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  1. Repeat Gamma Knife radiosurgery versus microvascular decompression following failure of GKRS in trigeminal neuralgia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  2. Safety profile of superior petrosal vein (the vein of Dandy) sacrifice in neurosurgical procedures: a systematic review
  3. William Edward Gallie (1882–1959): father of the Gallie wiring technique for atlantoaxial arthrodesis
  4. Preoperative diffusion tensor imaging–fiber tracking for facial nerve identification in vestibular schwannoma: a systematic review on its evolution and current status with a pooled data analysis of surgical concordance rates
  5. A meta-analysis of outcomes and complications of magnetic resonance–guided focused ultrasound in the treatment of essential tremor
  6. A comparison of the techniques of direct pars interarticularis repairs for spondylolysis and low-grade spondylolisthesis: a meta-analysis
  7. The 21st-century challenge to neurocritical care: the rise of the superbug Acinetobacter baumannii. A meta-analysis of the role of intrathecal or intraventricular antimicrobial therapy in reduction of mortality
  8. Resection of posterior clinoid meningioma through retrosigmoid approach: concepts and nuances
  9. Impact of insurance precertification on neurosurgery practice and health care delivery
  10. Coexistence of obstructive sleep apnea worsens the overall outcome of intracranial aneurysm: a pioneer study
  11. Bengt Liliequist: life and accomplishments of a true renaissance man
  12. A systematic review of overall survival in pediatric primary glioblastoma multiforme of the spinal cord
  13. Relevance of Simpson grading system and recurrence-free survival after surgery for World Health Organization Grade I meningioma
  14. Role of radiological parameters in predicting overall shunt outcome after ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion in pediatric patients with obstructive hydrocephalus
  15. Epidemiology of adult-onset hydrocephalus: institutional experience with 2001 patients
  16. Microsurgical resectability, outcomes, and tumor control in meningiomas occupying the cavernous sinus
  17. Spinal meningiomas: clinicoradiological factors predicting recurrence and functional outcome
  18. Evaluation of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt-Related Complications in Intracranial Meningioma with Hydrocephalus
  19. Neuromodulation in intractable pain management: outcomes and predictors of revisions of spinal cord stimulators
  20. Rugby headgear and concussion prevention: misconceptions could increase aggressive play
  21. Isadore Max Tarlov (1905–1977) and the controversial Tarlov cyst: historical perspective
  22. Microsurgical decompression of tumor of a rare posterior third ventricular pathology
  23. Posterior interhemispheric approach and microsurgical resection of a pineal parenchymal neoplasm of intermediate differentiation
  24. Neurosurgery value and quality in the context of the Affordable Care Act: a policy perspective
  25. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: updated diagnostic criteria, treatment algorithm, and the utility of brain biopsy
  26. Role of apolipoprotein E polymorphism as a prognostic marker in traumatic brain injury and neurodegenerative disease: a critical review
  27. John Howship (1781–1841) and growing skull fracture: historical perspective
  28. Management of Recurrent Trigeminal Neuralgia Associated with Petroclival Meningioma
  29. Association of risk factors with unfavorable outcomes after resection of adult benign intradural spine tumors and the effect of hospital volume on outcomes: an analysis of 18, 297 patients across 774 US hospitals using the National Inpatient Sample (20...
  30. Woodrow Wilson’s hidden stroke of 1919: the impact of patient-physician confidentiality on United States foreign policy
  31. Technical nuances of clipping a middle cerebral artery bifurcation aneurysm
  32. Predictors of unfavorable outcomes following deep brain stimulation for movement disorders and the effect of hospital case volume on outcomes: an analysis of 33, 642 patients across 234 US hospitals using the National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample from...
  33. Occipitocervical Fusion Surgery: Review of Operative Techniques and Results
  34. Julius Caesar Arantius (Giulio Cesare Aranzi, 1530–1589) and the hippocampus of the human brain: history behind the discovery
  35. National trends of incidence, treatment, and hospital charges of isolated C-2 fractures in three different age groups
  36. Impact of body habitus on fluoroscopic radiation emission during minimally invasive spine surgery
  37. Elucidating the role of incidental use of beta-blockers in patients with metastatic brain tumors in controlling tumor progression and survivability
  38. Multiple mirror aneurysms: Does the embryological perspective merit a special mention?
  39. Petroclival meningioma: Resisting the Siren’s song
  40. Distribution of ABO blood groups in the patients with intracranial aneurysm and association of different risk factors with particular blood type
  41. Microsurgical clipping following failed coiling of a giant ophthalmic aneurysm
  42. A comparison of lumboperitoneal and ventriculoperitoneal shunting for idiopathic intracranial hypertension: an analysis of economic impact and complications using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample
  43. Cauda equina schwannoma presenting with intratumoral hemorrhage and intracranial subarachnoid hemorrhage
  44. From Pergamon to Army Base Hospital No. 5: the history and significance of the galea aponeurotica in the evolution of neurosurgery
  45. Outcomes and Complications of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Skull Base Meningiomas
  46. Long-Term Outcome of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannoma
  47. Factors Predicting the Oculomotor Nerve Palsy following Surgical Clipping of Distal Vertebrobasilar Aneurysms: A Single-Institution Experience
  48. Odilon Marc Lannelongue (1840–1911) and strip craniectomy for craniosynostosis
  49. Cumulative survival analysis of patients with spinal myxopapillary ependymomas in the first 2 decades of life
  50. A Comparison between the Kawase and Extended Retrosigmoid Approaches (Retrosigmoid Transtentorial and Retrosigmoid Intradural Suprameatal Approaches) for Accessing the Petroclival Tumors. A Cadaveric Study
  51. Radio-Anatomic Measurements and Statistical Generation of a Safe Surgical Corridor to Enter the Ventricular Trigone while Avoiding Injury to the Optic Radiations
  52. Discharge dispositions, complications, and costs of hospitalization in spinal cord tumor surgery: analysis of data from the United States Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2003–2010
  53. Association of ABO blood groups with risk factors of intracranial cerebral aneurysm formation
  54. Retrosigmoid approach for resection of petroclival meningioma
  55. Technical nuances in the management of tuberculum sellae and diaphragma sellae meningiomas
  56. Regional trends and the impact of various patient and hospital factors on outcomes and costs of hospitalization between academic and nonacademic centers after deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson's disease: a United States Nationwide Inpatient ...
  57. A technique to identify core journals for neurosurgery using citation scatter analysis and the Bradford distribution across neurosurgery journals
  58. Charles Stent and the mystery behind the word “stent”
  59. Antonius Balthazar Raymundus Hirsch and the peregrination of “gasserian ganglion”
  60. Spinal aneurysms: clinicoradiological features and management paradigms
  61. Comparison of operative and nonoperative management of spinal epidural abscess: a retrospective review of clinical and laboratory predictors of neurological outcome
  62. Radiological and Clinical Factors Predicting the Facial Nerve Outcome following Retrosigmoid Approach for Large Vestibular Schwannomas (VSs)
  63. Quantitative Comparison of Retrosigmoid Intradural Suprameatal Approach and Retrosigmoid Transtentorial Approach: Implications for Tumors in the Petroclival Region
  64. Johann Christian Rosenmüller (1771-1820): A Historical Perspective on the Man behind the Fossa
  65. Rapid Enlargement of Aneurysmal Remnant as a Cause of Early Rebleed after Coil Embolization of Posterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm: A Case Report
  66. Perioperative complications in patients undergoing open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion as a revision surgery
  67. Posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus and shunts: what are the predictors of multiple revision surgeries?
  68. An update on unilateral sporadic small vestibular schwannoma
  69. Do cystic vestibular schwannomas have worse surgical outcomes? Systematic analysis of the literature
  70. The impact of comorbidities, regional trends, and hospital factors on discharge dispositions and hospital costs after acoustic neuroma microsurgery: a United States nationwide inpatient data sample study (2005–2009)
  71. Dr. Otto “Tiger” Freer: inventor and innovator
  72. Humphrey Ridley (1653–1708): 17th century evolution in neuroanatomy and selective cerebrovascular injections for cadaver dissection
  73. Occult tumors presenting with negative imaging: analysis of the literature
  74. Skull base cerebrospinal fluid fistula
  75. Is posttraumatic cerebrospinal fluid fistula a predictor of posttraumatic meningitis? A US Nationwide Inpatient Sample database study
  76. Vagal nerve stimulation for the treatment of medically refractory epilepsy: a review of the current literature
  77. The use of bioabsorbable screws to fix Type II odontoid fractures: a biomechanical study
  78. Petroclival meningiomas: study on outcomes, complications and recurrence rates
  79. The role of flexion and extension computed tomography with reconstruction in clearing the cervical spine in trauma patients: a pilot study
  80. Feasibility of thoracic nerve root preservation in posterior transpedicular vertebrectomy with anterior column cage insertion: a cadaveric study
  81. Operative versus nonoperative management of acute odontoid Type II fractures: a meta-analysis
  82. Traumatic spondylolisthesis of the axis: a biomechanical comparison of clinically relevant anterior and posterior fusion techniques
  83. Ventricular reservoirs and ventriculoperitoneal shunts for premature infants with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus: an institutional experience
  84. Influence of cocaine on ruptured intracranial aneurysms: a case control study of poor prognostic indicators
  85. Iatrogenic splenic injury during anterior thoracolumbar spinal surgery
  86. Assessment of pain control, quality of life, and predictors of success after gamma knife surgery for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia
  87. Gamma knife surgery in the management of brain metastases from lung carcinoma: a retrospective analysis of survival, local tumor control, and freedom from new brain metastasis
  88. Anatomical study of the orbitozygomatic transsellar—transcavernous—transclinoidal approach to the basilar artery bifurcation
  89. Autotransfusion by cell saver technique in surgery of lumbar and thoracic spinal fusion with instrumentation
  90. Far-lateral approach to intradural lesions of the foramen magnum without resection of the occipital condyle