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. A propensity-adjusted comparison of middle meningeal artery embolization versus conventional therapy for chronic subdural hematomas
2. Minimal anterior and posterior combined transpetrosal approach for large petroclival meningiomas
3. Volumetric quantification of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage independently predicts hydrocephalus and seizures
4. From Krönlein, through madness, to a useful modern surgery: the journey of the transorbital corridor to enter the neurosurgical armamentarium
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. Stereotactic radiosurgery as the primary management for patients with Koos grade IV vestibular schwannomas
8. The history of neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine
9. Intraoperative continuous vagus nerve monitoring with repetitive direct stimulation in surgery for jugular foramen tumors
10. The rhinopharyngeal flap for reconstruction of lower clival and craniovertebral junction defects

1. Utility of ventriculogallbladder shunts in complex cases of hydrocephalus related to extreme prematurity
2. Preclinical efficacy of ribavirin in SHH and group 3 medulloblastoma
3. Dural augmentation approaches and complication rates after posterior fossa decompression for Chiari I malformation and syringomyelia: a Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium study
4. Low-molecular-weight heparin versus unfractionated heparin in pediatric traumatic brain injury
5. Diffusion tensor imaging in children following prenatal myelomeningocele repair and its predictive value for the need and timing of subsequent CSF diversion surgery for hydrocephalus
6. The survival of reimplanted shunts following externalization: a single-institution cohort study
7. Utility of a pediatric fast magnetic resonance imaging protocol as surveillance scanning for traumatic brain injury
8. Quality of life in children with hydrocephalus treated with endoscopic third ventriculostomy
9. Letter to the Editor. Standardization of dexamethasone utility in pediatric neuro-oncosurgery
10. Shunt infection and malfunction in patients with myelomeningocele

1. A study of probable benefit of a bioresorbable polymer scaffold for safety and neurological recovery in patients with complete thoracic spinal cord injury: 6-month results from the INSPIRE study
2. A randomized controlled trial of the X-Stop interspinous distractor device versus laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis with 2-year quality-of-life and cost-effectiveness outcomes
3. Impact of dual-headed pedicle screws on the biomechanics of lumbosacral junction multirod constructs
4. Surgical outcomes in rigid versus flexible cervical deformities
5. Report of a spinal extradural arteriovenous fistula with double radiculomedullary venous drainage: therapeutic implications and role of intraoperative spinal angiography
6. Simultaneous translation on two rods improves the correction and apex translocation in adolescent patients with hypokyphotic scoliosis
7. Impact of surgeon and hospital factors on surgical decision-making for grade 1 degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: a Quality Outcomes Database analysis
8. Association of extended duration of sciatic leg pain with worse outcome after lumbar disc herniation surgery: a register study in 6216 patients
9. Reintervention rate of arachnolysis versus shunting for nonforaminal syringomyelia
10. Utility of prediction model score: a proposed tool to standardize the performance and generalizability of clinical predictive models based on systematic review

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: A Call to Action: Increasing Black Representation in Neurological Surgery
4. Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization for Chronic Subdural Hematoma: A Multi-Center Experience of 154 Consecutive Embolizations
5. Alignment, Classification, Clinical Evaluation, and Surgical Treatment for Adult Cervical Deformity: A Complete Guide
6. Amygdala and Hypothalamus: Historical Overview With Focus on Aggression
7. Letter: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Global Pandemic: A Neurosurgical Treatment Algorithm
8. Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Third Edition: Update of the Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines, Executive Summary
9. Strategies to Mitigate Toxicities From Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Spine Metastases
10. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines for Deep Brain Stimulations for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Update of the 2014 Guidelines

1. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: The Neurological Examination
2. The Retroauricular Incision as an Effective and Safe Alternative Incision for Decompressive Hemicraniectomy
3. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Spine
4. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Vascular
5. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Trauma
6. Safety of Early Mobilization in Patients With Intraoperative Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: A Case Series
7. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Introduction: What is Neurosurgery?
8. Endovascular Treatment of Aneurysms Using Flow-Diversion Embolization: 2-Dimensional Operative Video
9. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Tumor
10. Risk of Brain Herniation After Craniotomy With Preoperative Lumbar Spinal Drainage: A Single-Surgeon Experience of 365 Patients Among 3000 Major Cranial Cases

1. Trends in Academic Spine Neurosurgeon Productivity as Measured by the Relative Citation Ratio
2. Attitudes of Neurosurgeons Toward Social Media: A Multi-Institutional Study
3. Risk of Rupture of Small Intracranial Aneurysms (≤5 mm) Among the Chinese Population
4. Volumetric Study of Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas: Predictors of Gross Total Resection
5. The Co-Pilot Project: An International Neurosurgical Collaboration in Ukraine
6. Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in Patients with Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Cord Tumor: A Single-Center Case Series