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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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Pure arterial malformation of the posterior cerebral artery: importance of its recognition.
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J Neurosurg
|
2013
|
3.33
|
|
2
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Progressive hemorrhage after head trauma: predictors and consequences of the evolving injury.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2002
|
2.68
|
|
3
|
Metabolic crisis without brain ischemia is common after traumatic brain injury: a combined microdialysis and positron emission tomography study.
|
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab
|
2005
|
2.52
|
|
4
|
Posttraumatic vasospasm: the epidemiology, severity, and time course of an underestimated phenomenon: a prospective study performed in 299 patients.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2005
|
2.11
|
|
5
|
Indirect revascularization for nonmoyamoya intracranial arterial stenoses: clinical and angiographic outcomes.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2012
|
2.03
|
|
6
|
The extended direct endonasal transsphenoidal approach for nonadenomatous suprasellar tumors.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2005
|
2.01
|
|
7
|
Value-based neurosurgery: the example of microvascular decompression surgery.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2013
|
2.01
|
|
8
|
Persistent metabolic crisis as measured by elevated cerebral microdialysis lactate-pyruvate ratio predicts chronic frontal lobe brain atrophy after traumatic brain injury.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2008
|
2.00
|
|
9
|
Persistently low extracellular glucose correlates with poor outcome 6 months after human traumatic brain injury despite a lack of increased lactate: a microdialysis study.
|
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab
|
2003
|
1.93
|
|
10
|
Efficacy of hyperventilation, blood pressure elevation, and metabolic suppression therapy in controlling intracranial pressure after head injury.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2002
|
1.67
|
|
11
|
Effects of mobile and digital support for a structured, competency-based curriculum in neurosurgery residency education.
|
Neurosurgery
|
2012
|
1.57
|
|
12
|
Energy dysfunction as a predictor of outcome after moderate or severe head injury: indices of oxygen, glucose, and lactate metabolism.
|
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab
|
2003
|
1.42
|
|
13
|
Philanthropy funding for neurosurgery research and program development.
|
Neurosurgery
|
2013
|
1.40
|
|
14
|
Minimally invasive surgery plus recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator for intracerebral hemorrhage evacuation decreases perihematomal edema.
|
Stroke
|
2013
|
1.34
|
|
15
|
Increased pentose phosphate pathway flux after clinical traumatic brain injury: a [1,2-13C2]glucose labeling study in humans.
|
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab
|
2007
|
1.28
|
|
16
|
Vasospasm probability index: a combination of transcranial doppler velocities, cerebral blood flow, and clinical risk factors to predict cerebral vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2007
|
1.10
|
|
17
|
Analysis of 30-day readmissions among neurosurgical patients: surgical complication avoidance as key to quality improvement.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2014
|
1.10
|
|
18
|
Natural history of asymptomatic unruptured cerebral aneurysms evaluated at CT angiography: growth and rupture incidence and correlation with epidemiologic risk factors.
|
Radiology
|
2013
|
1.08
|
|
19
|
Cerebral arteriovenous malformations. Part 1: cellular and molecular biology.
|
Neurosurg Focus
|
2009
|
1.06
|
|
20
|
Intensive care unit robotic telepresence facilitates rapid physician response to unstable patients and decreased cost in neurointensive care.
|
Surg Neurol
|
2007
|
1.04
|
|
21
|
Utility of preoperative functional magnetic resonance imaging for identifying language cortices in patients with vascular malformations.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2002
|
1.04
|
|
22
|
Genomic profiles of damage and protection in human intracerebral hemorrhage.
|
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab
|
2008
|
1.03
|
|
23
|
Cerebral arteriovenous malformations. Part 2: physiology.
|
Neurosurg Focus
|
2009
|
1.03
|
|
24
|
Use of stent-assisted coil embolization for the treatment of wide-necked aneurysms: A systematic review.
|
Surg Neurol Int
|
2013
|
1.01
|
|
25
|
Tracking and sustaining improvement initiatives: leveraging quality dashboards to lead change in a neurosurgical department.
|
Neurosurgery
|
2014
|
0.97
|
|
26
|
An infundibulum of thalamoperforator arteries: Importance of angiographic images for appropriate diagnosis.
|
Surg Neurol Int
|
2013
|
0.97
|
|
27
|
Time-driven activity-based costing: a driver for provider engagement in costing activities and redesign initiatives.
|
Neurosurg Focus
|
2014
|
0.95
|
|
28
|
Variability of intraoperative electrocortical stimulation mapping parameters across and within individuals.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2004
|
0.95
|
|
29
|
Clinical and angiographic outcomes from indirect revascularization surgery for Moyamoya disease in adults and children: a review of 63 procedures.
|
Neurosurgery
|
2011
|
0.93
|
|
30
|
Evolution of sinonasal symptoms following endoscopic anterior skull base surgery.
|
Skull Base
|
2010
|
0.93
|
|
31
|
Regional heterogeneity of post-traumatic brain metabolism as studied by microdialysis, magnetic resonance spectroscopy and positron emission tomography.
|
Brain Pathol
|
2004
|
0.92
|
|
32
|
Functional magnetic resonance imaging and optical imaging for dominant-hemisphere perisylvian arteriovenous malformations.
|
Neurosurgery
|
2004
|
0.91
|
|
33
|
Intraoperative optical intrinsic signal imaging: a clinical tool for functional brain mapping.
|
Neurosurg Focus
|
2002
|
0.90
|
|
34
|
Early and persistent impaired percent alpha variability on continuous electroencephalography monitoring as predictive of poor outcome after traumatic brain injury.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2002
|
0.90
|
|
35
|
Chromosomal anomalies and prognostic markers for intracranial and spinal ependymomas.
|
J Clin Neurosci
|
2012
|
0.90
|
|
36
|
Nongalenic arteriovenous fistulas: history of treatment and technology.
|
Neurosurg Focus
|
2006
|
0.88
|
|
37
|
Research productivity in neurosurgery: trends in globalization, scientific focus, and funding.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2011
|
0.88
|
|
38
|
A proposed grading system for arteriovenous malformations. 1986.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2008
|
0.87
|
|
39
|
Combined endovascular treatment for both intracranial aneurysm and symptomatic vasospasm.
|
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
|
2003
|
0.86
|
|
40
|
Management of giant middle cerebral artery aneurysms with incorporated branches: partial endovascular coiling or combined extracranial-intracranial bypass--a team approach.
|
Neurosurgery
|
2009
|
0.86
|
|
41
|
Shedding light on brain mapping: advances in human optical imaging.
|
Trends Neurosci
|
2003
|
0.86
|
|
42
|
Postcraniotomy superficial temporal artery pseudoaneurysm in the setting of triple H therapy: A case report and literature review.
|
Surg Neurol Int
|
2012
|
0.86
|
|
43
|
Healthcare reform from the inside: A neurosurgical clinical quality program.
|
Surg Neurol Int
|
2012
|
0.84
|
|
44
|
Endovascular coiling of intracranial aneurysms in elderly patients: report of 205 treated aneurysms.
|
Neurosurgery
|
2010
|
0.84
|
|
45
|
Spatial/temporal correlation of BOLD and optical intrinsic signals in humans.
|
Magn Reson Med
|
2002
|
0.84
|
|
46
|
Adult pial arteriovenous fistula and superior sagittal sinus stenosis: angiographic evidence for high-flow venopathy at an atypical location. Case report.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2002
|
0.84
|
|
47
|
Multimodal quantitation of the effects of endovascular therapy for vasospasm on cerebral blood flow, transcranial doppler ultrasonographic velocities, and cerebral artery diameters.
|
Neurosurgery
|
2002
|
0.84
|
|
48
|
The extended subtemporal transtentorial approach: the impact of trochlear nerve dissection and tentorial incision.
|
J Clin Neurosci
|
2013
|
0.83
|
|
49
|
Factors predicting language lateralization in patients with perisylvian vascular malformations. Clinical article.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2010
|
0.82
|
|
50
|
Technical nuances of temporal muscle dissection and reconstruction for the pterional keyhole craniotomy.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2012
|
0.80
|
|
51
|
Frontal bur hole through an eyebrow incision for image-guided endoscopic evacuation of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2012
|
0.80
|
|
52
|
Rotational vertebral artery occlusion secondary to adjacent-level degeneration following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.
|
J Neurosurg Spine
|
2014
|
0.79
|
|
53
|
University of California, Los Angeles, surgical time-out process: evolution, challenges, and future perspective.
|
Neurosurg Focus
|
2012
|
0.79
|
|
54
|
Participation in contact or collision sports in athletes with epilepsy, genetic risk factors, structural brain lesions, or history of craniotomy.
|
Neurosurg Focus
|
2006
|
0.78
|
|
55
|
Applications and limitations of perfusion-dependent functional brain mapping for neurosurgical guidance.
|
Neurosurg Focus
|
2003
|
0.78
|
|
56
|
Category-specific naming deficit identified by intraoperative stimulation mapping and postoperative neuropsychological testing. Case report.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2003
|
0.78
|
|
57
|
Demystifying process mapping: a key step in neurosurgical quality improvement initiatives.
|
Neurosurgery
|
2014
|
0.78
|
|
58
|
Utility of preoperative functional magnetic resonance imaging for identifying language cortices in patients with vascular malformations.
|
Neurosurg Focus
|
2002
|
0.78
|
|
59
|
Changes in stroke research productivity: A global perspective.
|
Surg Neurol Int
|
2012
|
0.78
|
|
60
|
Longitudinal quantification and visualization of intracerebral haemorrhage using multimodal magnetic resonance and diffusion tensor imaging.
|
Brain Inj
|
2014
|
0.77
|
|
61
|
Meningeal management for optimal revascularization from middle meningeal artery.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2012
|
0.77
|
|
62
|
Metabolomic analysis of cerebral spinal fluid from patients with severe brain injury.
|
Acta Neurochir Suppl
|
2013
|
0.77
|
|
63
|
Intracranial pressure signal morphology: real-time tracking.
|
IEEE Pulse
|
2012
|
0.76
|
|
64
|
Intra-arterial calcium channel blocker infusion for treatment of severe vasospasm in traumatic brain injury: case report.
|
Neurosurgery
|
2008
|
0.76
|
|
65
|
The linear relationship between transcranial Doppler pulsatility indices and intracranial pressure is influenced by traumatic brain injury and vasospasm.
|
Acta Neurochir Suppl
|
2012
|
0.76
|
|
66
|
Contemporary health care economics: an overview.
|
Neurosurg Focus
|
2014
|
0.76
|
|
67
|
Value-based neurosurgery: measuring and reducing the cost of microvascular decompression surgery.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2014
|
0.76
|
|
68
|
Response.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2014
|
0.75
|
|
69
|
Response.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2014
|
0.75
|
|
70
|
Pure arterial malformations of the posterior cerebral artery. Response.
|
J Neurosurg
|
2014
|
0.75
|
|
71
|
Advances in the biology of cerebral cavernous malformations.
|
Surg Neurol Int
|
2010
|
0.75
|
|
72
|
Somatosensory-evoked potential asymmetry in medullary ischemia during cervical spine surgery.
|
J Clin Neurophysiol
|
2012
|
0.75
|
|
73
|
Health care economics in neurosurgery: there is no turning back.
|
Neurosurg Focus
|
2014
|
0.75
|
|
74
|
Hemorrhagic stroke: introduction.
|
Stroke
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
75
|
Neuropathologic analysis of hematomas evacuated from patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.
|
Neuropathology
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
76
|
Subarachnoid hemorrhage induces dynamic changes in regional cerebral metabolism in rats.
|
J Neurotrauma
|
2002
|
0.75
|
|
77
|
A 26-year-old female with a millimetric prepontine lesion.
|
Brain Pathol
|
2014
|
0.75
|
|
78
|
Introduction: Health economics and the neurosurgeon.
|
Neurosurg Focus
|
2014
|
0.75
|
|
79
|
Extended subtemporal transtentorial approach to the anterior incisural space and upper clival region: experience with posterior circulation aneurysms.
|
Neurosurgery
|
2014
|
0.75
|