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 and given free access for 1 year from publication. A quick navigation link is available in the table below.

1. Dissociation of Broca’s Area From Broca’s Aphasia in Patients Undergoing Neurosurgical Resections
2. Association of clinical outcomes and connectivity in awake Versus Asleep Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson Disease
3. Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor: 5-Year Follow-up Results
4. Novel Application of the Rotterdam CT Score in the Prediction of Intracranial Hypertension Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
5. Obituary. Robert G. Grossman, MD, 1933–2021
6. A Standardized Infection Prevention Bundle for Reduction of CSF Shunt Infections in Adult Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Surgery Performed Without Antibiotic-Impregnated Catheters
7. Seven Bypasses Simulation Set: Description and Validity Assessment of Novel Models for Microneurosurgical Training
8. Stereo-electroencephalography–Guided Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation in Patients with MRI-Negative Focal Epilepsy
9. Evaluating Risk of Recurrence in Patients With Meningioma
10. Conventionally Fully Fractionated Gamma Knife Icon Re-irradiation of Primary Recurrent Intracranial Tumors: The First Report Indicating Feasibility and Safety

1. Etiology- and Region-Specific Characteristics of Transependymal Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow
2. Endoscopic Strip Craniectomy With Molding Helmet Therapy Versus Spring-Assisted Cranioplasty for Nonsyndromic Single-Suture Sagittal Craniosynostosis: A Systematic Review
3. Functional Hemispherotomy for Epilepsy in the Very Young
4. Responsive Neurostimulation Device Therapy in Pediatric Patients With Complex Medically Refractory Epilepsy
5. Pediatric Spinal Injury Patterns and Management in All-Terrain Vehicle and Dirt Bike Crashes, 2010–2019
6. Sensorimotor Outcomes After Resection for Perirolandic Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: A Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis
7. Prognostic Significance of Age Within the Adolescent and Young Adult Acute Ischemic Stroke Population After Mechanical Thrombectomy: Insights From STAR
8. Academic productivity in pediatric neurosurgery in relation to Elective Surgery Slowdown During the COVID-19 Pandemic
9. Duraplasty with autologous nuchal ligament fascia to Reduce Postoperative Complications in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Neoplasia Resection With a Suboccipital Midline Approach
10. Time to Shunt Failure in Children With Myelomeningocele: An Analysis of the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry

1. Spinal Manifestations of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: A Scoping Review
2. Outcomes Following Conservative Treatment of Extension Fractures in the Setting of Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: Is External Orthosis Alone a Reasonable Option?
3. Adding Sacral Anchors Through an S1 Alar Screw and Multirod Construct as a Strategy for lumbosacral junction augmentation: an in vitro comparison to S1 Pedicle Screws Alone With Sacroiliac Fixation
4. Influence of Clinical and Radiological Parameters on the Likelihood of Neurological Improvement After Surgery for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
5. Trends of Single-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Documentation After the 2015 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Coding Audit
6. Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy With Severe Axial Neck Pain: Is Anterior or Posterior Approach Better?
7. Does Displacement of Cervical and Thoracolumbar Dislocation-Translation Injuries Predict Spinal Cord Injury or Recovery?
8. Effect of Surgical Experience and Spine Subspecialty on the Reliability of the AO Spine Upper Cervical Injury Classification System
9. Awake Transforaminal Endoscopic Lumbar Facet Cyst Resection: Technical Note and Case Series
10. Patient Satisfaction After Multiple Revision Surgeries for Adult Spinal Deformity

1. Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Fourth Edition
2. Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Extension of the Recommendations and the Effect on Outcome by Propensity Score Matching
3. Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: 2020 Update of the Decompressive Craniectomy Recommendations
4. Characteristics of Sagittal Spinopelvic Alignment Changes After Symptom Relief After Simple Lumbar Decompression
5. Circulating Tumor DNA in Adults With Glioma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Biomarker Performance
6. Early Diagnosis and Surgical Intervention Within 3 Weeks From Symptom Onset Are Associated With Prolonged Survival of Patients With Glioblastoma
7. A Long Farewell
8. Humbled to Serve
9. Loss to Follow-up and Unplanned Readmission After Emergent Surgery for Acute Subdural Hematoma
10. Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Third Edition: Update of the Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines, Executive Summary

1. Overcoming Barriers in Neurosurgical Education: A Novel Approach to Practical Ventriculostomy Simulation
2. Intracranial Breakthrough Through Cavernous Sinus Compartments: Anatomic Study and Implications for Pituitary Adenoma Surgery
3. Transcranial Approach to Invasive Giant Pituitary Adenoma: 2-Dimensional Operative Video
4. Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students: The Neurological Examination
5. Extended Transcondylar Approach With C-1 Lateral Mass Resection for the Removal of a Calcified Ventral “Spinocranial” Meningioma: 2-Dimensional Operative Video
6. A Long Farewell
7. Present and Future Spinal Robotic and Enabling Technologies
8. Robotic Applications in Cranial Neurosurgery: Current and Future
9. Image Segmentation of Operative Neuroanatomy Into Tissue Categories Using a Machine Learning Construct and Its Role in Neurosurgical Training
10. Commentary: Minimally Invasive Retropleural Thoracic Diskectomy: Step-by-Step Operative Planning, Execution, and Results

1. Supplementary Motor Area Syndrome After Brain Tumor Surgery: A Systematic Review
2. A Novel Decision-Support Tool (IniCT Score) for Repeat Head Computed Tomography in Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
3. Endovascular and Medical Management of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis
4. Postoperative Complication Rates After One-Level Cervical Spine Surgery in Patients With Parkinson Disease: A Database Study
5. Prospective Validation of a Quality-of-Life Measure for Women Undergoing Surgical Intervention for Symptomatic Sacral Tarlov Cysts: The Tarlov Cyst Quality of Life Scale
6. Are Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeons or Classical Open Spine Surgeons More Consistent With Their Treatment of Adult Spinal Deformity?