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. The middle communicating artery: a novel fourth-generation bypass for revascularizing trapped middle cerebral artery bifurcation aneurysms in 2 cases
2. Risk of tumor recurrence in intracranial meningiomas: comparative analyses of the predictive value of the postoperative tumor volume and the Simpson classification
3. The endonasal patient reference tracker: a novel solution for accurate noninvasive electromagnetic neuronavigation
4. Cerebral venous thrombosis in traumatic brain injury: a cause of secondary insults and added mortality
5. Earlier radiosurgery leads to better pain relief and less medication usage for trigeminal neuralgia patients: an international multicenter study
6. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: current funding status, opportunities, challenges, emerging scientific advances, and recommendations for neurosurgery
7. Direct convective delivery of adeno-associated virus gene therapy for treatment of neurological disorders
8. Endoscopic endonasal approach for suprasellar meningiomas: introduction of a new scoring system to predict extent of resection and assist in case selection with long-term outcome data
9. Plasma extracellular vesicles as a source of biomarkers in traumatic brain injury
10. Discrepancy between MRA and DSA in identifying the shape of small intracranial aneurysms

1. Head of bed elevation in pediatric patients with severe traumatic brain injury
2. Endoscopic aqueductal stenting in the management of pediatric hydrocephalus
3. Defining the role of the condylar–C2 sagittal vertical alignment in Chiari malformation type I
4. On the passing of our mentors: a tribute to Timothy George, MD, 1960–2019
5. The utility of brain biopsy in pediatric cryptogenic neurological disease
6. Navigation-guided neuroendoscopic removal of an intracranial migratory pellet from the thalamus of a 4-year-old girl
7. Posterior calvarial distraction for complex craniosynostosis and cerebellar tonsillar herniation
8. Reliability of the radiopharmaceutical shunt flow study for the detection of a CSF shunt malfunction in the presence of stable ventricular size
9. Epilepsy surgery for Rasmussen encephalitis: the UCLA experience
10. Ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection rates using a standard surgical technique, including topical and intraventricular vancomycin: the Children’s Hospital Oakland experience

1. Outcomes in single-level posterior cervical spine surgeries performed in the sitting and prone positions
2. Outcomes following discectomy for lumbar disc herniation in patients with substantial back pain
3. Single- versus dual-attending strategy for spinal deformity surgery: 2-year experience and systematic review of the literature
4. Flexible endoscope visualization to assist in the removal of a string of 10 schwannomas at the cauda equina: technical case report
5. Blood glutamate scavengers and exercises as an effective neuroprotective treatment in mice with spinal cord injury
6. Hypofractionated spinal stereotactic body radiation therapy for high-grade epidural disease
7. A high-definition 3D exoscope as an alternative to the operating microscope in spinal microsurgery
8. Editorial. Adult spinal deformity surgery: is there a need for a second attending?
9. Quantitative analysis of the correlation between preoperative cervical degeneration and postoperative heterotopic ossification after cervical disc replacement: minimum 10-year follow-up data
10. Effects of preoperative obesity and psychiatric comorbidities on minimum clinically important differences for lumbar fusion in grade 1 degenerative spondylolisthesis: analysis from the prospective Quality Outcomes Database registry

1. In Memoriam: A Memoir for Our Fallen “Heroes”
2. Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Third Edition: Update of the Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines, Executive Summary
3. Cerebrovascular Imaging: Which Test is Best?
4. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on the Role of Cranial Molding Orthosis (Helmet) Therapy for Patients With Positional Plagiocephaly
5. Management of Odontoid Fractures in the Elderly: A Review of the Literature and an Evidence-Based Treatment Algorithm
6. Letter: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Global Pandemic: A Neurosurgical Treatment Algorithm
7. Imaging of Intracranial Pressure Disorders
8. Metastatic Spine Disease: Should Patients With Short Life Expectancy Be Denied Surgical Care? An International Retrospective Cohort Study
9. The Ruptured Arteriovenous Malformation Grading Scale (RAGS): An Extension of the Hunt and Hess Scale to Predict Clinical Outcome for Patients With Ruptured Brain Arteriovenous Malformations
10. The Role of Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy in Surgical Neuro-Oncology: Series of 100 Consecutive Patients

1. Posterior Cervical Decompression and Instrumented Fusion for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: 2-Dimensional Operative Video
2. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Trauma
3. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Spine
4. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: The Neurological Examination
5. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Neurosurgical Physiology and Neurocritical Management of the Acute Neurosurgical Patient

6. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Tumor

7. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Introduction: Vascular

8. Long-Term Outcomes of Endoscopic Third Ventricle Colloid Cyst Resection: Case Series With a Proposed Grading System

9. Advances in Intraoperative Optics: A Brief Review of Current Exoscope Platforms

10. Two Hundred Twenty-Six Consecutive Deep Brain Stimulation Electrodes Placed Using an “Asleep” Technique and the Neuro|Mate TM Robot for the Treatment of Movement Disorders

1. Anatomic Study of the Bifurcation of the Obturator Nerve: Application to More Precise Surgical/Procedural Localization
2. Factors in Residency Decision Making for Female Neurosurgery Applicants
3. Early Report on the Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak in Neurosurgical Practice Among Members of the Latin American Federation of Neurosurgical Societies
4. Late Surgical Start Time and the Effect on Rates of Complications in a Neurosurgical Population: A Prospective Longitudinal Analysis
5. Surgical Outcomes with Midline versus Lateral Approaches for Cranial Base Chordomas: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

6. Connections, Tracts, Fractals, and the Rest: A Working Guide to Network and Connectivity Studies in Neurosurgery