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 Simpson grade: abandon the scale but preserve the message
2. Surgical management of incidentally discovered low-grade gliomas
3. Big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence: a field guide for neurosurgeons
4. Microneurosurgical removal of thalamic lesions: surgical results and considerations from a large, single-surgeon consecutive series
5. Intraoperative MRI for newly diagnosed supratentorial glioblastoma: a multicenter-registry comparative study to conventional surgery
6. Interhospital competition and hospital charges and costs for patients undergoing cranial neurosurgery
7. Long-term clinical outcomes of bilateral GPi deep brain stimulation in advanced Parkinson’s disease: 5 years and beyond
8. The value of intraoperative MRI in recurrent intracranial tumor surgery
9. Continuous improvement in patient safety and quality in neurological surgery: the American Board of Neurological Surgery in the past, present, and future
10. A tribute to the late Professor Donald Simpson, Australian neurosurgeon and namesake of the Simpson grading system for meningioma extent of resection

1. Magnetic resonance imaging–guided laser-induced thermal therapy for functional hemispherotomy in a child with refractory epilepsy and multiple medical comorbidities
2. Fourth ventricle tumors in children: complications and influence of surgical approach
3. Endoscope-assisted microsurgical resection of intrinsic brainstem epidermoid: technical note and review of the literature
4. Endoscopic ultrasonic aspiration of an intraparenchymal hematoma in a newborn
5. Effects of intraoperative liposomal bupivacaine on pain control and opioid use after pediatric Chiari I malformation surgery: an initial experience
6. Soft tissue density within the foramen magnum, a predictor for surgical intervention in pediatric patients with Chiari malformation type I
7. United States emergency department visits for children with cerebrospinal fluid shunts
8. Pediatric neurosurgery in Asia and Australasia: training and clinical practice
9. The feasibility and value of extraoperative and adjuvant intraoperative stereoelectroencephalography in rolandic and perirolandic epilepsies
10. Interactions between programmable shunt valves and magnetically controlled growing rods for scoliosis

1. Consensus-based perioperative protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic
2. Does the Global Alignment and Proportion score overestimate mechanical complications after adult spinal deformity correction?
3. Bilateral paraspinal muscle flap closure technique for reduction of wound complications from posterior thoracolumbar spinal fusion: results of a series of 716 patients
4. Air migration through neural foramina in pneumorrachis: case illustration
5. A single-center retrospective analysis of 3- or 4-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: surgical outcomes in 66 patients
6. Smart glasses display device for fluoroscopically guided minimally invasive spinal instrumentation surgery: a preliminary study
7. Prognostic significance of C1–C2 facet malalignment after surgical decompression in adult Chiari malformation type I: a pilot study based on the Chicago Chiari Outcome Scale
8. Practical answers to frequently asked questions for shared decision-making in adult spinal deformity surgery
9. Obesity may be associated with adjacent-segment degeneration after single-level transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in spinopelvic-mismatched patients with a minimum 2-year follow-up
10. Stereotactic body radiation therapy for spinal metastases: a novel local control stratification by spinal region

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: Dismantling the Apocalypse Narrative: The Myth of the COVID-19 Stroke
4. Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Third Edition: Update of the Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines, Executive Summary
5. Letter: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Global Pandemic: A Neurosurgical Treatment Algorithm
6. A Primer on Human Brain Organoids for the Neurosurgeon
7. Amygdala and Hypothalamus: Historical Overview With Focus on Aggression
8. An Update on Medications for Brain Arteriovenous Malformations
9. Management of Odontoid Fractures in the Elderly: A Review of the Literature and an Evidence-Based Treatment Algorithm
10. Overview of Mechanical Thrombectomy Techniques

1. Posterior Cervical Decompression and Instrumented Fusion for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: 2-Dimensional Operative Video
2. Essential Neurosurgery For Medical Students: Neurosurgical Physiology and Neurocritical Management of the Acute Neurosurgical Patient
3. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Trauma
4. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Spine
5. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: The Neurological Examination
6. Access-Site Complications in Transfemoral Neuroendovascular Procedures: A Systematic Review of Incidence Rates and Management Strategies
7. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Introduction: Tumor
8. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Introduction: What is Neurosurgery?
9. Game Theory and Neurosurgery
10. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: Epilepsy, Functional Neurosurgery, and Pain

1. A Surprise Sabbatical: How Mayo Clinic Neurosurgery Coped with Coronavirus Disease 2019
2. What's in a Name? “Global Neurosurgery” in the 21st Century
3. Academic Output of the Neurosurgery Profession During the COVID-19 Pandemic
4. Increased Utilization of Social Media in Neurosurgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic
5. “Staying Home”—Early Changes in Patterns of Neurotrauma in New York City During the COVID-19 Pandemic
6. Use of C7 Slope as a Surrogate Marker for T1 Slope: A Radiographic Study in Patients with and without Cervical Deformity