The FDA approval process for medical devices: an inherently flawed system or a valuable pathway for innovation?

Vertebro-basilar junction aneurysms: a single centre experience and meta-analysis of endovascular treatments. Neuroradiol J (2014) 0.75

Stenting versus aggressive medical therapy for intracranial arterial stenosis. N Engl J Med (2011) 12.76

Mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke: final results of the Multi MERCI trial. Stroke (2008) 8.45

Bioethical considerations in translational research: primate stroke. Am J Bioeth (2009) 7.21

The Barrow Ruptured Aneurysm Trial: 3-year results. J Neurosurg (2013) 5.01

Curative endovascular reconstruction of cerebral aneurysms with the pipeline embolization device: the Buenos Aires experience. Neurosurgery (2009) 4.49

Histopathological assessment of fatal ipsilateral intraparenchymal hemorrhages after the treatment of supraclinoid aneurysms with the Pipeline Embolization Device. J Neurosurg (2013) 3.65

Preliminary experience using the Neuroform stent for the treatment of cerebral aneurysms. Neurosurgery (2004) 3.45

Occurrence of new vertebral body fracture after percutaneous vertebroplasty in patients with osteoporosis. Radiology (2003) 3.30

US multicenter experience with the wingspan stent system for the treatment of intracranial atheromatous disease: periprocedural results. Stroke (2007) 3.17

A simple and quantitative method to predict symptomatic vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage based on computed tomography: beyond the Fisher scale. Neurosurgery (2012) 2.72

Design of the stenting and aggressive medical management for preventing recurrent stroke in intracranial stenosis trial. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis (2011) 2.70

Pipeline for uncoilable or failed aneurysms: results from a multicenter clinical trial. Radiology (2013) 2.60

Recommendations on angiographic revascularization grading standards for acute ischemic stroke: a consensus statement. Stroke (2013) 2.50

Higher complications and no improvement in mortality in the ACGME resident duty-hour restriction era: an analysis of more than 107,000 neurosurgical trauma patients in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database. Neurosurgery (2012) 2.49

Craniocervical arterial dissections as sequelae of chiropractic manipulation: patterns of injury and management. J Neurosurg (2011) 2.36

Mechanical thrombectomy as first-line treatment for venous sinus thrombosis: technical considerations and preliminary results using the AngioJet device. J Neurointerv Surg (2011) 2.36

ADAPT FAST study: a direct aspiration first pass technique for acute stroke thrombectomy. J Neurointerv Surg (2014) 2.34

Comprehensive review of epidemiology, scope, and impact of spinal pain. Pain Physician (2009) 2.29

A critical appraisal of 2007 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) Practice Guidelines for Interventional Pain Management: an independent review utilizing AGREE, AMA, IOM, and other criteria. Pain Physician (2008) 2.26

Pilomyxoid astrocytoma: diagnosis, prognosis, and management. Neurosurg Focus (2005) 2.22

Review of occupational medicine practice guidelines for interventional pain management and potential implications. Pain Physician (2008) 2.13

Hemodynamic-morphologic discriminants for intracranial aneurysm rupture. Stroke (2010) 2.12

Incidence of ventricular shunt placement for hydrocephalus with clipping versus coiling for ruptured and unruptured cerebral aneurysms in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database: 2002 to 2007. World Neurosurg (2011) 2.12

Time course of recovery following poor-grade SAH: the incidence of delayed improvement and implications for SAH outcome study design. J Neurosurg (2013) 2.10

Endovascular recanalization of the chronically occluded brachiocephalic and subclavian arteries: technical considerations and an argument for embolic protection. World Neurosurg (2012) 2.07

Aberrant venous drainage pattern in a medial sphenoid wing dural arteriovenous fistula: a case report and review of the literature. World Neurosurg (2013) 2.06

The evolution of endovascular treatment of carotid cavernous fistulas: a single-center experience. World Neurosurg (2013) 2.06

Usefulness of the Neuroform stent for the treatment of cerebral aneurysms: results at initial (3-6-mo) follow-up. Neurosurgery (2005) 2.04

Guidelines for the surgical treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms: the first annual J. Lawrence pool memorial research symposium--controversies in the management of cerebral aneurysms. Neurosurgery (2008) 2.04

Clot length distribution and predictors in anterior circulation stroke: implications for intra-arterial therapy. Stroke (2013) 2.04

Optic chiasm compression from mass effect and thrombus formation following unsuccessful treatment of a giant supraclinoid ICA aneurysm with the Pipeline device: open surgical bailout with STA-MCA bypass and parent vessel occlusion. J Neurosurg Pediatr (2014) 2.02

Bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling with desmopressin. J Neurointerv Surg (2012) 2.00

Neurosurgical checklists: a review. Neurosurg Focus (2012) 1.97

A perfect storm: how a randomized trial of unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations' (ARUBA's) trial design challenges notions of external validity. Stroke (2012) 1.96

MRI-based selection for intra-arterial stroke therapy: value of pretreatment diffusion-weighted imaging lesion volume in selecting patients with acute stroke who will benefit from early recanalization. Stroke (2009) 1.94

Detailed analysis of periprocedural strokes in patients undergoing intracranial stenting in Stenting and Aggressive Medical Management for Preventing Recurrent Stroke in Intracranial Stenosis (SAMMPRIS). Stroke (2012) 1.91

Selection of a rigid internal fixation construct for stabilization at the craniovertebral junction in pediatric patients. J Neurosurg (2007) 1.88

Training, competency, and credentialing standards for diagnostic cervicocerebral angiography, carotid stenting, and cerebrovascular intervention: a joint statement from the American Academy of Neurology, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, the American Society of Neuroradiology, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section, and the Society of Interventional Radiology. Neurology (2005) 1.88

Comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in the management of chronic spinal pain. Pain Physician (2009) 1.87

Morphology parameters for intracranial aneurysm rupture risk assessment. Neurosurgery (2008) 1.83

Anteroinferior cerebellar artery aneurysms: surgical approaches and outcomes--a review of 34 cases. Neurosurgery (2004) 1.80

Wingspan in-stent restenosis and thrombosis: incidence, clinical presentation, and management. Neurosurgery (2007) 1.75

Diminazene attenuates pulmonary hypertension and improves angiogenic progenitor cell functions in experimental models. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2013) 1.71

Percutaneous intracranial stent placement for aneurysms. J Neurosurg (2003) 1.70

Endovascular reconstruction with the Neuroform stent as monotherapy for the treatment of uncoilable intradural pseudoaneurysms. Neurosurgery (2006) 1.70

The use of vertebral augmentation and external beam radiation therapy in the multimodal management of malignant vertebral compression fractures. Pain Physician (2011) 1.67

An update of comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in chronic spinal pain. Part II: guidance and recommendations. Pain Physician (2013) 1.67

Recanalization of an acute middle cerebral artery occlusion using a self-expanding, reconstrainable, intracranial microstent as a temporary endovascular bypass. Stroke (2008) 1.66

Neuroform in-stent stenosis: incidence, natural history, and treatment strategies. Neurosurgery (2006) 1.65

Comparison of routine and selective use of intraoperative angiography during aneurysm surgery: a prospective assessment. J Neurosurg (2004) 1.64

Rationale, design, and implementation of aggressive risk factor management in the Stenting and Aggressive Medical Management for Prevention of Recurrent Stroke in Intracranial Stenosis (SAMMPRIS) trial. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2012) 1.63

The balloon anchor technique: a novel technique for distal access through a giant aneurysm. J Neurointerv Surg (2010) 1.59

Ready or not! Here comes ICD-10. J Neurointerv Surg (2011) 1.59

Infarct volume is a pivotal biomarker after intra-arterial stroke therapy. Stroke (2012) 1.58

Asymmetric vascular stent: feasibility study of a new low-porosity patch-containing stent. Stroke (2008) 1.58

Mechanisms of stroke after intracranial angioplasty and stenting in the SAMMPRIS trial. Neurosurgery (2013) 1.58

Midterm clinical and angiographic follow-up for the first Food and Drug Administration-approved prospective, Single-Arm Trial of Primary Stenting for Stroke: SARIS (Stent-Assisted Recanalization for Acute Ischemic Stroke). Neurosurgery (2011) 1.55

Multisociety Consensus Quality Improvement Guidelines for Intraarterial Catheter-directed Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke, from the American Society of Neuroradiology, Canadian Interventional Radiology Association, Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Interventional Radiology, Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery, European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy, and Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol (2013) 1.52

U.S. Wingspan Registry: 12-month follow-up results. Stroke (2011) 1.52

Intracranial stenosis: impact of randomized trials on treatment preferences of US neurologists and neurointerventionists. Cerebrovasc Dis (2014) 1.51

Initial clinical experience with the ADAPT technique: a direct aspiration first pass technique for stroke thrombectomy. J Neurointerv Surg (2013) 1.49

Balloon-pump counterpulsation for management of severe cardiac dysfunction after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. World Neurosurg (2012) 1.49

CT angiography source images acquired with a fast-acquisition protocol overestimate infarct core on diffusion weighted images in acute ischemic stroke. J Neuroimaging (2011) 1.49

Rationale for treating unruptured intracranial aneurysms: actuarial analysis of natural history risk versus treatment risk for coiling or clipping based on 14,050 patients in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database. World Neurosurg (2012) 1.48

Surgical treatment of high-risk intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulae: clinical outcomes and avoidance of complications. Neurosurgery (2007) 1.48

Serum S100B protein levels are correlated with subclinical neurocognitive declines after carotid endarterectomy. Neurosurgery (2001) 1.47

A critical review of the American Pain Society clinical practice guidelines for interventional techniques: part 2. Therapeutic interventions. Pain Physician (2010) 1.46

Clinical outcome after vertebral artery injury following blunt cervical spine trauma. World Neurosurg (2012) 1.46

Recanalization and clinical outcome of occlusion sites at baseline CT angiography in the Interventional Management of Stroke III trial. Radiology (2014) 1.46

Impact of operator and site experience on outcomes after angioplasty and stenting in the SAMMPRIS trial. J Neurointerv Surg (2012) 1.45

Reduction of catheter-associated urinary tract infections among patients in a neurological intensive care unit: a single institution's success. J Neurosurg (2012) 1.45

Palliation of compression fractures in cancer patients by vertebral augmentation: a retrospective analysis. J Neurointerv Surg (2010) 1.45

Monorail snare technique for the retrieval of an adherent microcatheter from an onyx cast: technical case report. Neurosurgery (2008) 1.44

Size ratio correlates with intracranial aneurysm rupture status: a prospective study. Stroke (2010) 1.44

Resolution of mydriatic pupil after angioplasty and stenting of cervical internal carotid artery dissection: case report. Neurosurgery (2009) 1.43

Natural history of intracranial atherosclerosis: a critical review. Neurosurgery (2006) 1.42

American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) guidelines for responsible opioid prescribing in chronic non-cancer pain: Part 2--guidance. Pain Physician (2012) 1.42

Evaluating the safety and effectiveness of percutaneous acetabuloplasty. J Neurointerv Surg (2011) 1.41

Establishing operational stability--developing human infrastructure. J Neurointerv Surg (2010) 1.40

Multimodality treatment of conus medullaris arteriovenous malformations: 2 decades of experience with combined endovascular and microsurgical treatments. Neurosurgery (2012) 1.39

Endovascular treatment for Small Core and Anterior circulation Proximal occlusion with Emphasis on minimizing CT to recanalization times (ESCAPE) trial: methodology. Int J Stroke (2014) 1.38

The stent anchor technique for distal access through a large or giant aneurysm. J Neurointerv Surg (2012) 1.35

Effect of weekend compared with weekday stroke admission on thrombolytic use, in-hospital mortality, discharge disposition, hospital charges, and length of stay in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database, 2002 to 2007. Stroke (2010) 1.34

Long-term results of enterprise stent-assisted coiling of cerebral aneurysms. Neurosurgery (2012) 1.32

Characterization of critical hemodynamics contributing to aneurysmal remodeling at the basilar terminus in a rabbit model. Stroke (2010) 1.32

Indications for the performance of intracranial endovascular neurointerventional procedures: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention, Stroke Council, Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, Interdisciplinary Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease, and Interdisciplinary Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research. Circulation (2009) 1.30

Dehydroascorbic acid, a blood-brain barrier transportable form of vitamin C, mediates potent cerebroprotection in experimental stroke. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2001) 1.30

Intracranial placement of a new, compliant guide catheter: technical note. Neurosurgery (2008) 1.27

Length of stay and total hospital charges of clipping versus coiling for ruptured and unruptured adult cerebral aneurysms in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database 2002 to 2006. Stroke (2009) 1.26

Mural destabilization after aneurysm treatment with a flow-diverting device: a report of two cases. J Neurointerv Surg (2011) 1.26

Reassessment of evidence synthesis of occupational medicine practice guidelines for interventional pain management. Pain Physician (2008) 1.25

Recurrence of a vertebral artery dissecting pseudoaneurysm after successful stent-supported coil embolization: case report. Neurosurgery (2003) 1.25

American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) guidelines for responsible opioid prescribing in chronic non-cancer pain: Part I--evidence assessment. Pain Physician (2012) 1.24