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. Double-Barrel STA-MCA Bypass for Cerebral Revascularization: Lessons Learned From a 10-Year Experience
2. Aspirin Versus Anticoagulation for Stroke Prophylaxis in Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury: A Propensity-Matched Retrospective Cohort Study
3. Improved Surgeon Performance Following Cadaveric Simulation of Internal Carotid Artery Injury During Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery: Training Outcomes of a Nationwide Prospective Educational Intervention
4. Endoscopic Endonasal Versus Transcranial Surgery for Primary Resection of Craniopharyngiomas Based on a New QST Classification System: A Comparative Series of 315 Patients
5. Stereotactic Radiosurgery as the First-Line Treatment for Intracanalicular Vestibular Schwannomas
6. Perioperative Complications of Deep Brain Stimulation Among Patients With Advanced Age: A Single-Institution Retrospective Analysis
7. Detrimental Effects of Intrahospital Transport on Cerebral Metabolism in Patients Suffering Severe Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
8. Developing a Professionalism and Harassment Policy for Organized Neurosurgery
9. Novel Intraoperative Online Functional Mapping of Somatosensory Finger Representations for Targeted Stimulating Electrode Placement: Technical Note
10. Incorporating Conditional Survival Into Prognostication for Gunshot Wounds to the Head

1. The Effect of External Ventricular Drain Tunneling Length on CSF Infection Rate in Pediatric Patients: A Randomized, Double-Blind, 3-Arm Controlled Trial
2. Management Strategies for Recurrent Pediatric Craniopharyngioma: New Recommendations
3. Evaluation of Smartphone-Integrated Magnetometers in Detection of Safe Electromagnetic Devices for Use Near Programmable Shunt Valves: A Proof-of-Concept Study
4. MRI Evaluation of Nerve Root Avulsion in Neonatal Brachial Plexus Palsy: Understanding the Presence of Isolated Dorsal/Ventral Rootlet Disruption
5. Endoscope-Assisted Microsurgical Repair in Trigeminal Meningocele: Case Report
6. Contemporary Management of Pediatric Open Skull Fractures: A Multicenter Pediatric Trauma Center Study
7. Image Processing and Machine Learning for Telehealth Craniosynostosis Screening in Newborns
8. Prenatal Ventriculomegaly: Natural Course, Survival, and Neurodevelopmental Status
9. Vacuum-Assisted Elevation of Pediatric Ping-Pong Skull Fractures: A Case Series and Technical Note
10. White Coat to White alb: Pediatric Neurosurgery to Lutheran Ministry

1. Intrawound Vancomycin Application After Spinal Surgery: A Propensity Score–Matched Cohort Analysis
2. Minimal Anterior and Posterior Combined Transpetrosal Approach for Large Petroclival Meningiomas
3. Key Drivers of Patient Satisfaction With Spine Surgeons in the Outpatient Setting
4. Intradural Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Deposition Disease: Case Report
5. Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome in Adults in the MRI Era: Recognition, Pathology, and Long-Term Objective Outcomes
6. Coronal Balance With Circumferential Minimally Invasive Spinal Deformity Surgery for the Treatment of Degenerative Scoliosis: Are We Leaning in the Right Direction?
7. Similar Surgical Outcomes of the Growing Rod Technique for Treatment of Early-Onset Scoliosis With Versus Without Untreated Intraspinal Anomalies
8. Harmonized Outcome Measures for Use in Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Patient Registries and Clinical Practice
9. Predictors of Neurologic Outcome After Surgery for Cervical Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament Differ Based on Myelopathy Severity: A Multicenter Study
10. Augmented Reality–Mediated Stereotactic Navigation for Execution of en Bloc Lumbar Spondylectomy Osteotomies

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. Letter: From Bench-Press to Bedside; Should Neurosurgeons Care About Their Strength and Conditioning?
4. Amygdala and Hypothalamus: Historical Overview With Focus on Aggression
5. Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Third Edition: Update of the Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines, Executive Summary
6. Alignment, Classification, Clinical Evaluation, and Surgical Treatment for Adult Cervical Deformity: A Complete Guide
7. Letter: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Global Pandemic: A Neurosurgical Treatment Algorithm
8. Letter: A Call to Action: Increasing Black Representation in Neurological Surgery
9. Incidence, Characteristics and Outcomes of Large Vessel Stroke in COVID-19 Cohort: An International Multicenter Study
10. Evolution of the Brain: From Behavior to Consciousness in 3.4 Billion Years

1. Transsylvian Insular Glioma Surgery: New Classification System, Clinical Outcome in a Consecutive Series of 79 Cases
2. Dorsal Root Entry Zone Lesioning for Brachial Plexus Avulsion: A Comprehensive Literature Review
3. Esse Quam Videri
4. The Neurological Examination
5. Posterior Cervical Decompression and Instrumented Fusion for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: 2-Dimensional Operative Video
6. Endovascular Treatment of Anterior Circulation Aneurysms With the p64 Flow Modulation Device: Mid- and Long-Term Results in 617 Aneurysms From a Single Center
7. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Trauma
8. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Spine
9. Introduction: What Is Neurosurgery?
10. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Vascular

1. Rate and Characteristics of Vertebral Artery Injury Following C1-C2 Posterior Cervical Fusion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
2. 4-Point C2 Fixation for Occipitocervical Fusion: Technical Case Report
3. Ethics of Decision-Making in Metastatic Spinal Disease
4. Cranial Surgical Site Infection Interventions and Prevention Bundles: A Systematic Review of the Literature
5. Comparisons of Characteristics and Outcomes after Mechanical Thrombectomy for Vertebrobasilar Occlusion with Cardioembolism or Atherosclerotic Brain Infarction: Data from the Tokyo-Tama-Registry of Acute Endovascular Thrombectomy (TREAT)
6. Time to Surgery for Unstable Thoracolumbar Fractures in Latin America—A Multicentric Study