OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of British Journal of Neurosurgery is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
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	73
Radiofrequency thalamotomy for tremor outcomes correlate with dentorubrothalamic tract distance	27
Longitudinal neurosurgical activity in the NHS: a retrospective study	27
Cerebral syphilitic Gumma in the modern era: a report of an unusual case and brief review of recent published reports	25
Non-missile penetrating brain injury—surgical techniques for removing a long penetrating foreign body: a case report	24
Between Scylla and Charybdis: risks of early therapeutic anticoagulation for venous thromboembolism after acute intracranial hemorrhage	21
Cauda equina syndrome from intradural metastasis of a non-neural tumor: case report and review of literature	19
Effectiveness of the ‘hoisting method’ for shunt placement	17
Artificial intelligence and the potential for perioperative delabeling of penicillin allergies for neurosurgery inpatients	17
Successful multimodality management of extrarenal extracranial malignant rhabdoid tumour of the left sciatic nerve mimicking a neurofibroma	16
Giant aneurysms of the distal posterior inferior cerebellar artery – systematic review	14
A lecture series – neurosurgery in an Irish Medical School without an associated neurosurgical Centre	13
Radiologically defined acute hydrocephalus in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage	13
Endocrine dysregulation in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage	12
Further data on the value of intra-ventricular administration of aminoglycosides to treat post-neurosurgical Gram-negative meningitis is required	12
Modic changes and its association with other MRI phenotypes in east Anatolian low back pain patients	12
Multi-joint Charcot arthropathy caused by cervical spondylotic myelopathy and adult degenerative scoliosis with syringomyelia: a case report	11
The glasgow lumbar spinal stenosis scale: an individualised measurement formula for the radiological assessment of lumbar spinal stenosis	11
Mycotic pseudoaneurysm in the internal carotid artery secondary to cranial base abscess diagnosed with optic neuritis: a case report	10
Long-term outcome of patients treated for craniopharyngioma: a single center experience	10
Progress in brain research vol 268: Recent advances and controversies in Gamma Knife neurosurgery,	10
Cranial neurosurgical robotics	10
Outcomes of head trauma in children admitted to a tertiary paediatric intensive care unit in South Wales	10
The prognostic utility of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in paediatric brain tumours: a retrospective case control study	9
Is endoscopic resection a useful technique for a cavernous sinus sellar cavernoma? A case report and literature review	9

Complications in neurosurgery, acta neurochirurgica supplement 130	9
McCune-Albright syndrome associated with pituitary adenoma: a clinicopathological study of ten cases and literature review	9
Experimental animal models for brain abscess: a systematic review	8
Pathogenesis, management strategies, and outcome of non-communicating extradural spinal arachnoid cyst (NEAC): a systematic review	8
Reducing the neurosurgical waiting list burden: is it a futile endeavour?	8
The prognosis of glioblastoma: a large, multifactorial study	8
Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in traumatic brain injury after radiographic progression: a 6-year experience at a single Canadian Level 1 trauma Centre	7
A pragmatic single centre retrospective comparative review of complication profile between PEEK cages and Zero-P cage screw constructs	7
TAH (Rab) Hide 1935–2020	7
Bibliometric analysis of the top 100 cited articles on stereotactic radiosurgery of intracranial meningiomas	7
Spinal cord stimulation as a treatment option for complex regional pain syndrome: a narrative review	7
Occam or Hickham? The diagnostic dilemma of an inflammatory brain lesion in the setting of pulmonary aspergillosis and previous neurosurgery	7
Tranexamic acid for chronic subdural hematoma	7
NF2 mutation associated with accelerated time to recurrence for older patients with atypical meningiomas	7
Better neuroprotective profile of caffeic acid phenyl ester over resveratrol in non-traumatic ischemia-reperfusion injury of the spinal cord	7
Isolated traumatic supraclinoid internal carotid artery dissection diagnosed by high-resolution vessel wall MRI	7
High flow arteriovenous malformation with transverse-sigmoid sinus stenosis and congestive venopathy mimicking DAVF	6
Promoting padawans: a survey examining the state of mentorship in neurosurgical training in the United Kingdom	6
Localization and symptoms associated with removal of negative motor area during awake surgery	6
Traumatic brachial plexus injury: proposal of an evaluation functional prognostic scoring system	6
Microsurgical endoportal MRI/US-navigated approach for the resection of large intraventricular tumours: a 20-consecutive patients case series	6
Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery in acromegaly with conchal sphenoid sinus	6
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
Ruptured brain arteriovenous malformation in a pregnant woman: a case report	6
Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumour in the third ventricle of a young adult – a rare presentation	5
‘Every patient is like my child’: pediatric neurosurgeons’ relational and emotional bonds with their patients and families	5
Resection of the piriform cortex for temporal lobe epilepsy: a Novel approach on imaging segmentation and surgical application	5
Mortality and morbidity in surgically treated patients with petroclival meningiomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis of case series	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
Compressive vertebral hemangiomas with neurological deficits: diagnosis, surgical strategies and long term outcome	5
Clinical and descriptive characteristics associated with high-grade meningioma in a large clinical series	5
Hyperostosis in meningioma: a retrospective exploration of histological correlates	5
Endoscopic diving technique for surgery of brain abscess	5
A good and timely review	5
Dural substitutes – the myth and reality	5
Lhermitte-Duclos disease (dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma) in the setting of cowden syndrome: a case report and literature review on COLD syndrome	5
Cost-effectiveness of surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy in the United Kingdom	5
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	5
Global neurosurgery: Colombia	4
Effectiveness of additional C2 decompression of the cervical spinal canal after cervical laminoplasty: a retrospective cohort study	4
A career in neurosurgery: perceptions and the impact of a national SBNS/NANSIG neurosurgery careers day	4
5-Aminolevulinic acid fluorescence-guided endoscopic surgery for deep-seated intraparenchymal tumors	4
Neurosurgical training: what lessons can the UK learn from global training programs?	4
Spinal epidural fibrosis following hemostatic agent employment	4
The utility of 16S rRNA gene sequencing on intraoperative specimens from intracranial infections: an 8-year study in a regional UK neurosurgical unit	4
Effectiveness of subtemporal decompression for the management of slit ventricle syndrome	4
Too many case reports…	4

Surgical outcomes of intraoperative O-arm versus C-arm fluoroscopy in occipitocervical fixation: a retrospective analysis	4
Degenerative cervical myelopathy education in UK medical schools: a national cross-sectional survey of medical students	4
Evaluation of the safety, radiographic and resident training results of thoracic pedicle screws placement using resection of the transverse process	4
Animal products in neurosurgery – navigating informed consent	4
The open sella technique for surgical treatment of pituitary macroadenomas: Safety and efficacy in a large clinical series	4
First insights into the utilisation of the M.BLUE ^® device for post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus treatment	4
Gamma-knife radiosurgery in acromegaly: the results from the Croatian acromegaly registry	4
Middle meningeal artery embolisation for chronic subdural haematoma – a UK single-centre experience	4
Why are neurosurgeons sued? A single-center, half-decade review	4
Pharmacological venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in elective cranial surgery: a systematic review of time of initiation, regimen and duration	4
A different perspective on the dilemma of durotomy or duraplasty in Chiari type 1 malformation surgery	4
Patient selection and outcome of deep brain stimulation for multiple sclerosis-associated tremor	4
Osteoradionecrosis and microvascular free flap failure managed with negative pressure wound therapy: A case report	4
Fellowship of the British Journal of Neurosurgery	4
C1 lateral mass screw insertion using cannulated, navigated screws: preliminary results of a novel technique	4
Proceedings of the Autumn 2020 and Spring 2021 meetings of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons	4
Concurrence of craniopharyngioma and meningioma: a case report and systematic review of the literature	4
Pseudohypoxic brain swelling and secondary hydrocephalus with pseudomeningocele after lumbar surgery: a case report	3
Eagle syndrome: a rare pathology presented in a 3-Dimensional reconstructed view	3
Purely nasal floor mucosa-free graft for reconstruction after endoscopic endonasal transellar approach: an anatomical and clinical analysis	3
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of children with non-sinogenic Brain infections	3
Quantitative assessment of brainstem distortion in vestibular schwannoma and its implication in occurrence of hydrocephalus	3
Schwannomatosis of the sciatic nerve: a case report	3
Evaluation of the role of anal tone and perianal sensation examination in the assessment of suspected cauda equina syndrome	3
Paraparesis after low dose administration of fluorescein for endoscopic resection of an encephalocele: a case report	3
Surgical resection of petroclival meningiomas of the cerebellopontine angle and/or diaphragma sellae extension via an extended intradural anterior transpetrous approach	3
Analysis of the influencing factors related to neuropathic pain in patients with spinal cord injuries: a retrospective study	3
A case of adult-onset Grisel’s syndrome	3
Cerebral arteriovenous malformation and foreign accent syndrome: a case report	3
Comparative study on acute management of intracerebral haematoma using local thrombolysis in moyamoya and non-moyamoya patients: a single institution experience	3
Primary spinal cord glioblastoma multiforme: a single-center experience	3
Resolving solitary osteolytic lumbar tuberculosis in young adult	3
The morbidity of out-of-hours surgery for Cauda Equina Syndrome	3
Chiari malformation type I and craniosynostosis in adults: Retrospective analysis over a 10 year period in a tertiary care Centre	3
Vagus nerve stimulation in ischaemic stroke: further possibilities	3
Usability of mixed reality in awake craniotomy planning	3
Volume maximised glycerol rhizolysis for trigeminal neuralgia: a single centre analysis of outcomes	3
Tremor in triventricular hydrocephalus secondary to an aqueductal web with stenosis and response to third ventricular ventriculostomy	3
Relationship between the sodium fluorescein yellow fluorescence boundary and the actual boundary of high-grade gliomas during surgical resection	3
Stereotactic radiosurgery with immune checkpoint inhibitors for brain metastases: a meta-analysis study	3
Aneurysm management in patients over 80 years old with good grade subarachnoid haemorrhage	3
Tethered cord secondary to focal nondisjunction of the primary neural tube: experience from a Singapore children’s hospital	3
Embolization as adjunctive treatment to achieve complete cure of ruptured arachnoid cyst associated with chronic subdural hematoma	3
Neuromate ^® robot-assisted ventricular catheter insertion	3
Patient and physician positioning during anterior skull base surgery impacts physician ergonomics	3
Site matters: Image-guided percutaneous sampling of intervertebral disc results in increased positive diagnostic yield in spondylodiscitis	3
The utility of poly(somno)graphy in evaluating children with Chiari malformation type II before and after surgical intervention: a case series	3
The volume-outcome relationship for endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery for benign neoplasm: analysis of an administrative dataset for England	3
Post-traumatic hydrocephalus may be associated with autologous cranioplasty failure, independent of ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement: a retrospective analysis	3
Comparison of two techniques of goal directed fluid therapy in elective neurosurgical patients – a randomized controlled study	3
The effect of anti-thrombotics on the postoperative bleeding rate in patients undergoing craniotomy for brain tumor	3
Visual and endocrine outcome following surgery for pituitary adenoma in a tertiary hospital, North Central Nigeria	3
Neurosurgical management of vascular compression presenting as visual symptoms secondary to elongated styloid processes (Eagle syndrome)	3
Correction	3
The impact of minimum unit pricing on traumatic brain injury in Scotland: a retrospective cohort study of routine national data	3
Technical aspects and operative nuances using a high-definition 4K-3-dimensional exoscope for carotid endarterectomy surgery	3
A most unusual diagnosis via an unusual route: tunneling through Meckel’s cave	3
Surgical treatment of hemifacial spasm caused by fusiform vertebral artery aneurysm: case report and literature review	3
Tumour treating fields in glioblastoma: is the treatment tolerable, effective, and practical in UK patients?	3
Cranial decompression and expansion surgery for the treatment of refractory idiopathic intracranial hypertension: case report and systematic review	3
Finite element modelling of posterior occiput-axis fixation and biomechanical analysis of C2 intralaminar screw fixation with offset connectors	3
Contralateral transcallosal transfalcine approach for bilateral intra-extraventricular anaplastic ganglioglioma via ‘the trans-tumoral route’: a technical case instructi	3
Comparison of health-related quality of life in patients with traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid haemorrhage and cervical spine disease	3