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  This Week in Neurosurgery — Sep 16, 2026 17.09.2026 10min

  Welcome to This Week in Neurosurgery. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning cerebrospinal fluid diversion and hydrocephalus, cerebrovascular and aneurysm strategy, degenerative spine surgery, and a cluster of evidence-quality questions… This week's papers: 1. Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: A Review. — JAMA 2026 2. An Endovascular Approach for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: Assessing Morphometric Candidacy After Venous Sinus Stenting. — Neurosurgery 2026 3. A Location-Based Tailored Endovascular Strategy for Managing Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Aneurysms: A Single-Center 46-Case Series. — Operative Neurosurgery 2026 4. Surgical Strategy Selection for Posteriorly Directed Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms based on 3D Morphometric Analysis. — World Neurosurgery 2026 5. Minimally Invasive Lumbar Fusion Is Associated with Lower Reoperation for Adjacent Segment Disease and Improved Patient-Reported Outcomes Compared with Open Su… — World Neurosurgery 2026 6. Contralateral Nerve Root Injuries after Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Causes, Treatment, and Prevention. — World Neurosurgery 2026 7. Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin Versus Unfractionated Heparin for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Adult Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta… — Neurosurgery 2026 8. Awake or Asleep Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease: Further Research Is Needed. — Neurosurgery 2026 9. Natural History and Surgical Outcomes of Spheno-Orbital Meningiomas: A Single Centre Experience from Canada. — World Neurosurgery 2026 10. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Guidelines Methodology: Update. — Neurosurgery 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/yzxgzazn9c
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  This Week in Neurosurgery — Sep 9, 2026 10.09.2026 10min

  Welcome to This Week in Neurosurgery. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning skull base and tumour surgery, vascular and functional neurosurgery, and perioperative pain and anaesthesia strategy. Let's dive in. We start with the largest… This week's papers: 1. Long-Term Outcomes of Subtotal Resection for Large Vestibular Schwannomas: Results From the Acoustic Neuroma Subtotal Resection Study, Part I-Facial Nerve Outc… — Neurosurgery 2026 2. Long-Term Outcomes of Subtotal Resection for Large Vestibular Schwannomas: Results From the Acoustic Neuroma Subtotal Resection Study-Part II- Tumor Regrowth. — Neurosurgery 2026 3. Long-Term Outcomes of Subtotal Resection for Large Vestibular Schwannomas: Results From the Acoustic Neuroma Subtotal Resection Study-Part III Perioperative Me… — Neurosurgery 2026 4. Comparison of subanaesthetic ketamine and lidocaine as adjuvants to propofol-based total intravenous anesthesia on propofol requirement during emergency decomp… — Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2026 5. Middle meningeal artery lidocaine infusion reduces headache after venous sinus stenting for idiopathic intracranial hypertension. — Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2026 6. Outcomes of Magnetic Resonance-Guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Epileptogenic Cavernous Malformations: A Multicenter Study. — Operative Neurosurgery 2026 7. Treatment Strategies for Feeder Artery Aneurysms Associated With Arteriovenous Malformations. — Neurosurgery 2026 8. Standalone lateral and oblique approaches vs traditional posterior approaches for adjacent segment disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. — Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2026 9. Exploring Variability in Direct, Indirect, and Combined Revascularization for Pediatric Moyamoya: A Narrative Review. — World Neurosurgery 2026 10. Age-Stratified Survival Patterns in Adults with Nonmalignant Intracranial Meningioma: A Population-Based SEER Cohort Study. — World Neurosurgery 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/qegyn8dxaa
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  This Week in Neurosurgery — Sep 2, 2026 03.09.2026 11min

  Welcome to This Week in Neurosurgery. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning meningioma classification and skull base surgery, cerebrovascular decision-making from thrombectomy hardware to subarachnoid haemorrhage imaging, and perioperat… This week's papers: 1. Meningioma methylation profiling as a complement to WHO grading: a single-center experience. — Neurosurgical Focus 2026 2. Progestin-associated meningiomas. — Neurosurgical Focus 2026 3. Surgical outcome in tuberculum sellae meningioma with non-serviceable preoperative vision in atleast one eye. — Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2026 4. Surgical management of jugular foramen meningiomas: a function-prioritized perioperative workflow. — Neurosurgical Focus 2026 5. Imaging-based surgical stratification of parasagittal meningiomas involving the superior sagittal sinus: a case analysis of 62 patients. — Neurosurgical Focus 2026 6. Superlarge-Bore Versus Large-Bore Aspiration Catheters in Mechanical Thrombectomy: A Multicenter Propensity-Matched Analysis. — Neurosurgery 2026 7. Hemorrhage Volume and Imaging Recommendations: Factors for Decision Making in the Care of Patients With Perimesencephalic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. — Neurosurgery 2026 8. Superficial Temporal Artery-Middle Cerebral Artery Bypass Combined with Pedicled Temporoparietal Fascial Flap Onlay for Moyamoya Disease: Technical Anatomy and… — World Neurosurgery 2026 9. "Fully Endoscopic Microvascular Decompression with Combined Lateral Spread Response and Zhong-Lee Response Monitoring for Hemifacial Spasm: A Consecutive Case… — World Neurosurgery 2026 10. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) in neurosurgery, a literature review. Assessing the evidence for a venous thromboembolism prophylaxis guideline. — Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/w369e2pfkc
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  This Week in Neurosurgery — Aug 26, 2026 27.08.2026 11min

  Welcome to This Week in Neurosurgery. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning acute neurotrauma and stroke systems of care, cranial nerve and skull base surgery, and outcome prediction in cranial and spinal practice. Let's dive in. We st… This week's papers: 1. The Impact of Rapid Transfer on the Prognosis of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Multi-center Cohort Study — World Neurosurgery 2026 2. Discontinuation of Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis After Initiation of Enteral Feeding in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Prospective Multicentre Randomized Controll… — World Neurosurgery 2026 3. The myth of the supplementary motor area syndrome: the etiology of motor deficits after dorsomedial frontal resections — Journal of Neurosurgery 2026 4. Systemic Adverse Effects of Intensive Blood Pressure Treatment After Craniotomy for Tumor Resection — Neurosurgery 2026 5. Endoscope-Assisted Microvascular Decompression for Hemifacial Spasm: A Consecutive Series Using a Hybrid Visualization Strategy — World Neurosurgery 2026 6. Safety and postoperative outcomes following nerve root ligation and transection for patients with CSF-venous fistulas: a cohort study — Journal of Neurosurgery 2026 7. Multidisciplinary practice in vestibular schwannoma surgery over a decade: optimizing facial nerve and hearing outcomes and analyzing the predictive role of tu… — Journal of Neurosurgery 2026 8. Subperineural 'onion-peeling' dissection for maximizing extent of resection and facial nerve preservation for onco-functional balance in vestibular schwannoma… — Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2026 9. Assessing the association between revision anterior cervical spine surgery for adjacent segment disease and postoperative dysphagia — Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2026 10. Biomarker-informed prediction of neurosurgical intervention in pediatric traumatic brain injury: a proof-of-concept study — Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/sbx3aqvejn
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  This Week in Neurosurgery — Aug 19, 2026 20.08.2026 10min

  Welcome to This Week in Neurosurgery. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning operative technique and positioning, neurovascular decision-making from thrombectomy timing to flow diversion antiplatelets, and outcome prediction across traum… This week's papers: 1. Effect of Semisitting Versus Supine Positioning on Intraoperative Bleeding During Endoscopic Endonasal Pituitary Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial — Neurosurgery 2026 2. Amount and Burden of Brain Tissue Hypoxia to Determine Clinical Efficacy of Secondary Decompressive Craniectomy After Moderate/Severe Traumatic Brain Injury — Neurosurgery 2026 3. Endovascular treatment after stroke beyond 24 h vs 6-24 h: a propensity score-matched cohort study — Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2026 4. Blood pressure management after endovascular thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke: association with symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage and functional outcome… — Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2026 5. Ticagrelor Versus Clopidogrel as Dual Antiplatelet Agents After Flow Diversion With Surface-Modified Stents — Neurosurgery 2026 6. Postprocedural Residual Stenosis and 30-Day Outcomes After Angioplasty and Stenting for Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenosis in Perforator-Rich Ar… — World Neurosurgery 2026 7. Surgical outcomes after intracranial nidal arteriovenous malformation resection in children: the Hospital for Sick Children experience — Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics 2026 8. Long-Term Nervus Intermedius Dysfunction After Retrosigmoid Vestibular Schwannoma Resection: Incidence, Independent Predictors, and Development of a Nomogram — Neurosurgery 2026 9. Mini-Craniotomy Neuroendoscopic Evacuation Versus Double Burr-Hole Drainage for Septated Chronic Subdural Hematoma: Preliminary Radiological and Short-Term Fun… — World Neurosurgery 2026 10. A Phase-Based Framework for Interpreting Intraoperative Lateral Spread Response During Microvascular Decompression for Hemifacial Spasm — Operative Neurosurgery 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/mz5f9y86bd
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  This Week in Neurosurgery — Aug 12, 2026 13.08.2026 13min

  Welcome to This Week in Neurosurgery. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning cerebrovascular risk prediction and hemorrhage management, skull base and neuro-oncology decision-making, and spine, pain, and functional neurosurgery. Let's di… This week's papers: 1. Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting symptomatic hemorrhage risk in sporadic cerebral cavernous malformations. — Journal of Neurosurgery 2026 2. Catheter Angiogram-Negative Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Delayed Cerebral Ischemia, Shunt Dependency, and Diagnostic Yield of Serial Angiography. — Neurosurgery 2026 3. Intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas with perimedullary venous drainage: analysis of the multinational CONDOR registry. — Journal of Neurosurgery 2026 4. Functional Outcome and Procedure-Related Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Primary M2 Occlusion: Impact of Initial Thrombectomy Strategy and Procedural Factors. — World Neurosurgery 2026 5. The role of stereotactic radiosurgery in the management of vestibular schwannoma in octogenarians: an international multi-institutional study. — Journal of Neurosurgery 2026 6. Incidence of and risk factors for revision surgery due to acute proximal junctional failure after anterior column realignment for adult spinal deformity. — Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2026 7. Surgical management of facial nerve schwannomas: a contemporary series of 67 surgeries. — Journal of Neurosurgery 2026 8. Comparison of Ketamine and Pregabalin on Postoperative Opioid Usage and Pain Management in Spinal Fusion: Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis. — Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2026 9. Role of Steroids in the Diagnosis of Primary Central Nervous System Lymphomas: A Single-Center Experience. — Neurosurgery 2026 10. Safety, feasibility, and outcomes of deep brain stimulation in young children excluded from the FDA Humanitarian Device Exemption: analysis of the CHILD-DBS re… — Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/czy5ybnvkt
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  This Week in Neurosurgery — Aug 6, 2026 06.08.2026 11min

  Welcome to This Week in Neurosurgery. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning haemorrhagic and vascular neurosurgery, skull base and neuro-oncology outcomes, and the systems-level question of who actually gets good care. Let's dive in. W… This week's papers: 1. Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Therapy in Chronic Subdural Hematoma: A Multicenter Evaluation — Neurosurgery 2026 2. Stereotactic radiosurgery offers long-term tumor control for craniopharyngioma: a multi-institutional analysis from the International Radiosurgery Research Fou… — Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2026 3. Endoscopic Hematoma Evacuation for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Single-Center Retrospective Analysis of 136 Consecutive Cases — World Neurosurgery 2026 4. Pediatric ependymoma in the molecular era: real-world experience with diagnostic correlation and long-term clinical outcomes — Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2026 5. Assessment of Facial Weakness After Microvascular Decompression: Morphology of Lateral Spread Responses and Sequential Changes in Compound Muscle Action Potent… — Operative Neurosurgery 2026 6. The risk of sinus vein thrombosis in patients treated with intraoperative radiotherapy for sinus adjacent tumours — Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2026 7. Distal versus proximal radial access for diagnostic cerebral angiography: comparative outcomes and learning curve analysis — Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2026 8. Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage care in a middle-income public healthcare system: A real-world neurocritical care cohort — Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2026 9. Individual and community-level associations of social determinants with pituitary adenoma disparities in the US — Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2026 10. Risk Stratification and Clinical Outcomes for Surgically Treated Brain Metastasis: A Single Institutional Experience from China — World Neurosurgery 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/baaedw9hfd
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  This Week in Neurosurgery — Jul 31, 2026 31.07.2026 13min

  Welcome to This Week in Neurosurgery. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning cranial skull base surgery, cerebrovascular intervention strategies, and postoperative optimization in spine and reconstructive surgery. Let's dive in. We begi… This week's papers: 1. Derivation and internal validation of a bedside risk-stratification score for complications after cranioplasty following decompressive craniectomy: A prospecti… — Journal of clinical neuroscience 2026 2. Anatomic Predictors of Occlusion After Flow Diversion for Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Aneurysms: A Single-Center Experience and Systematic Review. — Neurosurgery 2026 3. Who Remains Intubated After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery? A 5-Factor Scoring System With Dual Institution External Validation. — Operative neurosurgery 2026 4. Oxymetazoline hydrochloride nasal spray for nasal function recovery after endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary adenectomy: a propensity score-matched cohort st… — Journal of clinical neuroscience 2026 5. Prognostic value of the Island sign for hematoma expansion and functional outcome after intracerebral hemorrhage: a systematic review and meta-analysis. — Journal of clinical neuroscience 2026 7. Is There a Risk of Clinical Consequences From Surgical Injury to the Superficial Middle Cerebral Vein? A Comparative Cohort Study. — Operative neurosurgery 2026 8. Continuous Intra-arterial Nimodipine Therapy in SAH patients with refractory DCI - Factors associated with Insufficient Response and Unfavorable Outcome. — World neurosurgery 2026 9. Feasibility and barriers to same-day physical therapy following lumbar fusion surgery. — Journal of clinical neuroscience 2026 10. Frameless gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery for over two hundred vestibular schwannoma patients - a single institution experience. — Journal of neuro-oncology 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/95c92k5zsq
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  This Week in Neurosurgery — Jul 23, 2026 23.07.2026 8min

  Welcome to This Week in Neurosurgery. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning spinal reconstruction, neuro-oncology advances, and surgical complications. Let's dive in. Beginning with spinal cord injury and deformity management, regenera… This week's papers: 1. An iPSC-derived neural progenitor cell therapy for subacute spinal cord injury: a phase 1 trial with long-term follow-up — Nature Medicine 2026 2. Mechanical Thrombectomy in Ischemic Stroke With a Medium or Distal Arterial Occlusion: The DISCOUNT Randomized Clinical Trial — JAMA 2026 3. Is rhBMP-2 Worth the Risk? A Data-Driven Look at Fusion Outcomes and rhBMP-2-Related Complication Burden in High-Risk Adult Spinal Deformity Patients — Neurosurgery 2026 4. Preoperative Opioid Weaning in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Who Can Do It and Does It Predict Outcomes? — Neurosurgery 2026 5. A Tale of 2 Institutions: Differences in Sociodemographic Factors, Presenting Features, Treatment Characteristics, and Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgery… — Neurosurgery 2026 6. Postoperative Motor Trajectories and Their Impact on Survival After Resection of Motor Region Metastases — Neurosurgery 2026 7. Declining age-adjusted surgical incidence of intracranial meningiomas: a 19-year retrospective analysis from an academic hospital — Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2026 8. Survival, late toxicity and ability to return to work after proton radiotherapy for low-grade gliomas — Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2026 9. The threefold value of surgery in previously irradiated brain metastases — Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2026 10. Questioning the Question Mark for Decompressive Hemicraniectomy: A Modified Scalp Incision to Enhance Cranioplasty Outcomes-the Smart-C Incision — Operative Neurosurgery 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/b2ej9xdfqm
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  This Week in Neurosurgery — Jul 16, 2026 16.07.2026 12min

  Welcome to 'This Week in Neurosurgery'. This week we are covering ten notable papers spanning neuro-oncology, functional neuromodulation, and neurovascular interventions. Let us dive in. We begin in the realm of cranial neuro-oncology and perioperat… This week's papers: 1. Modified BADDASS technique for acute anterior circulation large vessel occlusion: A single-centre, randomized controlled trial. — World Neurosurgery 2026 2. Short-course high-dose methylprednisolone reduces complications and shortens hospital stay after glioblastoma resection: a propensity score-matched cohort stud… — Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2026 3. Long-term safety and efficacy of intracortical microstimulation in humans. — Science Translational Medicine 2026 4. The Neuronal Reserve Capacity Defines the Neurological Outcome in Motor-Eloquent Glioma Patients. — Neurosurgery 2026 5. Motor mapping to enable resections of peri-rolandic diffuse gliomas. — Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2026 6. Comparison of Anatomical Landmarks and Atlas- and Automated Atlas Segmentation Application-Based Targeting in Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Focused Ultraso… — Operative Neurosurgery 2025 7. Integrating preoperative frailty into super-early and early perioperative assessment enhances prediction of delirium in patients undergoing elective craniotomy… — Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2026 8. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Studies Assessing the Safety and Efficacy of the DERIVO 2heal Embolization Device. — World Neurosurgery 2026 9. Outcomes of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in a working-age population (
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  This Week in Neurosurgery — Jul 9, 2026 09.07.2026 21min

  Welcome to This Week in Neurosurgery. This week we are covering ten notable papers spanning CSF dynamics and hydrocephalus surgery, advances in vascular neurosurgery and aneurysm management, and modern paradigms in neuro-oncology and spine surgery. L… This week's papers: 1. Intracranial hemorrhagic risk after cortical brain biopsy during shunt surgery for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: a prospective comparative study. — Acta neurochirurgica 2026 2. Early Cognitive, Functional, and Behavioral Changes After Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Surgery in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: A Multicenter Prospec… — World neurosurgery 2026 3. Intratumoral hemorrhage in patients with brain metastasis from systemic tumors: risk factors and prognostic assessment. — Journal of neuro-oncology 2026 4. Divided care, diminished outcomes? The impact of care fragmentation on survival in glioblastoma. — Journal of neuro-oncology 2026 5. Prognostic Value of T2-FLAIR Hyperintense Vessel Sign for Cerebral Hyperperfusion Syndrome and Feasibility of Risk-Stratified Perioperative Management Followin… — World neurosurgery 2026 6. Association of smoking with high-risk characteristics for rupture of unruptured intracranial aneurysms. — Journal of clinical neuroscience 2026 7. Clinical-Radiological Heterogeneity Within Intermediate Spinal Instability Neoplastic Scores (7-12): Factors Associated with Instrumented Stabilization in a Su… — World neurosurgery 2026 8. Evaluating the Performance of Intraoperative Ultrasound in Treating Pituitary Adenomas Through the Endoscopic Endonasal Route. — Operative neurosurgery 2026 9. Surpass evolve flow diverter in intracranial aneurysms: results from a single-center cohort with extended follow-up. — Acta neurochirurgica 2026 10. Intraoperative technological advances and new frontiers in precision glioma surgery. — Journal of neuro-oncology 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/y6f8ucepxe
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  This Week in Neurosurgery — Jul 2, 2026 02.07.2026 14min

  Welcome to This Week in Neurosurgery. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning motion preservation in spine surgery, advanced intraoperative mapping and oncology, and critical updates in vascular and skull base interventions. Let's dive in… This week's papers: 1. Posterior lumbar facet arthroplasty versus fusion for the treatment of spondylolisthesis: 3-year results from the Total Posterior Spine System investigational… — Neurosurgical Focus 2026 2. Total disc replacement versus lumbar interbody fusion for degenerative disc disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. — Neurosurgical Focus 2026 3. Long-term reoperation risk after cervical disc arthroplasty versus fusion: a level-matched meta-analysis of FDA investigational device exemption studies and in… — Neurosurgical Focus 2026 4. Safety and Efficacy of 3-Month Versus 6-Month Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Pipeline Embolization Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms. — Neurosurgery 2026 5. Outcomes after cervical disc replacement compared with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion at medium- to long-term follow-up: a propensity score-matched Tr… — Neurosurgical Focus 2026 6. Comparative analysis of the efficacy and safety of dural sealants in preventing complications after craniotomy: a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-a… — Acta Neurochirurgica 2026 7. Multi-antigen-targeting T cells in pediatric central nervous system tumors: a phase 1 trial. — Nature Medicine 2026 8. Reoperation risks between 1-level and 2-level cervical disc arthroplasty: analysis of a cohort of patients from a national spine registry. — Neurosurgical Focus 2026 9. Survival After Surgery for Spinal Osteosarcoma and the Role of Chemotherapy and Treatment Sequencing: A National Cohort Multivariable Analysis. — Neurosurgery 2026 10. Isocitrate Dehydrogenase-1 Mutation Status and Dynamic Subcortical Motor Mapping Using Ultrasonic Aspirator Stimulation. — Operative Neurosurgery 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/xg4nvf2rfu
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  This Week in Neurosurgery — Jun 23, 2026 23.06.2026 14min

  Welcome to This Week in Neurosurgery. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning pediatric cerebrospinal fluid management, advanced techniques in functional and spinal neurosurgery, and critical decision-making in geriatric trauma and neuro-… This week's papers: 1. Trends in Patient Portal Messages, Office Visits, and Telephone Encounters. — JAMA 2026 2. CT-positive traumatic brain injury in patients >= 80 years: mortality and 6-months functional outcome. — Acta Neurochirurgica 2026 3. Outside-in foraminal access for cervical dumbbell tumors: a surgical paradigm shift with technical insights and clinical outcomes. — Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2026 4. Vagus nerve stimulation for refractory epilepsy: a 24-year single-center experience. — Journal of Neurosurgery 2026 5. Clinical efficacy analysis of percutaneous balloon compression in patients with trigeminal neuralgia. — Journal of Neurosurgery 2026 6. Physical activity and patient-reported outcomes after decompressive endoscopic lumbar spine surgery. — Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2026 7. Incomplete tumor resection, central neuroradiological review, and second surgery in pediatric patients with intracranial ependymoma treated in the E-HIT2000 tr… — Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics 2026 8. Late cerebrospinal fluid shunt infections: a Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study. — Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics 2026 9. Surgical complications in early versus late intervention centers for progressive posthemorrhagic ventricular dilatation in preterm infants: a multicenter analy… — Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics 2026 10. AI for prognosis and treatment stratification in glioblastoma neurosurgery: a systematic review. — Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/vudd8jrdxa
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  This Week in Neurosurgery — Jun 16, 2026 16.06.2026 11min

  Welcome to This Week in Neurosurgery. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning major advances in neuro-oncology, the rapidly evolving world of brain-computer interfaces and neuromodulation, and new evidence to refine our daily clinical pra… This week's papers: 1. Activity-dependent adaptive deep brain stimulation improves gait in Parkinson's disease. — Nature medicine 2026 2. Long-term independent use of an intracortical brain-computer interface for speech and cursor control. — Nature medicine 2026 3. The critical role of the endogenous immune compartment after CAR T cell therapy in recurrent GBM. — Cell 2026 4. Does semicircular canal radiation increase the risk of new vestibulopathy after Gamma Knife radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma? — Journal of neuro-oncology 2026 5. The Lumboperitoneal Shunt Study: A Systematic Review and Single-Arm Meta-Analysis of 2696 Patients. — Neurosurgery 2026 6. Safety and Efficacy of Combined Prophylactic Intraventricular Administration of Vancomycin and Gentamicin on External Ventricular Drain-Related Infection Rate:… — Neurosurgery 2026 7. Implementation of Statewide Opioid Prescribing Guidelines in Spine Surgery: A MSSIC Study. — Neurosurgery 2026 8. Clinical Relevance of Early Cranial Computed Tomography-Imaging After Elective Brain Tumor Surgery in Children and Adolescents. — Neurosurgery 2026 9. Diagnostic utility of liquid biopsies in pediatric brain tumors: a systematic review. — Journal of neuro-oncology 2026 10. General-purpose large language models outperform specialized clinical AI tools on medical benchmarks. — Nature medicine 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/6e9uzbuhcp
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  This Week in Neurosurgery — Jun 9, 2026 09.06.2026 9min

  Welcome to This Week in Neurosurgery. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning neurovascular innovations, updates in the management of complex brain tumors, and new approaches in pediatric and diagnostic neurosurgery. Let's dive in. In ce… This week's papers: 1. The Revolve Study: A Multicenter Registry Using the Flow Diverter Surpass Evolve® Device for the Endovascular Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms. — Neurosurgery 2026 2. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery in clipping surgery for unruptured cerebral aneurysm: prospective nonrandomized controlled trial. — Journal of neurosurgery 2026 3. Targeting VAMP5 suppresses PLK1-driven growth of gliomas with high NDRG4 expression. — Journal of neuro-oncology 2026 4. Anatomy of the bony canal containing the middle meningeal artery for a vessel-sparing craniotomy in moyamoya disease. — Journal of neurosurgery 2026 5. Negative CSF mNGS Results and Early Shunt Placement in Post-Infectious Hydrocephalus: A Retrospective Cohort Study. — World neurosurgery 2026 6. Real-world outcomes of ADAPT using contemporary large-bore aspiration catheters versus combined techniques in acute ischemic stroke. — Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 2026 7. Giant skull base collision tumors in NF2-related schwannomatosis: longitudinal outcomes of planned selective resection. — Journal of neuro-oncology 2026 8. Quality of life and mental health in pediatric patients with low-grade CNS tumors treated with surgery alone. — Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics 2026 9. Evaluating rapid spine MRI in pediatric imaging: utility, outcomes, and patient selection. — Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics 2026 10. Malignant Transformation of Intracranial Epidermoid Tumors: A Systematic Review and Survival Analysis. — World neurosurgery 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/hqcdt4kska
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  This Week in Neurosurgery — May 28, 2026 28.05.2026 11min

  Welcome to This Week in Neurosurgery. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning neuro-oncology, spine surgery, and endovascular techniques. We'll also touch on new developments in liquid biopsies and take a critical look at some foundationa… This week's papers: 1. Intraoperative radiotherapy after resection of newly diagnosed brain metastases in adult patients - results of a prospective phase II trial (INTRAMET). — Journal of neuro-oncology 2026 2. Universal transcriptomic hallmarks of mammalian ageing and mortality. — Nature 2026 3. Does the timing of surgical decompression influence the neurological outcome after complete traumatic spinal cord Injury? A systematic review and Meta-Analysis. — Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 2026 4. Decompression with or without Duraplasty for Chiari I and Syringomyelia. — The New England journal of medicine 2026 5. Stereotactic Radiosurgery Versus Reoperation in Small Surgically Accessible Recurrent Glioblastoma. — Neurosurgery 2026 6. In Search of the "Eloquent Brain": History, Science, and Future. — Neurosurgery 2026 7. Liquid biopsy-based genomic risk score to predict neurologic death in non-small cell lung cancer patients. — Journal of neuro-oncology 2026 8. An Explainable Machine Learning Model Integrating Transcranial Doppler and Clinical Data to Predict Outcomes After Endovascular Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic… — World neurosurgery 2026 9. Temporal relationship between hematoma resolution and functional recovery after middle meningeal artery embolization for chronic subdural hematoma. — Journal of neurosurgery 2026 10. CSF ctDNA analysis guides molecular reclassification of diffuse glioma patients. — Journal of neuro-oncology 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/uxph23xhqf
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  This Week in Neurosurgery — May 21, 2026 21.05.2026 12min

  Welcome to This Week in Neurosurgery. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning neuro-oncology diagnostics and prognostics, the evolving landscape of neuromodulation and brain-computer interfaces, and a head-to-head comparison of treatments… This week's papers: 1. CSF ctDNA analysis guides molecular reclassification of diffuse glioma patients. — Journal of neuro-oncology 2026 2. Tinnitus. — Nature reviews. Disease primers 2026 3. Chronic Implantation of Planar Microelectrode Arrays as a Brain-Computer Interface: A Technical Note and Operational Workflow. — Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2026 4. Risk factors for postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leak following endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for craniopharyngioma: a multicenter cohort study with a c… — Journal of neuro-oncology 2026 5. Current evidence on the cell of origin of meningiomas disputes the arachnoid cap cell dogma. — Acta neurochirurgica 2026 6. Neural representation of action symbols in primate frontal cortex. — Nature 2026 7. Pathogenic germline variations and cancer risks in pediatric patients referred for genetic testing. — Nature medicine 2026 8. Transcranial ultrasound stimulation of motor networks in Parkinson's disease informed by local field potential dynamics. — Science translational medicine 2026 9. Bariatric Surgery Versus GLP-1RAs in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: A Propensity Matched Multi-Institutional Cohort. — Neurosurgery 2026 10. Impact of postoperative tumor volume and relative volume reduction to predict meningioma recurrence - a retrospective analysis. — Journal of neuro-oncology 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/yhkt4qh2bd
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  This Week in Neurosurgery — May 14, 2026 14.05.2026 11min

  Welcome to This Week in Neurosurgery. This week we're covering 8 notable papers spanning refining diagnostics and prognostics, optimizing surgical and procedural performance, and a look at the future of neurosurgical training and circuit-level techno… This week's papers: 1. Performance of traumatic encephalopathy syndrome criteria in identifying individuals with chronic traumatic encephalopathy. — Nature medicine 2026 2. Hemodynamic Changes in Contralateral Unoperated Hemispheres Following Unilateral Combined Bypass Surgery in Adult Patients With Moyamoya Disease. — Neurosurgery 2026 3. Cortical Diffusion-Enhancement Mismatch Sign: A Specific Imaging Biomarker for Differentiating Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma From Glioblastoma. — Neurosurgery 2026 4. Real-Time Artificial Intelligence Assistance in Neuroendovascular Therapy: Comparative Analysis of Elective and Emergency Procedures. — Neurosurgery 2026 5. Long-term editing of brain circuits using an engineered electrical synapse. — Nature 2026 6. Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: validation of the DESH score in the Capital Region of Denmark. — Acta neurochirurgica 2026 7. Enhancing Neurosurgical Training: A Comparative Study of Hybrid, Simulator-Based, and Body Donor-Based Dissection Courses. — World neurosurgery 2026 8. Benchmarking Surgical Outcomes for Endoscopic Transnasal Craniopharyngioma Resection: Implications for Clinical Practice From the RAPID Consortium. — Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/u24rfr6aam