dimensional exoscope for carotid endarterectomy surgery	3
Site matters: Image-guided percutaneous sampling of intervertebral disc results in increased positive diagnostic yield in spondylodiscitis	3
The volume-outcome relationship for endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery for benign neoplasm: analysis of an administrative dataset for England	3
Paraparesis after low dose administration of fluorescein for endoscopic resection of an encephalocele: a case report	3
A different perspective on the dilemma of durotomy or duraplasty in Chiari type 1 malformation surgery	3
Surgical resection of petroclival meningiomas of the cerebellopontine angle and/or diaphragma sellae extension via an extended intradural anterior transpetrous approach	3
Patient and physician positioning during anterior skull base surgery impacts physician ergonomics	3
Embolization as adjunctive treatment to achieve complete cure of ruptured arachnoid cyst associated with chronic subdural hematoma	3
The impact of minimum unit pricing on traumatic brain injury in Scotland: a retrospective cohort study of routine national data	3
Analysis of the influencing factors related to neuropathic pain in patients with spinal cord injuries: a retrospective study	3
Tumour treating fields in glioblastoma: is the treatment tolerable, effective, and practical in UK patients?	3
Stereotactic radiosurgery with immune checkpoint inhibitors for brain metastases: a meta-analysis study	3
Cranial decompression and expansion surgery for the treatment of refractory idiopathic intracranial hypertension: case report and systematic review	3
Tremor in triventricular hydrocephalus secondary to an aqueductal web with stenosis and response to third ventricular ventriculostomy	3
Aneurysm management in patients over 80 years old with good grade subarachnoid haemorrhage	3
Surgical outcomes of intraoperative O-arm versus C-arm fluoroscopy in occipitocervical fixation: a retrospective analysis	3
Adult intracranial bacterial abscesses in Ireland (2010–2021) associated with a low mortality. Luck of the Irish?	3
A novel case of paravertebral glomangiomyomatosis	2
Persistent spinal pain syndrome: a proposed replacement for failed back surgery syndrome	2
A case of recurrent flight-induced cerebrospinal fluid shunt overdrainage	2
Transcutaneous ventriculo-peritoneal shunt catheter extrusion with silent bowel perforation following digestive surgery: a case report	2
Follow-up outcomes of different bypass surgical modalities for adults with ischaemic-type moyamoya disease	2
Five psychological mechanisms that might bias learning from neurosurgical complications: case discussions and a narrative review	2
Usability of mixed reality in awake craniotomy planning	2
Can angiogenesis be reliably determined on digital subtraction angiography in cerebral arteriovenous malformations?	2
The morbidity of out-of-hours surgery for Cauda Equina Syndrome	2
Reconstruction of the temporal line for sinking skin flap syndrome using split rib grafts: a technical note	2
Chiari malformation type I and craniosynostosis in adults: Retrospective analysis over a 10 year period in a tertiary care Centre	2
Visual and endocrine outcome following surgery for pituitary adenoma in a tertiary hospital, North Central Nigeria	2
Natural history of post-operative non-functioning pituitary adenomas – a single centre cohort analysis	2
Accessory nerve schwannoma extending into the fourth ventricle: case report and review of literature	2
A prospective observational study of electrocardiographic and echocardiographic changes in traumatic brain injury – effect of surgical decompression	2
The incidence and prevalence of unruptured intracranial aneurysms in sickle cell disease patients: a systematic review	2
Robotically facilitated parafasicular microsurgery to a brain arteriovenous malformation in a paediatric patient	2
Dropped head syndrome in a patient with Parkinson’s disease and inflammatory myopathy, treated with sternocleidomastoid release and circumferential cervical fusion	2
Interdural extra-arachnoidal resection of fifth nerve schwannomas with tailored petrous drilling: Eliminating the blind spot	2
Hyperacute onset of adjacent segment disease with dorsally migrated herniated nucleus pulposus causing cauda equina syndrome: a case report	2
Comparison of outcomes and complications between one- and two-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a population-based study of 410 patients	2
Spinal paraganglioma presenting with raised intracranial pressure: a note on the diagnosis and post-operative management	2
Feasibility of awake endoscopic third ventriculostomy in selected patients of obstructive hydrocephalus	2
Comparison of health-related quality of life in patients with traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid haemorrhage and cervical spine disease	2
Reduction of giant parietooccipital fibrous dysplasia using dynamic mirror image guidance: a case report and review of the literature	2
Chronic relapsing ascending myelopathy: a treatable progressive neurological syndrome following traumatic spinal cord injury	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
Locating the ventral intermediate thalamic nucleus for deep brain stimulation surgery: analysis of a case series comparing CT and MR targeting	2
The use of augmented reality in transsphenoidal surgery: A systematic review	2
Repeat resection for recurrent glioblastoma in the temozolomide era: a real-world multi-centre study	2
Decompressive craniectomy incisions: all roads lead to bone	2
Towards net-zero operating in neurosurgery	2
Removal of grade IV vestibular schwannomas by retrosigmoid approach: results of a cumulative series of two European centers	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
Traumatic arteriovenous fistula from internal maxillary artery following trigeminal balloon compression	2
Plagiarism—lessons learnt	2
A history of the surgery of the cranial sutures	2
Invention of a non-invasive intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring system – an enlightenment from a hydrocephalus study	2
Quantitative assessment of brainstem distortion in vestibular schwannoma and its implication in occurrence of hydrocephalus	2
Unruptured untreated intracranial aneurysms: a retrospective analysis of outcomes of 445 aneurysms managed conservatively	2
Pseudohypoxic brain swelling and secondary hydrocephalus with pseudomeningocele after lumbar surgery: a case report	2
Purely nasal floor mucosa-free graft for reconstruction after endoscopic endonasal transellar approach: an anatomical and clinical analysis	2
Spinal cord anaplastic Pilocytic Astrocytoma – two stage resection with elsberg and beer technique. Case report and literature review	2
Optimising trajectory planning for stereotactic brain tumour biopsy using artificial intelligence: a systematic review of the literature	2
Proceedings of the 2025 Spring Meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons	2
Surgical treatment of a patient with Gorham-Stout disease of craniovertebral junction: case report and literature review	2