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. Use of Predictive Spatial Modeling to Reveal That Primary Cancers Have Distinct Central Nervous System Topography Patterns of Brain Metastasis
2. Clinical Utility of Brain Biopsy for Presumed CNS Relapse of Systemic Lymphoma
3. Rescue Therapy for Vasospasm Following Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Propensity Score–Matched Analysis With Machine Learning
4. Traumatic Axonal Injury: Is the Prognostic Information Produced by Conventional MRI and DTI Complementary or Supplementary?
5. Correlation of Anatomical Involvement Patterns of Insular Gliomas With Subnetworks of the Limbic System
6. Coding Cerebral Bypasses: A Proposed Nomenclature to Better Describe Bypass Constructs and Revascularization Techniques
7. On the Cutting Edge of Glioblastoma Surgery: Where Neurosurgeons Agree and Disagree on Surgical Decisions
8. Benefit of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Patients With Central Poststroke Pain: A Retrospective Multicenter Study
9. Brain Tumor–Related Epilepsy and Risk Factors for Metastatic Brain Tumors: Analysis of 601 Consecutive Cases Providing Real-World Data
10. Impact of International Research Fellows in Neurosurgery: Results From a Single Academic Center

1. Normal Childhood Brain Growth and a Universal Sex and Anthropomorphic Relationship to Cerebrospinal Fluid
2. Comparison of Aesthetic Outcomes Between Open and Endoscopically Treated Sagittal Craniosynostosis
3. Pediatric Stereo-Electroencephalography: Effects of Robot Assistance and Other Variables on Seizure Outcome and Complications
4. Surgical Outcomes in Children With Bottom-of-Sulcus Dysplasia and Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: A Retrospective Cohort Study
5. Current Applications and Safety Profile of Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy in the Pediatric Population: A Systematic Review of the Literature
6. Spring-Mediated Cranioplasty Versus Endoscopic Strip Craniectomy for Sagittal Craniosynostosis
7. External Lumbar Drainage in Progressive Pediatric Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
8. Long-Term Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes After Pial Pericranial Dural Revascularization: A Hybrid Surgical Technique for Treatment of Anterior Cerebral Territory Ischemia in Pediatric Moyamoya Disease
9. Rigid Versus Flexible Neuroendoscopy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy for the Management of Pediatric Hydrocephalus
10. Brain Growth After Surgical Treatment for Infant Postinfectious Hydrocephalus in Sub-Saharan Africa: 2-Year Results of a Randomized Trial

1. Does Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Improve Outcomes in the Obese Population? A Retrospective Review of 1442 Degenerative Lumbar Spine Surgeries
2. The Change in Postoperative Opioid Prescribing After Lumbar Decompression Surgery Following State-Level Opioid Prescribing Reform
3. Does Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Induce Lordosis or Kyphosis? Radiographic Evaluation With a Minimum 2-Year Follow-up
4. Factors Associated With Using an Interbody Fusion Device for Low-Grade Lumbar Degenerative Versus Isthmic Spondylolisthesis: A Retrospective Cohort Study
5. Should L3 Be Selected as the Lowest Instrumented Vertebra in Patients With Lenke type 5C Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Whose Lowest End Vertebra Is L4?
6. Removal of Instrumentation for Postoperative Spine Infection: Systematic Review
7. Biomechanics of Open Versus Minimally Invasive Deformity Correction: Comparison of Stability and Rod Strain Between Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy and Anterior Column Realignment
8. Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Noninstrumented Spine Surgery: A Prospective Study to Determine Efficacy and Drawbacks
9. Reduced Occurrence of Primary Rod Fracture After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery With Accessory Supplemental Rods: Retrospective Analysis of 114 Patients With Minimum 2-Year Follow-up
10. Retrograde Ejaculation Following Anterior Lumbar Surgery: A Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis

1. Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: 2020 Update of the Decompressive Craniectomy Recommendations
2. Letter: Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Fourth Edition
3. A Neurosurgeons Guide to Cognitive Dysfunction in Adult Glioma
4. Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Third Edition: Update of the Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines, Executive Summary
5. Clinical Pearls and Methods for Intraoperative Awake Language Mapping
6. Amygdala and Hypothalamus: Historical Overview With Focus on Aggression
7. State of Radiomics in Glioblastoma
8. Syndrome of the Trephined: A Systematic Review
9. Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Neurosurgery: Status, Prospects, and Challenges
10. Surfer's Myelopathy: A Rare Form of Spinal Cord Infarction in Novice Surfers: A Systematic Review

1. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Spine
2. Posterior Cervical Decompression and Instrumented Fusion for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: 2-Dimensional Operative Video
3. Robotic Applications in Cranial Neurosurgery: Current and Future
4. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: The Neurological Examination
5. Robotics in Spine Surgery and Spine Surgery Training
6. Commentary: Microsurgical Anatomy of the Endoscopy-Assisted Retrosigmoid Intradural Suprameatal Approach to the Meckel's Cave
7. Total Petrosectomy for the Total Resection of Sphenopetroclival Meningioma
8. Experience With Ventriculoperitoneal and Lumboperitoneal Shunting for the Treatment of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: A Single Institution Series
9. Interhemispheric Precuneus Retrosplenial Transfalcine Approach for Falcotentorial Meningiomas: Anatomical Study and Clinical Series
10. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Neurosurgical Physiology and Neurocritical Management of the Acute Neurosurgical Patient

1. Cement-Augmented and Dual-Headed Posterior Screw Reconstruction After Corpectomy for Metastatic Tumor Resection
2. Neurosurgery and the Philosophical Unknowns
3. Transorbital Neuroendoscopic Surgery as a Mainstream Neurosurgical Corridor: A Systematic Review
4. Achievement of a Minimum Clinically Important Difference for Back Disability Is a Suitable Predictor of Patient Satisfaction Among Lumbar Fusion Patients
5. Operative Versus Nonoperative Management of Idiopathic Spinal Cord Herniation: Effect on Symptomatology and Disease Progression
6. Marital Status Independently Predicts Glioma Patient Mortality: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Analysis