Content Posted in 2025

Academic impact and rankings of American and Canadian neurosurgical departments as assessed using the h index., Francisco A Ponce and Andres M Lozano

Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia Improves with Bilateral Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation: Report of 3 Cases Done Asleep and Review of Literature., Virgilio Gerald H Evidente, Francisco A Ponce, Maris H Evidente, Margaret Lambert, Robin Garrett, Manikandan Sugumaran, and David G Lott

Advances in Technical Aspects of Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery., Michael Schulder, Akash Mishra, Antonios Mammis, Andres Horn, Alexandre Boutet, Patric Blomstedt, Stephan Chabardes, Oliver Flouty, Andres M Lozano, Joseph S Neimat, Francisco Ponce, Philip A Starr, Joachim K Krauss, Marwan Hariz, and Jin Woo Chang

Arteriovenous malformations: classification to cure., Francisco A Ponce and Robert F Spetzler

Assessing the Relevancy of "Citation Classics" in Neurosurgery. Part II: Foundational Papers in Neurosurgery., Michael A Bohl, Jay D Turner, Andrew S Little, Peter Nakaji, and Francisco A Ponce

Bilateral deep brain stimulation of the fornix for Alzheimer's disease: surgical safety in the ADvance trial., Francisco A Ponce, Wael F Asaad, Kelly D Foote, William S Anderson, G Rees Cosgrove, Gordon H Baltuch, Kara Beasley, Donald E Reymers, Esther S Oh, Steven D Targum, Gwenn S Smith, Constantine G Lyketsos, and Andres M Lozano

Deep brain stimulation for dementias., David S Xu and Francisco A Ponce

Deep brain stimulation in PD: risk of complications, morbidity, and hospitalizations: a systematic review., Markey C Olson, Holly Shill, Francisco Ponce, and Sana Aslam

Deep brain stimulation state of the art and novel stimulation targets., Francisco A Ponce and Andres M Lozano

Direct targeting of the ventral intermediate nucleus of the thalamus in deep brain stimulation for essential tremor: a prospective study with comparison to a historical cohort., Andre A Wakim, Natasha A Sioda, James J Zhou, Margaret Lambert, Virgilio Gerald H Evidente, and Francisco A Ponce

Endoscopic resection of intrathoracic tumors: experience with and long-term results for 26 patients., Francisco A Ponce, Brendan D Killory, Scott D Wait, Nicholas Theodore, and Curtis A Dickman

Erratum: Highly cited works in neurosurgery. Part II: the citation classics., Francisco A Ponce and Andres M Lozano

Highly cited works in neurosurgery. Part II: the citation classics., Francisco A Ponce and Andres M Lozano

Hypofractionated CyberKnife radiosurgery for perichiasmatic pituitary adenomas: early results., Brendan D Killory, John J Kresl, Scott D Wait, Francisco A Ponce, Randall Porter, and William L White

Importance of the C1 anterior tubercle depth and lateral mass geometry when placing C1 lateral mass screws., Scott D Wait, Francisco A Ponce, Kyle O Colle, Phillip V Parry, and Volker K H Sonntag

Intention-to-treat analysis of Spetzler-Martin grades IV and V arteriovenous malformations: natural history and treatment paradigm., Patrick P Han, Francisco A Ponce, and Robert F Spetzler

Introduction. Deep brain stimulation in 2018., Francisco A Ponce, Kelly D Foote, and Andres M Lozano

Introduction. Functional neurosurgery for pain and movement disorders with a special emphasis on spasticity., Kim J Burchiel, Francisco Ponce, Albert Lee, Ahmed M Raslan, Sharona Ben-Haim, and Marc Sindou

Management of hangman's fractures using anchored anterior cervical cages., Steve S Cho, S Harrison Farber, Hayley Kiernan, Clare W Teng, Oliver R Wanebo, Francisco A Ponce, Luis M Tumialán, and John E Wanebo

Measuring excellence in clinical translation: what are the top works in the field of neurosurgery?, Francisco A Ponce and Andres M Lozano

Microsurgical treatment of pediatric intracranial aneurysms: long-term angiographic and clinical outcomes., Udaya K Kakarla, Elisa J Beres, Francisco A Ponce, Steven W Chang, Vivek R Deshmukh, Nicholas C Bambakidis, Joseph M Zabramski, and Robert F Spetzler

Middle cerebral artery stenosis: endovascular and surgical options., Jeffrey D Klopfenstein, Francisco A Ponce, Louis J Kim, Felipe C Albuquerque, Peter Nakaji, and Robert F Spetzler

Migrating glioma cells activate the PI3-K pathway and display decreased susceptibility to apoptosis., Anna M Joy, Christian E Beaudry, Nhan L Tran, Francisco A Ponce, David R Holz, Tim Demuth, and Michael E Berens

Modulating memory., Francisco A Ponce

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome from central nervous system insult: 4 cases and a novel treatment strategy. Clinical article., Scott D Wait, Francisco A Ponce, Brendan D Killory, Donna Wallace, and Harold L Rekate

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome from central nervous system insult: 4 cases and a novel treatment strategy. Clinical article., Scott D Wait, Francisco A Ponce, Brendan D Killory, Donna Wallace, and Harold L Rekate

Orthostatic Tremor is Responsive to Bilateral Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation: Report of Two Cases Performed Asleep., Virgilio Gerald H Evidente, Zachary J Baker, Maris H Evidente, Robin Garrett, Margaret Lambert, and Francisco A Ponce

Perioperative complications of deep brain stimulation among patients with advanced age: a single-institution retrospective analysis., Andre A Wakim, Jennifer B Mattar, Margaret Lambert, and Francisco A Ponce

Robotic-Assisted Navigation for Stereotactic Neurosurgery: A Cadaveric Investigation of Accuracy, Time, and Radiation., William Anderson, Francisco A Ponce, Michael J Kinsman, Sepehr Sani, Brian Hwang, Diana Ghinda, Michael Kogan, Jonathan M Mahoney, Dhara B Amin, Margaret Van Horn, Joshua P McGuckin, Dominic Razo-Castaneda, and Brandon S Bucklen

Short-Lasting Unilateral Neuralgiform Headache With Conjunctival Injection and Tearing (SUNCT) Improves With Bilateral Ventral Tegmental Area Deep Brain Stimulation., Virgilio Gerald H Evidente, Francisco A Ponce, Maris H Evidente, Robin Garrett, and Margaret Lambert

Simultaneous unilateral moyamoya disease and ipsilateral dural arteriovenous fistula: case report., Brendan D Killory, L Fernando Gonzalez, Scott D Wait, Francisco A Ponce, Felipe C Albuquerque, and Robert F Spetzler

Tardive Blepharospasm May Respond to Bilateral Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation., Virgilio Gerald H Evidente, Francisco A Ponce, Maris H Evidente, Margaret Lambert, and Robin Garrett

Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation May Improve Restless Legs Syndrome in Patients With Essential Tremor., Virgilio Gerald H Evidente, Danica H Evidente, Francisco A Ponce, Maris H Evidente, Margaret Lambert, and Robin Garrett

The most cited works in Parkinson's disease., Francisco A Ponce and Andres M Lozano

The neural basis of attaining conscious awareness of sad mood., Ryan Smith, B Blair Braden, Kewei Chen, Francisco A Ponce, Richard D Lane, and Leslie C Baxter

Thoracoscopic sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis: analysis of 642 procedures with special attention to Horner's syndrome and compensatory hyperhidrosis., Scott D Wait, Brendan D Killory, Gregory P Lekovic, Francisco A Ponce, Kathy J Kenny, and Curtis A Dickman

WarpDrive: Improving spatial normalization using manual refinements., Simón Oxenford, Ana Sofía Ríos, Barbara Hollunder, Clemens Neudorfer, Alexandre Boutet, Gavin J B Elias, Jurgen Germann, Aaron Loh, Wissam Deeb, Bryan Salvato, Leonardo Almeida, Kelly D Foote, Robert Amaral, Paul B Rosenberg, David F Tang-Wai, David A Wolk, Anna D Burke, Marwan N Sabbagh, Stephen Salloway, M Mallar Chakravarty, Gwenn S Smith, Constantine G Lyketsos, Michael S Okun, William S Anderson, Zoltan Mari, Francisco A Ponce, Andres Lozano, Wolf-Julian Neumann, Bassam Al-Fatly, and Andreas Horn