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

Adverse radiation effects after radiosurgery may benefit from oral vitamin E and pentoxifylline therapy: a pilot study., Richard Williamson, Douglas Kondziolka, Hilal Kanaan, L Dade Lunsford, and John C Flickinger

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

Bowhunter's syndrome., Ramesh Grandhi, Neal Godse, Richard Williamson, and Ricardo A Hanel

Carotid Endarterectomy Is Safe, Effective, and Durable, but Can We Make It Better?, Richard Williamson and Robert F Spetzler

Comparative analysis of surgical freedom and angle of attack of two minimal-access endoscopic transmaxillary approaches to the anterolateral skull base., David A Wilson, Richard Williamson, Mark C Preul, and Andrew S Little

Computed tomography angiography as a confirmatory test for the diagnosis of brain death., Mark P Garrett, Richard Williamson, Michael A Bohl, C Roger Bird, and Nicholas Theodore

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

Delayed Pipeline Embolization of a Ruptured True Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysm Presenting with Epistaxis: Case Report and Review of the Literature., Ramesh Grandhi, Leonardo B C Brasiliense, Richard Williamson, Nathan T Zwagerman, Eric Sauvageau, and Ricardo A Hanel

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

Effect of Hispanic Status in Mechanical Thrombectomy Outcomes After Ischemic Stroke: Insights From STAR., Joshua D Burks, Stephanie H Chen, Evan M Luther, Eyad Almallouhi, Sami Al Kasab, Pascal M Jabbour, Stacey Q Wolfe, Kyle M Fargen, Adam S Arthur, Nitin Goyal, Isabel Fragata, Ilko Maier, Charles Matouk, Jonathan Grossberg, Peter Kan, Clemens Schirmer, R Webster Crowley, William Ares, Christopher S Ogilvy, Ansaar T Rai, Michael R Levitt, Maxim Mokin, Waldo Guerrero, Min S Park, Justin Mascitelli, Albert Yoo, Richard Williamson, Andrew Grande, Roberto Crosa, Sharon Webb, Marios Psychogios, Eric C Peterson, Dileep R Yavagal, Alejandro M Spiotta, and Robert M Starke

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

Giant serpentine aneurysm., Ramesh Grandhi, Richard Williamson, Nathan Thomas Zwagerman, and Ricardo A Hanel

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

Intrasaccular Flow Diversion for Wide-Neck Bifurcation Aneurysms: Should the Bar Be Set Higher?, Richard Williamson, Eric Sauvageau, and Ricardo A Hanel

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

Is a picture-perfect thrombectomy necessary in acute ischemic stroke?, Ching-Jen Chen, Reda Chalhoub, Dale Ding, Jeyan S Kumar, Natasha Ironside, Ryan T Kellogg, Bradford B Worrall, Andrew M Southerland, Pascal Jabbour, Stacey Q Wolfe, Adam S Arthur, Nitin Goyal, Isabel Fragata, Ilko Maier, Charles Matouk, Jonathan A Grossberg, Peter Kan, Clemens M Schirmer, R Webster Crowley, William J Ares, Christopher S Ogilvy, Ansaar T Rai, Michael R Levitt, Maxim Mokin, Waldo R Guerrero, Justin R Mascitelli, Albert J Yoo, Richard Williamson, Andrew Walker Grande, Roberto Javier Crosa, Sharon Webb, Marios N Psychogios, Robert M Starke, Alejandro M Spiotta, and Min S Park

Linear Accelerator-Based Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Low-Grade Meningiomas: Improved Local Control With Hypofractionation., Rodney E Wegner, Shaakir Hasan, Stephen Abel, Sidney Anderson, Russell Fuhrer, Richard Williamson, and Stephen M Karlovits

Malleable endoscope increases surgical freedom compared with a rigid endoscope in endoscopic endonasal approaches to the parasellar region., Ali M Elhadi, Hasan A Zaidi, Douglas A Hardesty, Richard Williamson, Claudio Cavallo, Mark C Preul, Peter Nakaji, and Andrew S Little

Management of brain metastases from large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung: improved outcomes with radiosurgery., Rodney E Wegner, Shaakir Hasan, Richard Williamson, Gene Finley, Russell Fuhrer, Athanasios Colonias, and Stephen M Karlovits

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

Mechanical Thrombectomy for Distal Occlusions: Efficacy, Functional and Safety Outcomes: Insight from the STAR Collaboration., Mohammad Anadani, Ali Alawieh, Reda Chalhoub, Pascal Jabbour, Robert M Starke, Adam Arthur, Nitin Goyal, Stacey Wolfe, Kyle M Fargen, Jonathan A Grossberg, Brian M Howard, Reade De Leacy, Christopher Kellner, Peter Kan, Travis Dumont, Ansaar Rai, Joshua Osbun, Roberto Crosa, Ilko Maier, Fábio A Nascimento, Min S Park, Michael R Levitt, Isabel Fragata, Charles Matouk, R Webster Crowley, Shakeel A Chowdhry, Christopher Ogilvy, Maxim Mokin, Justin Mascitelli, Albert J Yoo, Richard Williamson, Sharon Webb, Marios-Nikos Psychogios, Sami Al Kasab, and Alejandro M Spiotta

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

National trends in radiation dose escalation for glioblastoma., Rodney E Wegner, Stephen Abel, Zachary D Horne, Shaakir Hasan, Vivek Verma, Tulika Ranjan, Richard Williamson, and Stephen M Karlovits

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

Outcomes after endovascular mechanical thrombectomy for low compared to high National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS): A multicenter study., Isaac Josh Abecassis, Eyad Almallouhi, Reda Chalhoub, Sami Al Kasab, Eric Bass, Dale Ding, Vasu Saini, Joshua D Burks, Ilko L Maier, Marios-Nikos Psychogios, Jan Liman, Ali Alawieh, Stacey Wolfe, Adam S Arthur, Amir Shaban, Travis Dumont, Peter Kan, Joon-Tae Kim, Reade De Leacy, Joshua Osbun, Ansaar Rai, Pascal Jabbour, Jonathan A Grossberg, Min S Park, Roberto Crosa, Justin Mascitelli, Michael R Levitt, Adam Polifka, Walter Casagrande, Shinichi Yoshimura, Charles Matouk, Richard Williamson, Benjamin Gory, Maxim Mokin, Isabel Fragata, Daniele G Romano, Shakeel Chowdry, Mark Moss, Daniel Behme, Kaustubh Limaye, Alejandro M Spiotta, and Robert M Starke

Outcomes of Mechanical Thrombectomy for Patients With Stroke Presenting With Low Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score in the Early and Extended Window., Eyad Almallouhi, Sami Al Kasab, Zachary Hubbard, Eric C Bass, Guilherme Porto, Ali Alawieh, Reda Chalhoub, Pascal M Jabbour, Robert M Starke, Stacey Q Wolfe, Adam S Arthur, Edgar Samaniego, Ilko Maier, Brian M Howard, Ansaar Rai, Min S Park, Justin Mascitelli, Marios Psychogios, Reade De Leacy, Travis Dumont, Michael R Levitt, Adam Polifka, Joshua Osbun, Roberto Crosa, Joon-Tae Kim, Walter Casagrande, Shinichi Yoshimura, Charles Matouk, Peter T Kan, Richard Williamson, Benjamin Gory, Maxim Mokin, Isabel Fragata, Osama Zaidat, Albert J Yoo, and Alejandro M Spiotta

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

Predictors of Angiographic Outcome After Failed Thrombectomy for Large Vessel Occlusion: Insights from the Stroke Thrombectomy and Aneurysm Registry., Matthew Webb, Muhammed Amir Essibayi, Sami Al Kasab, Ilko L Maier, Marios-Nikos Psychogios, Jonathan A Grossberg, Ali Alawieh, Stacey Quintero Wolfe, Adam Arthur, Travis Dumont, Peter Kan, Joon-Tae Kim, Reade De Leacy, Joshua Osbun, Ansaar Rai, Pascal Jabbour, Min S Park, Roberto Crosa, Michael R Levitt, Adam Polifka, Shinichi Yoshimura, Charles Matouk, Richard Williamson, Isabel Fragata, Shakeel A Chowdhry, Robert M Starke, Edgar A Samaniego, Hugo Cuellar, Alejandro Spiotta, and Justin Mascitelli

Prognostic significance of age within the adolescent and young adult acute ischemic stroke population after mechanical thrombectomy: insights from STAR., Victor M Lu, Evan M Luther, Michael A Silva, Turki Elarjani, Ahmed Abdelsalam, Ilko Maier, Sami Al Kasab, Pascal M Jabbour, Joon-Tae Kim, Stacey Q Wolfe, Ansaar T Rai, Marios-Nikos Psychogios, Edgar A Samaniego, Adam S Arthur, Shinichi Yoshimura, Jonathan A Grossberg, Ali Alawieh, Isabel Fragata, Adam Polifka, Justin Mascitelli, Joshua Osbun, Min S Park, Michael R Levitt, Travis Dumont, Hugo Cuellar, Richard Williamson, Daniele G Romano, Roberto Crosa, Benjamin Gory, Maxim Mokin, Mark Moss, Kaustubh Limaye, Peter Kan, Dileep R Yavagal, Alejandro M Spiotta, and Robert M Starke

Prostate brachytherapy after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis reconstruction., Richard Williamson, Marc C Smaldone, Erin P Gibbons, Ryan P Smith, Sushil Beriwal, and Ronald M Benoit

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

Single Fraction Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgery on the Gamma Knife Icon for Patients With Brain Metastases: Time to Abandon the Frame?, Rodney E Wegner, Zachary D Horne, Yun Liang, Matthew Goss, Alexander Yu, Jonathan Pace, Richard Williamson, Jody Leonardo, Stephen M Karlovits, and Russel Fuhrer

Stereotactic radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2: an analysis of tumor control, complications, and hearing preservation rates., David Mathieu, Douglas Kondziolka, John C Flickinger, Ajay Niranjan, Richard Williamson, Juan J Martin, and L Dade Lunsford

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 many roles of microRNAs in brain tumor biology., Jay D Turner, Richard Williamson, Kaith K Almefty, Peter Nakaji, Randall Porter, Victor Tse, and M Yashar S Kalani

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