
Academic Journal
Q3Neurosurgery Practice
About Neurosurgery Practice
Neurosurgery Practice is a scholarly journal published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q3, with an SJR of 0.272 and H-index of 4.
Coverage: 2020-2026. Research categories: Neurology (clinical) (Q3); Surgery (Q3).
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Topics in published research
Meningioma and schwannoma management; Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications; Head and Neck Surgical Oncology; Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment; Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances; Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment.
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2026-08 · DOI: 10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000278A Validation of the Tarlov Cyst Quality-of-Life Scale in Patients Surgically Treated for Intrasacral Meningoceles
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2026-08 · DOI: 10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000280Impact of Cervical Sagittal Alignment Changes on Postoperative C5 Palsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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2026-08 · DOI: 10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000276Pediatric Neurosurgery Procedural Coding: Current Lay of the Land
Meena Vessell, Ryan S. Chung, Randaline Barnett, Kristin Zieles et al.
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000254Protocol for Development of Guidelines for Rapid Restoration of Readiness
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2026-08 · DOI: 10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000274Surgical Reduction Techniques and Outcomes for Cervical Spondyloptosis: A Technical Report and Case Series
Gordon Mao, Barnabas Obeng-Gyasi, Anoop S. Chinthala, Kenneth L. Virgin et al.
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000272Posterior Cervical Fixation: Accuracy and Safety of Free-Hand Inserted Screws
Veera Kivistö, Eero Ylipulli, Heikki Mäntymäki, Antti Ronkainen et al.
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000273Automated Generation and Human Evaluation of Neurosurgical Board Examination Self-Assessment Questions
Anton Alyakin, Jaden Stryker, Daniel Alexander Alber, Jin Vivian Lee et al.
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000275Unsolicited Patient Complaints in Spine Surgery: An In-Depth Study of How and Why They Occur
Harsh Jain, Hani Chanbour, Iyan Younus, Omar Zakieh et al.
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000271A Radiomics-Driven Model to Distinguish Between Clinically Similar Myxopapillary Ependymomas and Lumbosacral Schwannomas
Adhith Palla, Nicolas K. Goff, Blake Perdikis, Hammad A. Khan et al.
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000268Middle Fossa Craniotomy With Hydroxyapatite Cement as a Structural Repair for Noniatrogenic Cranial Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks: A Case Series
Kelly Shaftel, Abdullah Al Tekreeti, Kristen Angster, Laura Brainard et al.
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000265Accuracy of Surgeon's Estimate of Gross Total Resection After Endoscopic Endonasal Trans-sphenoidal Surgery for Non–Hormone-Producing Pituitary Macroadenomas: Does It Matter?
Jesse D. Lawrence, Parsa Nilchian, Jeffrey Shi, Steven Zeldin et al.
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000269Comparison of Bilateral and Unilateral Chronic Subdural Hematomas: A Retrospective Multi-institutional Cohort Study
Anoop S. Chinthala, Trenton A. Line, Barnabas Obeng-Gyasi, Gordon Mao et al.
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000261Autologous Fat Grafting to Prevent Erosion and Pain Over Neuromodulation Hardware: Technical Case Series
Noah J. Lubin, Jermaine Robertson, Melissa Janssen, Sima Mofakham et al.
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000267Do Cellular Allografts Improve Spinal Fusion Enough to Justify Their Cost and Potential Risk? A Systematic Review of Efficacy, Safety, and Cost
Duby D. Okonkwo, Harsh Jain, Advith Sarikonda, Iyan Younus et al.
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000266Case Series of Intraoperative Indocyanine Green Angiography Findings in Minimally Invasive Surgical Ligation of Cerebrospinal Fluid-Venous Fistulas
Jason K. Lim, Alan Balu, John Page, Ryan Gensler et al.
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000259Anterior Cervical Osteophyte Thinning for Forestier's Disease: A Case Series, Scoring System and Treatment Algorithm
Max S. Fleisher, Nanami L. Miyazaki, Thomas Hong, Mark R. Fleisher et al.
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000263Beyond Publication Counts: Trends in Neurosurgical Publishing via a Retrospective Analysis of the Arms Race Control Score
Clayton R. Baker, Sameer Sundrani, Astoria Chao, Austin Hilvert et al.
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000262Reviews
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