What follows is a collaborative effort between The Neurosurgical Atlas and leading publishers of neurosurgical literature to provide you with a concise list of newly released articles that are most frequently accessed. Participating journals are listed in alphabetical order with a quick navigation link available in the table below.

WORLD NEUROSURGERY Editor's Choice

Partnership with the WORLD NEUROSURGERY journal took a different form such that the Editor's choice articles will instead be presented. A quick navigation link is available in the table below.

1. Clinical and genomic factors associated with seizures in meningiomas
2. Functional DTI tractography in brainstem cavernoma surgery
3. Outcomes of stereotactic radiosurgery for hemorrhagic arteriovenous malformations with or without prior resection or embolization
4. Intracranial EEG and laser interstitial thermal therapy in MRI-negative insular and/or cingulate epilepsy: case series
5. The mediums of dissemination of knowledge and illustration in neurosurgery: unraveling the evolution
6. Internal dose escalation associated with increased local control for melanoma brain metastases treated with stereotactic radiosurgery
7. Neuropsychological assessments before and after awake surgery for incidental low-grade gliomas
8. Stereotactic radiosurgery with versus without prior Onyx embolization for brain arteriovenous malformations
9. Holmes tremor: a delayed complication after resection of brainstem cavernomas
10. Resident evaluations in the age of competency-based medical education: faculty perspectives on minimizing burdens

1. Resolution of type I Chiari malformation and associated syringomyelia following intrathecal chemotherapy: case report
2. Artificial intelligence for automatic cerebral ventricle segmentation and volume calculation: a clinical tool for the evaluation of pediatric hydrocephalus
3. Folate fortification and supplementation in prevention of folate-sensitive neural tube defects: a systematic review of policy
4. High-grade gliomas in children and adolescents: is there a role for reoperation?
5. The utility of arterial spin labeling in the presurgical evaluation of poorly defined focal epilepsy in children
6. Long-term stability of fusiform dilatation of the internal carotid artery following surgery adjacent to the circle of Willis: report of 2 cases
7. Effectiveness of the Chiari Health Index for Pediatrics instrument in measuring postoperative health-related quality of life in pediatric patients with Chiari malformation type I
8. Temporal trends in surgical procedures for pediatric hydrocephalus: an analysis of the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network Core Data Project
9. Placement of leads for stereotactic electroencephalography without the use of anchor bolts: technical note
10. Predictors of fast and ultrafast shunt failure in pediatric hydrocephalus: a Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study

1. The association between patient rating of their spine surgeon and quality of postoperative outcome
2. Spinal laser interstitial thermal therapy: single-center experience and outcomes in the first 120 cases
3. Lumbar alignment and patient-reported outcomes after single-level transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis with and without local coronal imbalance
4. 5-ALA fluorescence for intraoperative visualization of spinal ependymal tumors and identification of unexpected residual tumor tissue: experience in 31 patients
5. Spinal pathologies and management strategies associated with cervical angina (pseudoangina): a systematic review
6. Multicenter assessment of surgical outcomes in adult spinal deformity patients with severe global coronal malalignment: determination of target coronal realignment threshold
7. Experience with an Enhanced Recovery After Spine Surgery protocol at an academic community hospital
8. Correlation of vertebral trabecular attenuation in Hounsfield units and the upper instrumented vertebra with proximal junctional failure after surgical treatment of degenerative lumbar disease
9. Surgical results of nonambulatory patients caused by ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligaments in the thoracic spine: retrospective comparative study between posterior decompression and instrumented spinal fusion versus anterior decompression through a posterior approach
10. Predicting postoperative quality-of-life outcomes in patients with metastatic spine disease: who benefits?

1. Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: 2020 Update of the Decompressive Craniectomy Recommendations
2. Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Fourth Edition
3. A Review of Passive Brain Mapping Techniques in Neurological Surgery
4. Amygdala and Hypothalamus: Historical Overview With Focus on Aggression
5. Letter: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Global Pandemic: A Neurosurgical Treatment Algorithm
6. Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Third Edition: Update of the Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines, Executive Summary
7. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines on the Treatment of Pediatric Hydrocephalus: Update of the 2014 Guidelines
8. Overview of Mechanical Thrombectomy Techniques
9. Vitamin D—A New Perspective in Treatment of Cerebral Vasospasm
10. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on Neuroablative Procedures for Patients With Cancer Pain

1. Thrombolysis for Evacuation of Intracerebral and Intraventricular Hemorrhage: A Guide to Surgical Protocols With Practical Lessons Learned From the MISTIE and CLEAR Trials
2. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Trauma
3. Controversies and Advances in Adult Intracranial Bypass Surgery in 2020
4. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Spine
5. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: The Neurological Examination
6. Supplementation of Screw-Rod C1-C2 Fixation With Posterior Arch Femoral Head Allograft Strut
7. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Introduction: What is Neurosurgery?
8. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Tumor
9. The Supraorbital Eyebrow Craniotomy for Intra- and Extra-Axial Brain Tumors: A Single-Center Series and Technique Modification
10. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Vascular

1. COVID Contingencies: Resource Rationing on a Global Scale

2. First Report of Pharmacogenomic Profiling in an Outpatient Spine Setting: Preliminary Results from a Pilot Study

3. Endoscopic Anatomy and a Safe Surgical Corridor to the Anterior Skull Base

4. Three-Dimensional Printed Anatomic Modeling for Surgical Planning and Real-Time Operative Guidance in Complex Primary Spinal Column Tumors: Single-Center Experience and Case Series

5. Peritumoral Brain Edema and Surgical Outcome in Secretory Meningiomas: A Matched-Cohort Analysis

6. Open Microvascular Thrombectomy for Acute Intracranial Large Vessel Occlusion: Microsurgery in the Endovascular Thrombectomy Era