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Editor's Pick: Clinical cutoffs for plasma biomarkers to identify intracranial pathology in traumatic brain injury patients with Glasgow Coma Scale scores 13 to 15: a TRACK-TBI study (Journal of Neurosurgery, 2026)
This AudioScholar briefing is generated by artificial intelligence for healthcare professionals and trainees. It is not medical advice.
Welcome to This Week in Neurosurgery. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning neurotrauma and subdural disease, intraoperative diagnosis and monitoring in tumour surgery, and new guidance in epilepsy and spinal deformity surgery.
This week's papers:
1. Clinical cutoffs for plasma biomarkers to identify intracranial pathology in traumatic brain injury patients with Glasgow Coma Scale scores 13 to 15: a TRACK-T… — Journal of Neurosurgery 2026
2. Interhemispheric hygroma as a predictor of post-traumatic hydrocephalus after decompressive craniectomy: a phenotype-specific systematic review and meta-analys… — Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2026
3. Machine Learning Prediction of Treatment Failure After Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization for Subdural Hematoma. — Neurosurgery 2026
4. Diagnostic accuracy of neuropathological assessment across different diagnostic settings for high-grade gliomas: the added value of DNA methylation profiling. — Acta Neurochirurgica 2026
5. Near real-time intraoperative assessment of pituitary neuroendocrine tumors using stimulated Raman histology during endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery: compari… — Journal of Neurosurgery 2026
6. Intraoperative dorsal cochlear nucleus action potential monitoring in hearing preservation retrosigmoid surgery for vestibular schwannoma: a predictive analysi… — Journal of Neurosurgery 2026
7. Evaluating the impact of intraoperative neuromonitoring on neurological outcomes and extent of resection in pediatric supratentorial brain tumor surgery: a sys… — Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2026
8. Urgent versus scheduled resection in high-grade glioma: patient selection and healthcare utilization in a single-center cohort. — Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2026
9. American Epilepsy Society/Congress of Neurological Surgeons Epilepsy Surgery Clinical Practice Guideline. — Neurosurgery 2026
10. Is There a Cervical Alignment Threshold Warranting Cervical Inclusion in the Construct? — Neurosurgery 2026
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22 Oct 2026
This Week in Neurosurgery — Oct 21, 2026
This AudioScholar briefing is generated by artificial intelligence for healthcare professionals and trainees. It is not medical advice.
Welcome to This Week in Neurosurgery. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning new strategies and surg…
This week's papers:
1. EGFR-targeted antibody-toxin conjugate in recurrent glioma: a phase 1 trial. — Nature Medicine 2026
2. Basal forebrain glioma: Clinical characteristics and surgical treatment. — Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2026
3. Longitudinal motor recovery trajectories in brainstem glioma associated with preoperative DTI-based corticospinal tract involvement patterns. — Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2026
4. Long term outcomes and predictors of recurrence in central neurocytomas: a 35-year multi-institutional experience. — Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2026
5. Rethinking the limits: SRS for ≥20 brain metastases with favorable brain and hippocampal doses. — Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2026
6. Stereotactic body radiation therapy in elderly patients with spinal metastases. — Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2026
7. Surgical management of spinal and sacral osteosarcoma: a retrospective single-institution case series. — Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2026
8. Clinical outcomes of nonambulatory patients caused by ossification of the ligamentum flavum in the thoracic spine. — Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2026
9. Combining responsive neurostimulation with resection or ablation for treatment of epilepsy: a multicenter experience. — Journal of Neurosurgery 2026
10. Spatial localization patterns in MRI-negative Cushing disease: a comparative pituitary heat map analysis. — Journal of Neurosurgery 2026
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15 Oct 2026
This Week in Neurosurgery — Oct 14, 2026
This AudioScholar briefing is generated by artificial intelligence for healthcare professionals and trainees. It is not medical advice.
Welcome to This Week in Neurosurgery. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning cerebrospinal fluid and…
This week's papers:
1. Ventriculolumbar Irrigation Effects on Delayed Cerebral Infarction and Outcome After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Prospective Registry Study. — Neurosurgery 2026
2. Charge Comparison of Standalone Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization to Non-surgical Medical Management for Chronic Subdural Hematoma - A Propensity Score Matc… — World Neurosurgery 2026
3. Safety and Efficacy of Repeat Surgery for Recurrent Craniopharyngiomas: A RAPID Consortium Collaboration. — Neurosurgery 2026
4. Neoadjuvant Treatment of BRAFV600E Papillary Craniopharyngiomas: A Case Series. — Operative Neurosurgery 2026
5. Comparative Outcomes of Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Surgical Resection for Radiation-Induced Meningiomas. — Neurosurgery 2026
6. The Contemporary Association of Hospital volume with Outcomes of Surgery for Vestibular Schwannoma in the United States. — World Neurosurgery 2026
7. Risk stratification for unfavorable outcome after resection of selected brain metastases in patients with multiple brain metastases. — Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2026
8. Morphological subtypes of Chiari malformation type I and clinical outcomes after posterior fossa decompression. — Journal of Neurosurgery 2026
9. Long-term dysphagia after multilevel anterior decompressive surgery for cervical myelopathy: findings from the phase III CSM-Protect trial. — Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2026
10. Durotomy Incidence in Degenerative Lumbar Spine Surgeries: A Systematic Review and Comparative Meta-Analysis of Proportions. — Neurosurgery 2026
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