| Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
|
Cost-effectiveness of multilevel hemilaminectomy for lumbar stenosis-associated radiculopathy.
|
Spine J
|
2011
|
2.12
|
|
2
|
Preoperative Zung Depression Scale predicts outcome after revision lumbar surgery for adjacent segment disease, recurrent stenosis, and pseudarthrosis.
|
Spine J
|
2011
|
1.75
|
|
3
|
Determination of minimum clinically important difference (MCID) in pain, disability, and quality of life after revision fusion for symptomatic pseudoarthrosis.
|
Spine J
|
2012
|
1.67
|
|
4
|
Cost-effectiveness of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for Grade I degenerative spondylolisthesis.
|
J Neurosurg Spine
|
2011
|
1.53
|
|
5
|
Preoperative Zung depression scale predicts patient satisfaction independent of the extent of improvement after revision lumbar surgery.
|
Spine J
|
2013
|
1.50
|
|
6
|
Anatomical location dictating major surgical complications for intradural extramedullary spinal tumors: a 10-year single-institutional experience.
|
J Neurosurg Spine
|
2013
|
1.48
|
|
7
|
Correlation of preoperative depression and somatic perception scales with postoperative disability and quality of life after lumbar discectomy.
|
J Neurosurg Spine
|
2011
|
1.26
|
|
8
|
Determination of minimum clinically important difference in pain, disability, and quality of life after extension of fusion for adjacent-segment disease.
|
J Neurosurg Spine
|
2011
|
1.14
|
|
9
|
Utility of minimum clinically important difference in assessing pain, disability, and health state after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis.
|
J Neurosurg Spine
|
2011
|
1.12
|
|
10
|
Survival of patients with malignant primary osseous spinal neoplasms: results from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database from 1973 to 2003.
|
J Neurosurg Spine
|
2010
|
1.08
|
|
11
|
Spontaneous spinal epidural abscess in patients 50 years of age and older: a 15-year institutional perspective and review of the literature: clinical article.
|
J Neurosurg Spine
|
2013
|
0.98
|
|
12
|
Trends for Spine Surgery for the Elderly: Implications for Access to Healthcare in North America.
|
Neurosurgery
|
2015
|
0.96
|
|
13
|
Practice management guidelines for the screening of thoracolumbar spine fracture.
|
J Trauma
|
2007
|
0.95
|
|
14
|
Revision lumbar surgery in elderly patients with symptomatic pseudarthrosis, adjacent-segment disease, or same-level recurrent stenosis. Part 2. A cost-effectiveness analysis: clinical article.
|
J Neurosurg Spine
|
2012
|
0.87
|
|
15
|
Chiari type I malformation: overview of diagnosis and treatment.
|
WMJ
|
2002
|
0.85
|
|
16
|
Cost per quality-adjusted life year gained of revision neural decompression and instrumented fusion for same-level recurrent lumbar stenosis: defining the value of surgical intervention.
|
J Neurosurg Spine
|
2011
|
0.84
|
|
17
|
Cervical spine collar clearance in the obtunded adult blunt trauma patient: a systematic review and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
|
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
|
2015
|
0.83
|
|
18
|
Revision lumbar surgery in elderly patients with symptomatic pseudarthrosis, adjacent-segment disease, or same-level recurrent stenosis. Part 1. Two-year outcomes and clinical efficacy: clinical article.
|
J Neurosurg Spine
|
2012
|
0.83
|
|
19
|
Association of extent of local tumor invasion and survival in patients with malignant primary osseous spinal neoplasms from the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) database.
|
World Neurosurg
|
2011
|
0.81
|
|
20
|
Cost-effectiveness of lumbar discectomy and single-level fusion for spondylolisthesis: experience with the NeuroPoint-SD registry.
|
Neurosurg Focus
|
2014
|
0.80
|
|
21
|
Association between biomechanical parameters and concussion in helmeted collisions in American football: a review of the literature.
|
Neurosurg Focus
|
2012
|
0.80
|
|
22
|
The National Neurosurgery Quality and Outcomes Database (N2QOD): a collaborative North American outcomes registry to advance value-based spine care.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2014
|
0.79
|
|
23
|
Results of the AANS membership survey of adult spinal deformity knowledge: impact of training, practice experience, and assessment of potential areas for improved education: Clinical article.
|
J Neurosurg Spine
|
2014
|
0.79
|
|
24
|
Assessment of the extent of surgical resection as a predictor of survival in patients with primary osseous spinal neoplasms.
|
Clin Neurosurg
|
2011
|
0.78
|
|
25
|
Responsiveness of depression and its influence on surgical outcomes of lumbar degenerative diseases.
|
Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol
|
2015
|
0.77
|
|
26
|
Electrophysiologic deterioration in surgery for thoracic disc herniation: impact of mean arterial pressures on surgical outcome.
|
Eur Spine J
|
2014
|
0.77
|
|
27
|
Cognitive-behavioral-based physical therapy to improve surgical spine outcomes: a case series.
|
Phys Ther
|
2013
|
0.77
|
|
28
|
Cost per quality-adjusted life year gained of laminectomy and extension of instrumented fusion for adjacent-segment disease: defining the value of surgical intervention.
|
J Neurosurg Spine
|
2011
|
0.76
|
|
29
|
A comparative effectiveness trial of postoperative management for lumbar spine surgery: changing behavior through physical therapy (CBPT) study protocol.
|
BMC Musculoskelet Disord
|
2014
|
0.76
|
|
30
|
Surgical Resection of Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Tumors: Patient Reported Outcomes and Minimum Clinically Important Difference.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2016
|
0.76
|
|
31
|
Quadriparesis due to the delayed formation of a compressive epidural cerebrospinal fluid collection following suboccipital craniectomy with duraplasty for Chiari malformation Type I. Case report.
|
J Neurosurg Spine
|
2007
|
0.75
|
|
32
|
Clinical and statistical correlation of various lumbar pathological conditions.
|
J Biomech
|
2012
|
0.75
|
|
33
|
Normal, fused, and degenerative cervical spines: a comparative study of three-dimensional in vivo kinetics.
|
J Bone Joint Surg Am
|
2008
|
0.75
|
|
34
|
The future of the use of spine surgery.
|
Neurosurgery
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
35
|
Utility of Intraoperative Monitoring in the Resection of Spinal Cord Tumors: An Analysis by Tumor Location and Anatomical Region.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2017
|
0.75
|
|
36
|
The Profile of a Smoker and Its Impact on Outcomes After Cervical Spine Surgery.
|
Neurosurgery
|
2016
|
0.75
|
|
37
|
Outcome science in practice: an overview and initial experience at the Vanderbilt Spine Center.
|
Neurosurg Focus
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
38
|
The efficacy of lumbar discectomy and single-level fusion for spondylolisthesis: results from the NeuroPoint-SD registry: clinical article.
|
J Neurosurg Spine
|
2013
|
0.75
|