Department

neurosurgery

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Objectives Skull base endoscopy allows for minimal access approaches to the sinonasal contents and cranial base. Advances in endoscopic technique and applications have been published rapidly in recent decades. Setting: We utilized an Internet-based scholarly database (Web of Science, Thomson Reuters) to query broad-based phrases regarding skull base endoscopy literature. Participants: All skull base endoscopy publications. Main Outcome Measures: Standard bibliometrics outcomes. Results: We identified 4,082 relevant skull base endoscopy English-language articles published between 1973 and 2014. The 50 top-cited publications (n = 51, due to articles with equal citation counts) ranged in citation count from 397 to 88. Most of the articles were clinical case series or technique descriptions. Most (96% [49/51])were published in journals specific to either neurosurgery or otolaryngology. Conclusions: A relatively small number of institutions and individuals have published a large amount of the literature. Most of the publications consisted of case series and technical advances, with a lack of randomized trials.

Publication Date

2015

Publication Title

Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part B: Skull Base

ISSN

2193-634X

Volume

77

Issue

1

First Page

24

Last Page

31

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1055/s-0035-1556875

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