Publications

Abdulbaki A, Almarzooq O, Chaurasia B, Samii A, Samii M, Krauss JK, et al. Surgery in the Semi-Sitting Position: A Worldwide Survey among Neurosurgeons. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2026. doi.org/10.1055/a-2930-4165

Aftahy AK, Giordano M, Koehnen N, Bertalanffy H, Fahlbusch R, Di Rocco C, et al. Intraoperative MRI in pediatric brain tumor surgery: an 18-year single-center experience. Childs Nerv Syst 2026;42(1):170. doi.org/10.1007/s00381-026-07281-1

Bianconi A, Hohenhaus M, Cofano F, Giordano M, Cepeda S, Garbossa D. Editorial: Artificial intelligence in neurosurgical practices: current trends and future opportunities. Front Neurol 2026;17:1925792. doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2026.1925792

Brand F, Rose LS, Akbarzadeh AH, Weber CAM, Eckert I, Schmidt G, et al. Germline variants in ATM, BRCA2, other cancer predisposition and novel candidate genes are implicated in glioma risk in adult glioma patients with a familial or personal history of tumors. Acta Neuropathol 2026;151(1):6. doi.org/10.1007/s00401-025-02972-6

Delbridge C, Hou HX, Hielscher T, Wiestler B, Negwer C, Schenck L, et al. Prognostic impact of radiotherapy timing in WHO grade 2 and 3 meningiomas utilizing an integrated molecular-morphologic classification. J Neurooncol 2026;177(2):67. doi.org/10.1007/s11060-026-05508-4

Giordano M, Iaccarino F, Aftahy AK, Krzemien T, Marzooq OA, Samii A. Level-Specific Analysis of Intraoperative Computed Tomography-Navigated vs Fluoroscopy-Assisted Lumbar Pedicle Screw Placement Accuracy: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Int J Spine Surg 2026:8930. doi.org/10.14444/8930

Götz GF. Do we still need the crystal ball to predict the outcome of acute stroke? Eur Radiol 2026;36(9):7346-7348. doi.org/10.1007/s00330-026-12527-2

Iaccarino F, Dugoni DE, Pavesi G, Landi A, Gallieni M, Aftahy AK, et al. Level-specific accuracy of robotic-assisted versus fluoroscopy-assisted lumbar pedicle screw placement: a retrospective comparative cohort study. J Robot Surg 2026;20(1):680. doi.org/10.1007/s11701-026-03659-0

Loens S, Stenger R, Hamami F, Münchau A, Paulus T, Weissbach A, et al. Validation of clinical ratings of cervical dystonia using computer-generated avatars. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2026;142:107975. doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2025.107975

Muhammad S, Schieferdecker S, Haenggi D. Long-term clinical outcome after extracranial-intracranial bypass surgery for atherosclerotic vessel occlusion in patients with diminished cerebrovascular reserve capacity and recurrent ischaemic events despite medical management. Stroke Vasc Neurol 2026:svn-2025-004748. doi.org/10.1136/svn-2025-004748

Perrelli A, Ahmed A, Onisiforou A, Boulday G, Zalvide J, Pombo CM, et al. Identification of the adhesion GPCR ADGRL4/ELTD1 as a novel potential prognostic biomarker for cerebral cavernous malformation disease. Mol Med 2026;32(1):98. doi.org/10.1186/s10020-026-01495-4

Teichmann N, Subhash S, Giordano M, Ahmed A, Geffers R, Samii M, et al. Transcriptome-wide profiling of cystic and solid vestibular schwannomas reveals candidate long non-coding RNA signatures. Mol Biol Rep 2026;53(1):1273. doi.org/10.1007/s11033-026-12429-y

Theuer AE, Schierbaum N, Niessner H, Sinnberg TW, Schäffer TE, Lang F, et al. Tumor Destructive Mechanical Impulse (TMI) Treatment of Solid Tumors. Part II: Biomechanics, Computational Simulation, Technical Generator and Applicator Design, and Physiological Effect. Cell Physiol Biochem 2026;60(1):30-43. doi.org/10.33594/000000844

Theuer AE, Exner S, Thomas I, Lang F, Mullins JD, Warlick J, et al. Tumor Destructive Mechanical Impulse (TMI) Treatment of Solid Tumors. Part III: Transcranial Application, Immune Profile, Blood-Brain Barrier, Neuroprotection, Neuromodulation and Neurostimulation. Cell Physiol Biochem 2026;60(2):175-188. doi.org/10.33594/000000859

Theuer AE, Exner S, Thomas I, Lang F, Warlick J, Mullins JD, et al. Tumor Destructive Mechanical Impulse (TMI) Treatment of Solid Tumors. Part IV: Palliative Management of Painful Bone Metastases, Pain Relief - and Beyond. Cell Physiol Biochem 2026;60(5):503-517. doi.org/10.33594/000000885

Bertalanffy H, Gallieni M, Mahmoodi R, Fahlbusch R, Kar S, Di Rocco C. Surgical Treatment of Optic Pathway Hypothalamic Gliomas. Adv Tech Stand Neurosurg 2025;55:17-45. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-90762-3_2

Dietrich CF, Wüstner M, Jenssen C, Merkel D, Bleck JS. Daylight Sonography: Clinical Relevance of Color-Tinted Ultrasound Imaging. Life (Basel) 2025;15(11):1672. doi.org/10.3390/life15111672

Giordano M, Iaccarino F, Almarzooq O, Aftahy AK, Kabelitz U, Samii M, et al. Intraoperative computed tomography guided navigation for atlantoaxial screw placement: Accuracy and safety analysis. J Craniovertebr Junction Spine 2025;16(4):417-422. doi.org/10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_148_25

Goldberg M, Eisenkolb VM, Aftahy AK, Negwer C, Meyer HS, Gempt J, et al. Validity of evidence-based recommendations by a large language model for interdisciplinary board decisions in neurooncology: An explorative study and critical evaluation. Digit Health 2025;11:20552076251384604. doi.org/10.1177/20552076251384604

Hermann EJ, Hertz S, Nakamura M, Terkamp C, Kinfe TM, Stolle S, et al. Cabergoline-induced cerebrospinal fluid fistulae in macroprolactinomas. Langenbecks Arch Surg 2025;410(1):151. doi.org/10.1007/s00423-025-03722-8

Hofmann BB, Khan D, Fischer I, Hänggi D, Muhammad S. Deep immunophenotyping in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a prospective and controlled clinical study. J Neuroinflammation 2025;23(1):33. doi.org/10.1186/s12974-025-03578-1

Hofmann V, Maleki M, Brown H, Quick T, Samii M, Rasulić L, et al. Reintegration into Work after Traumatic Brachial Plexus Injuries: A Selective Literature Review of Experiences from Various Global Regions. World Neurosurg 2025;194:123632. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2024.123632

Iaccarino F, Dugoni DE, Pavesi G, Landi A, Gallieni M, Giordano M, et al. Robotic spine surgery compared with fluoroscopic-assisted surgery: advantages, disadvantages, future perspectives. J Robot Surg 2025;19(1):474. doi.org/10.1007/s11701-025-02654-1

Khan MM, Shah N, Iqbal J, El-Ghandour NMF, Vukic M, Lawton M, et al. Evaluating artificial intelligence models for rupture risk prediction in unruptured intracranial aneurysms: a focus on vessel geometry and hemodynamic insights. Neurosurg Rev 2025;48(1):539. doi.org/10.1007/s10143-025-03689-6

Lenarz T, Solzbacher F, Rieth L, Leber M, Adams ME, Salcher R, et al. The auditory nerve implant-concept and device description of a novel electrical auditory prosthesis. Bioelectron Med 2025;11(1):26. doi.org/10.1186/s42234-025-00188-3

Marchesini N, Kamalo P, Foroglou N, Garozzo D, Gonzalez-Lopez P, Ivanov M, et al. In Reply: The Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries' Perspective on Global Neurosurgery Collaborations. Neurosurgery 2025;97(5):e171-e172. doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000003553

Marchesini N, Kamalo P, Foroglou N, Garozzo D, Gonzalez-Lopez P, Ivanov M, et al. The Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries' Perspective on Global Neurosurgery Collaborations. Neurosurgery 2025;96(6):1290-1300. doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000003230

Theuer AE, Thomas I, Lang F, Borkmann M, Mullins JD, Eigentler TK, et al. Tumor Destructive Mechanical Impulse (TMI) Treatment of Solid Tumors. Part I: Animal Experiments, Clinical Application and Immunological Abscopal Effect. Cell Physiol Biochem 2025;59(6):800-810. doi.org/10.33594/000000828

Alimohamadi M, Pour-Rashidi A, Larijani A, Rahmani M, Hendi K, Shariat Moharari R, et al. Perioperative seizure in patients undergoing brain mapping under awake craniotomy for language-related eloquent region gliomas: a prospective study. J Neurosurg Sci 2024;68(4):439-446. doi.org/10.23736/S0390-5616.22.05675-2

Elmarawany MN, El Malky I, Winklhofer S, Katan M, Kar S, Baltsavias G. Outcomes of Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Cancer Patients: A Single-Center Experience and Meta-Analysis. Neurol Clin Pract 2024;14(5):e200320. doi.org/10.1212/CPJ.0000000000200320

Giordano M, Gallieni M, Samii M, Samii A. "Curtain-fall" technique for cerebrospinal fluid leak prevention after removal of intradural drainage. Technical note: application in chronic subdural hematoma surgery. Neurosurg Rev 2024;47(1):161. doi.org/10.1007/s10143-024-02412-1

Hofmann BB, Donaldson DM, Neyazi M, Abusabha Y, Beseoglu K, Hänggi D, et al. Clinical Outcome Prediction of Early Brain Injury in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: the SHELTER-Score. Neurocrit Care 2024;40(2):438-447. doi.org/10.1007/s12028-023-01879-y

Hofmann BB, Fischer I, Neyazi M, Karadag C, Donaldson DM, Abusabha Y, et al. Revisiting the WFNS Score: Native Computed Tomography Imaging Improves Identification of Patients With "False Poor Grade" Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurosurgery 2024;94(3):515-523. doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000002715

Kar S, Perrelli A, Bali KK, Mastrocola R, Kar A, Khan B, et al. Identification of galectin-3 as a novel potential prognostic/predictive biomarker and therapeutic target for cerebral cavernous malformation disease. Genes Dis 2024;11(1):67-71. doi.org/10.1016/j.gendis.2023.02.045

Li K, Khan D, Fischer I, Hänggi D, Cornelius JF, Muhammad S. CLR (C-Reactive Protein to Lymphocyte Ratio) Served as a Promising Predictive Biomarker for Cerebral Vasospasm in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (aSAH): A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Clin Med 2024;13(4):940. doi.org/10.3390/jcm13040940

Muhammad S, Zhang R, Filler T, Hänggi D, Meling TR. Trans-lateral ventricular approach for surgical treatment of high-located P2-P3 junction posterior cerebral artery aneurysms: from anatomical research to clinical application. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2024;166(1):50. doi.org/10.1007/s00701-024-05942-1

Zhang R, Hänggi D, Köskemeier P, Muhammad S. Virtual reality guided focused Sylvian approach for clipping unruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysms. Front Surg 2024;11:1411396. doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2024.1411396

Gerganov V, Petrov M, Sakelarova T. Schwannomas of Brain and Spinal Cord. Adv Exp Med Biol 2023;1405:331-362. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23705-8_12

Giordano M, Gallieni M, Zaed I, Wrede KH, Lüdemann WO, Samii A. Craniotomy tools: description of a test model for the evaluation of craniotome blade efficiency. Br J Neurosurg 2023;37(5):1391-1394. doi.org/10.1080/02688697.2020.1859086

Hastreiter P, Maliachova O, Fahlbusch R, Doerfler A, Buchfelder M, Naraghi R. Comparing 1.5 T and 3.0 T MR data for 3D visualization of neurovascular relationships in the posterior fossa. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2023;165(12):3853-3866. doi.org/10.1007/s00701-023-05878-y

Hofmann BB, Fischer I, Donaldson DM, Abusabha Y, Karadag C, Muhammad S, et al. Evaluation of MTT Heterogeneity of Perfusion CT Imaging in the Early Brain Injury Phase: An Insight into aSAH Pathopysiology. Brain Sci 2023;13(5):824. doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13050824

Hofmann BB, Karadag C, Rubbert C, Schieferdecker S, Neyazi M, Abusabha Y, et al. Novel Insights into Pathophysiology of Delayed Cerebral Ischemia: Effects of Current Rescue Therapy on Microvascular Perfusion Heterogeneity. Biomedicines 2023;11(10):2624. doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11102624

Massimi L, Palombi D, Musarra A, Bianchi F, Frassanito P, Tamburrini G, et al. Adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma: evolution in the management. Childs Nerv Syst 2023;39(10):2613-2632. doi.org/10.1007/s00381-023-06143-4

Petrov M, Laleva M, Fidanov M, Gerganov V, Velinov N, Baltov A, et al. Bilateral posterior fracture - dislocation of the shoulders after epileptic seizure in patients with cerebral meningiomas. Triple E syndrome - Review of the literature. Trauma Case Rep 2023;44:100788. doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2023.100788

Petrov M, Sakelarova T, Gerganov V. Other Nerve Sheath Tumors of Brain and Spinal Cord. Adv Exp Med Biol 2023;1405:363-376. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23705-8_13

Romagna A, Sperker S, Lumenta C, Tomasino A, Schwartz C, Lehmberg J, et al. Robot-assisted versus navigated transpedicular spine fusion: A comparative study. Int J Med Robot 2023;19(2):e2500. doi.org/10.1002/rcs.2500

Samii A, Giordano M, Samii M. Retrosigmoid Intradural Suprameatal Approach: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg 2023. doi.org/10.1227/ons.0000000000001030

Weber CAM, Krönke N, Volk V, Auber B, Förster A, Trost D, et al. Rare germline variants in POLE and POLD1 encoding the catalytic subunits of DNA polymerases ε and δ in glioma families. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2023;11(1):184. doi.org/10.1186/s40478-023-01689-5

Hastreiter P, Bischoff B, Fahlbusch R, Doerfler A, Buchfelder M, Naraghi R. Data fusion and 3D visualization for optimized representation of neurovascular relationships in the posterior fossa. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2022;164(8):2141-2151. doi.org/10.1007/s00701-021-05099-1

Hendi K, Rahmani M, Larijani A, Ajam Zibadi H, Raminfard S, Shariat Moharari R, et al. Changes in Cognitive Functioning After Surgical Resection of Language-related, Eloquent-area, High-grade Gliomas Under Awake Craniotomy. Cogn Behav Neurol 2022;35(2):130-139. doi.org/10.1097/WNN.0000000000000307

Marchesini N, Ivanov M, Lafuente J, Sala F, Foroglou N, Visocchi M, et al. Global neurosurgery amongst the EANS community: Where are we at? Brain Spine 2022;2:100911. doi.org/10.1016/j.bas.2022.100911

Raab P, Banan R, Akbarian A, Esmaeilzadeh M, Samii M, Samii A, et al. Differences in the MRI Signature and ADC Values of Diffuse Midline Gliomas with H3 K27M Mutation Compared to Midline Glioblastomas. Cancers (Basel) 2022;14(6):1397. doi.org/10.3390/cancers14061397

Samii M. Asian Journal of Neurosurgery with Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers. Asian J Neurosurg 2022;17(1):1. doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1749112

Schöning JV, Flitsch J, Lüdecke DK, Fahlbusch R, Buchfelder M, Buslei R, et al. Multiple tumorous lesions of the pituitary gland. Hormones (Athens) 2022;21(4):653-663. doi.org/10.1007/s42000-022-00392-9

Wan XY, Li LH, Chen J, Wang JW, Liu YC, Huang YM, et al. Surgical Technique and Efficacy Analysis of Extra-pseudocapsular Transnasal Transsphenoidal Surgery for Pituitary Microprolactinoma. Curr Med Sci 2022;42(6):1140-1147. doi.org/10.1007/s11596-022-2678-1

Warmbier J, Lüdecke DK, Flitsch J, Buchfelder M, Fahlbusch R, Knappe UJ, et al. Typing of inflammatory lesions of the pituitary. Pituitary 2022;25(1):131-142. doi.org/10.1007/s11102-021-01180-1

Xu Y, Wan XY, Li LH, Chen J, Wang JW, Shu K, et al. Extra-pseudocapsular Transnasal Transsphenoidal Resection of Pituitary Macroadenoma: Technique Note and Evaluation of Endocrine Function. Curr Med Sci 2022;42(6):1148-1156. doi.org/10.1007/s11596-022-2674-5

Zaed I, Bossi B, Ganau M, Tinterri B, Giordano M, Chibbaro S. Current state of benefits of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) in spinal surgeries: A systematic review of the literature. Neurochirurgie 2022;68(1):61-68. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuchi.2021.04.007

Banan R, Akbarian A, Samii M, Samii A, Bertalanffy H, Lehmann U, et al. Diffuse midline gliomas, H3 K27M-mutant are associated with less peritumoral edema and contrast enhancement in comparison to glioblastomas, H3 K27M-wildtype of midline structures. PLoS One 2021;16(8):e0249647. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249647

Calandrelli R, Pilato F, Marrazzo A, Massimi L, Panfili M, Di Rocco C, et al. Computer tomography-based quantitative analysis of the orbital proptosis severity in infants with syndromic craniosynostosis: case-control study. Childs Nerv Syst 2021;37(5):1659-1668. doi.org/10.1007/s00381-021-05062-6

Di Rocco C, Kestle JRW, Hayward R, Taylor JA. Introduction. Controversies in the management of single-suture craniosynostosis. Neurosurg Focus 2021;50(4):E1. doi.org/10.3171/2021.1.FOCUS2130

Förster A, Brand F, Banan R, Hüneburg R, Weber CAM, Ewert W, et al. Rare germline variants in the E-cadherin gene CDH1 are associated with the risk of brain tumors of neuroepithelial and epithelial origin. Acta Neuropathol 2021;142(1):191-210. doi.org/10.1007/s00401-021-02307-1

Gallieni M, Zaed I, Fahlbusch R, Giordano M. Transsphenoidal approach in children with partially or minimally developed sphenoid sinus. Childs Nerv Syst 2021;37(1):131-136. doi.org/10.1007/s00381-020-04757-6

Huang C, Bertalanffy H, Kar S, Tsuji Y. Microsurgical management of midbrain cavernous malformations: does lesion depth influence the outcome? Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2021;163(10):2739-2754. doi.org/10.1007/s00701-021-04915-y

Manava P, Naraghi R, Schmieder R, Fahlbusch R, Doerfler A, Lell MM, et al. 3D-Visualization of Neurovascular Compression at the Ventrolateral Medulla in Patients with Arterial Hypertension. Clin Neuroradiol 2021;31(2):335-345. doi.org/10.1007/s00062-020-00916-z

Sablone S, Gallieni M, Leggio A, Cazzato G, Puzo P, Santoro V, et al. Torkildsen's Ventriculocisternostomy First Applications: The Anthropological Evidence of a Young Slavic Soldier Who Died in the Torre Tresca Concentration Camp (Bari, Italy) in 1946. Biology (Basel) 2021;10(12):1231. doi.org/10.3390/biology10121231

Samii A, Sorokin M, Kar S, Makovskaia L, Garazha A, Hartmann C, et al. Case of multifocal glioblastoma with four fusion transcripts of ALK, FGFR2, NTRK2, and NTRK3 genes stresses the need for tumor tissue multisampling for transcriptomic analysis. Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud 2021;7(4):a006100. doi.org/10.1101/mcs.a006100

Scholz DS, Heldmann M, Mohammadi B, Münte TF, Altenmüller E. Neural Plasticity in a French Horn Player with Bilateral Amelia. Neural Plast 2021;2021:4570135. doi.org/10.1155/2021/4570135

Thomas C, Federico A, Sill M, Bens S, Oyen F, Nemes K, et al. Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor (AT/RT) With Molecular Features of Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma. Am J Surg Pathol 2021;45(9):1228-1234. doi.org/10.1097/PAS.0000000000001694

Valença MM, de Azevedo Filho HRC, de Souza Ferreira MR, Valença MA, Krymchantowski AV, Valença MF, et al. Secondary stabbing headache associated with intracranial tumors, aneurysms, and arteriovenous malformation: An alarming warning sign. Headache 2021;61(1):80-89. doi.org/10.1111/head.14045

van Vugt FT, Hartmann K, Altenmüller E, Mohammadi B, Margulies DS. The impact of early musical training on striatal functional connectivity. Neuroimage 2021;238:118251. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118251

Xiao Z, Samii M, Wang J, Pan Q, Xu Z, Ju H. Training model for the intraluminal continuous suturing technique for microvascular anastomosis. Sci Rep 2021;11(1):4862. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84619-6

Zaed I, Cannizzaro D, Tinterri B, Giordano M, Ganau M, Chibbaro S. Letter to the Editor: "Investing in Teaching Research Skills to Residents in Neurosurgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic". World Neurosurg 2021;145:519-520. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2020.10.027

Calandrelli R, Pilato F, Massimi L, Panfili M, Marrazzo A, Di Rocco C, et al. Craniofacial Sutural Pattern and Surgical Management in Patients With Different Degrees of Trigonocephaly Severity. J Comput Assist Tomogr 2020;44(3):374-379. doi.org/10.1097/RCT.0000000000001002

Calandrelli R, Pilato F, Massimi L, Marrazzo A, Panfili M, Di Rocco C, et al. Orbito-facial dysmorphology in patients with different degrees of trigonocephaly severity: quantitative morpho-volumetric analysis in infants with non-syndromic metopic craniosynostosis. Childs Nerv Syst 2020;36(6):1263-1273. doi.org/10.1007/s00381-019-04456-x

Calandrelli R, Pilato F, Massimi L, Panfili M, Di Rocco C, Colosimo C. Posterior Cranial Fossa Maldevelopment in Infants with Repaired Open Myelomeningoceles: Double Trouble or a Dynamic Process of Posterior Cranial Fossa Abnormalities? World Neurosurg 2020;141:e989-e997. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2020.06.106

Di Rocco C. Jim Tait Goodrich. Childs Nerv Syst 2020;36(10):2187-2188. doi.org/10.1007/s00381-020-04804-2

Giordano M, Fahlbusch R. Endocrinology Essentials for Neurosurgeons. Neurol India 2020;68(Supplement):S2-S6. doi.org/10.4103/0028-3886.287666

Giordano M, Gerganov V, Metwali H, Gallieni M, Samii M, Samii A. Imaging features and classification of peritumoral edema in vestibular schwannoma. Neuroradiol J 2020;33(2):169-173. doi.org/10.1177/1971400919896253

Guo S, Gerganov V, Giordano M, Samii A, Samii M. Elderly Patients with Frontobasal and Suprasellar Meningiomas: Safety and Efficacy of Tumor Removal via Frontolateral Approach. World Neurosurg 2020;135:e452-e458. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2019.12.029

Kar S, Geffers R, Samii A, Bertalanffy H. Library Preparation for Small RNA Transcriptome Sequencing in Patients Affected by Cerebral Cavernous Malformations. Methods Mol Biol 2020;2152:467-478. doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0640-7_35

Kirlangic ME, Al-Qadhi S, Hauptmann C, Freund HJ. A Matlab toolbox for analyzing repetitive movements: application in gait and tapping experiments. Biomed Tech (Berl) 2020;65(4):447-459. doi.org/10.1515/bmt-2018-0189

Metwali H, De Luca A, Ibrahim T, Leemans A, Samii A. Data-Driven Identification of the Regions of Interest for Fiber Tracking in Patients with Brain Tumors. World Neurosurg 2020;143:e275-e284. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2020.07.107

Metwali H, Raemaekers M, Ibrahim T, Samii A. Inter-Network Functional Connectivity Changes in Patients With Brain Tumors: A Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. World Neurosurg 2020;138:e66-e71. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2020.01.177

Metwali H, Raemaekers M, Kniese K, Samii A. Intraoperative Resting-State Functional Connectivity and Resting-State Networks in Patients with Intracerebral Lesions: Detectability and Variations Between Sessions. World Neurosurg 2020;133:e197-e204. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2019.08.188

Metwali H, Raemaekers M, Ibrahim T, Samii A. The Fluctuations of Blood Oxygen Level-Dependent Signals as a Method of Brain Tumor Characterization: A Preliminary Report. World Neurosurg 2020;142:e10-e17. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2020.04.134

Mohammadi B, Münte TF, Cole DM, Sami A, Boltzmann M, Rüsseler J. Changed functional connectivity at rest in functional illiterates after extensive literacy training. Neurol Res Pract 2020;2:12. doi.org/10.1186/s42466-020-00058-0

Mohammadi B, Szycik GR, Te Wildt B, Heldmann M, Samii A, Münte TF. Structural brain changes in young males addicted to video-gaming. Brain Cogn 2020;139:105518. doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2020.105518

Pilato F, Pravatà E, Battaglia D, Calandrelli R, Massimi L, Di Rocco C, et al. Multimodal assessment of motor pathways and intracortical connections in functional hemispherectomy. Childs Nerv Syst 2020;36(12):3085-3093. doi.org/10.1007/s00381-020-04617-3

Ruggieri M, Polizzi A, Marceca GP, Catanzaro S, Praticò AD, Di Rocco C. Introduction to phacomatoses (neurocutaneous disorders) in childhood. Childs Nerv Syst 2020;36(10):2229-2268. doi.org/10.1007/s00381-020-04758-5

Ruggieri M, Polizzi A, Catanzaro S, Bianco ML, Praticò AD, Di Rocco C. Neurocutaneous melanocytosis (melanosis). Childs Nerv Syst 2020;36(10):2571-2596. doi.org/10.1007/s00381-020-04770-9

Starnoni D, Giammattei L, Cossu G, Link MJ, Roche PH, Chacko AG, et al. Surgical management for large vestibular schwannomas: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and consensus statement on behalf of the EANS skull base section. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2020;162(11):2595-2617. doi.org/10.1007/s00701-020-04491-7

Calandrelli R, Pilato F, Massimi L, Panfili M, Di Rocco C, Colosimo C. The unseen third dimension: a novel approach for assessing head shape severity in infants with isolated sagittal synostosis. Childs Nerv Syst 2019;35(8):1351-1356. doi.org/10.1007/s00381-019-04246-5

Di Rocco C. Should we stop using the term "malformation" for Chiari type I? Childs Nerv Syst 2019;35(10):1649-1650. doi.org/10.1007/s00381-019-04311-z

Fahlbusch R. The role of neurosurgery in medulla oblongata GBM, a challenge. Neurosurg Focus Video 2019;1(2):Editorial1. doi.org/10.3171/2019.10.FocusVid.Editorial1

Feletti A, d'Avella D, Wikkelsø C, Klinge P, Hellström P, Tans J, et al. Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Complications in the European Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Multicenter Study. Oper Neurosurg 2019;17(1):97-102. doi.org/10.1093/ons/opy232

Giordano M, Gallieni M, Metwali H, Fahlbusch R, Samii M, Samii A. Can Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Be Helpful in the Surgical Resection of Parasellar Meningiomas? A Case Series. World Neurosurg 2019;132:e577-e584. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2019.08.070

Giordano M, Dugoni D, Bertalanffy H. Improving results in patients with foramen magnum meningiomas by translating surgical experience into a classification system and complexity score. Neurosurg Rev 2019;42(4):859-866. doi.org/10.1007/s10143-018-01060-6

Giordano M, Samii A, Samii M, Nabavi A. Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Assessment of Vestibular Schwannomas: Systematic Approach, Methodology, and Pitfalls. World Neurosurg 2019;125:e820-e823. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2019.01.176

Giordano M, Bianconi A, Gallieni M, Metwali H, Samii M, Samii A. Prognostic Significance of Preoperative Geometric Changes in the Internal Acoustic Canal for Hearing Preservation in Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery. World Neurosurg 2019;132:e223-e227. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2019.08.194

Giordano M, Gallieni M, Zaed I, Samii A. Use of Frameless Stereotactic Navigation System Combined with Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging and 5-Aminolevulinic Acid. World Neurosurg 2019;131:32-37. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2019.07.171

Giordano M, Zaed I. Value of magnetic resonance imaging in predicting BRAF mutation in craniopharyngiomas. Transl Cancer Res 2019;8(Suppl 2):S97-S98. doi.org/10.21037/tcr.2018.10.21

Granna J, Nabavi A, Burgner-Kahrs J. Computer-assisted planning for a concentric tube robotic system in neurosurgery. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg 2019;14(2):335-344. doi.org/10.1007/s11548-018-1890-8

Massimi L, Pennisi G, Frassanito P, Tamburrini G, Di Rocco C, Caldarelli M. Chiari type I and hydrocephalus. Childs Nerv Syst 2019;35(10):1701-1709. doi.org/10.1007/s00381-019-04245-6

Matsushima K, Kohno M, Bertalanffy H. Microsurgical resection of medullary cavernoma via the olivary zone by the retrosigmoid supracondylar approach. Neurosurg Focus Video 2019;1(2):V7. doi.org/10.3171/2019.10.FocusVid.19293

Matsushima K, Kohno M, Bertalanffy H. Resection of brainstem cavernous malformation via perifacial zone through retrosigmoid supracondylar approach. Neurosurg Focus Video 2019;1(1):V16. doi.org/10.3171/2019.7.FocusVid.1990

Metwali H, Raemaekers M, Kniese K, Kardavani B, Fahlbusch R, Samii A. Reliability of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Brain Tumors: A Critical Review and Meta-Analysis. World Neurosurg 2019;125:183-190. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2019.01.194

Metwali H, Raemaekers M, Kniese K, Samii A. Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Neurosurgical Patients Under Propofol Anesthesia: Detectability and Variability Between Patients and Between Sessions. World Neurosurg 2019;125:e1160-e1169. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2019.01.266

Metwali H, Samii A. Seed-Based Connectivity Analysis of Resting-State fMRI in Patients with Brain Tumors: A Feasibility Study. World Neurosurg 2019;128:e165-e176. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2019.04.073

Metwali H, Samii A, Gerganov V, Giordano M, Fahlbusch R, Samii M. The Significance of Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Resection of Skull Base Chordomas. World Neurosurg 2019;128:e185-e194. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2019.04.086

Mostofi K, Peyravi M, Moghaddam BG, Khouzani RK. Proposal of a new anatomical landmark to identify the disc space in endoscopic lumbar discectomy. J Craniovertebr Junction Spine 2019;10(1):39-41. doi.org/10.4103/jcvjs.JCVJS_103_18

Subhash S, Kalmbach N, Wegner F, Petri S, Glomb T, Dittrich-Breiholz O, et al. Transcriptome-wide Profiling of Cerebral Cavernous Malformations Patients Reveal Important Long noncoding RNA molecular signatures. Sci Rep 2019;9(1):18203. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54845-0

Tsuji Y, Kar S, Bertalanffy H. Microsurgical Management of Midbrain Cavernous Malformations: Predictors of Outcome and Lesion Classification in 72 Patients. Oper Neurosurg 2019;17(6):562-572. doi.org/10.1093/ons/opz026

von Wild T, Brunelli GA, von Wild KRH, Löhnhardt M, Catoi C, Catoi AF, et al. Regeneration of Denervated Skeletal Muscles - Brunelli's CNS-PNS Paradigm. J Med Life 2019;12(4):342-353. doi.org/10.25122/jml-2019-0063

Barba M, Di Pietro L, Massimi L, Geloso MC, Frassanito P, Caldarelli M, et al. BBS9 gene in nonsyndromic craniosynostosis: Role of the primary cilium in the aberrant ossification of the suture osteogenic niche. Bone 2018;112:58-70. doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2018.04.013

Buzdin A, Sorokin M, Garazha A, Sekacheva M, Kim E, Zhukov N, et al. Molecular pathway activation - New type of biomarkers for tumor morphology and personalized selection of target drugs. Semin Cancer Biol 2018;53:110-124. doi.org/10.1016/j.semcancer.2018.06.003

Dani SU, Walter GF. Chronic arsenic intoxication diagnostic score (CAsIDS). J Appl Toxicol 2018;38(1):122-144. doi.org/10.1002/jat.3512

Ebeling M, Lüdemann W, Frisius J, Karst M, Schedel I, Gerganov V, et al. Venous thromboembolic complications with and without intermittent intraoperative and postoperative pneumatic compression in patients with glioblastoma multiforme using intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging. A retrospective study. Neurochirurgie 2018;64(3):161-165. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuchi.2018.04.007

Giordano M, Samii A, Fahlbusch R. Aggressive somatotrophinomas lacking clinical symptoms: neurosurgical management. Neurosurg Rev 2018;41(4):999-1005. doi.org/10.1007/s10143-017-0940-y

Giordano M, Gerganov VM, Gallieni M, Samii A, Samii M. Evaluation of Olfactory Outcome After Frontolateral Approach for Treatment of Suprasellar Tumors. World Neurosurg 2018;114:e1002-e1006. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2018.03.131

Giordano M, Gallieni M, Samii A, Di Rocco C, Samii M. Surgical management of cerebellopontine angle arachnoid cysts associated with hearing deficit in pediatric patients. J Neurosurg Pediatr 2018;21(2):119-123. doi.org/10.3171/2017.8.PEDS17341

Hölsken A, Schwarz M, Gillmann C, Pfister C, Uder M, Doerfler A, et al. Characterization of the murine orthotopic adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma PDX model by MRI in correlation with histology. PLoS One 2018;13(5):e0197895. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197895

Ichimura S, Bertalanffy H, Nakaya M, Mochizuki Y, Fukaya R, Moriwaki G, et al. Improvement of Respiratory Depression in a Patient with Primary Medullary Hemorrhage Following Removal of Hematoma in the Half-sitting Position. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2018;79(2):186-190. doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1615296

Ichimura S, Bertalanffy H, Nakaya M, Mochizuki Y, Moriwaki G, Sakamoto R, et al. Surgical Treatment for Primary Brainstem Hemorrhage to Improve Postoperative Functional Outcomes. World Neurosurg 2018;120:e1289-e1294. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2018.09.055

Javadi SA, Hartmann C, Walter GF, Banan R, Samii A. IDH1 Mutation in Brain Stem Glioma: Case Report and Review of Literature. Asian J Neurosurg 2018;13(2):414-417. doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.228540

Kar S, Bali KK, Baisantry A, Geffers R, Hartmann C, Samii A, et al. Genome-Wide Sequencing Reveals Small Nucleolar RNAs Downregulated in Cerebral Cavernous Malformations. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2018;38(7):1369-1382. doi.org/10.1007/s10571-018-0602-9

Link MJ, Kondziolka D, Samii M. Introduction. Update on the treatment of acoustic tumors. Neurosurg Focus 2018;44(3):E1. doi.org/10.3171/2017.12.FOCUS17785

Massimi L, Battaglia D, Bianchi F, Peraio S, Peppucci E, Di Rocco C. Postoperative Epileptic Seizures in Children: Is the Brain Incision a Risk Factor? Neurosurgery 2018;82(4):465-472. doi.org/10.1093/neuros/nyx221

Metwali H, Elhakim A. Effects of Different Therapeutic Approaches on Diagnosis of Glioblastoma and Detection of Its Recurrence. World Neurosurg 2018;109:96-97. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2017.09.094

Metwali H, Gerganov V, Nery B, Aly A, Avila-Cervantes R, Samii M. Efficiency and Safety of Autologous Fat Grafts in Reconstructing Skull Base Defects After Resection of Skull Base Meningiomas. World Neurosurg 2018;110:249-255. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2017.11.084

Metwali H, Gerganov V, Samii M. In Reply to "Postoperative Residue Pneumocephalus Progress to Tension After Observation for 9 Years". World Neurosurg 2018;113:385. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2018.02.134

Metwali H, Kniese K, Fahlbusch R. Intraoperative Monitoring of the Integrity of the Anterior Visual Pathways: A Methodologic Review and Meta-Analysis. World Neurosurg 2018;110:217-225. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2017.11.039

Saeger W, Müller M, Buslei R, Flitsch J, Fahlbusch R, Buchfelder M, et al. Recurrences of Pituitary Adenomas or Second De Novo Tumors: Comparisons with First Tumors. World Neurosurg 2018;119:e118-e124. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2018.07.056

Sato Y, Mizutani T, Shimizu K, Freund HJ, Samii M. Retrosigmoid Intradural Suprameatal-Inframeatal Approach for Complete Surgical Removal of a Giant Recurrent Vestibular Schwannoma with Severe Petrous Bone Involvement: Technical Case Report. World Neurosurg 2018;110:93-98. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2017.10.176

Amirhossein JS, Arya N, Mario G, Amir S. In Reply: Evaluation of Diffusion Tensor Imaging-Based Tractography of the Corticospinal Tract: A Correlative Study With Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Direct Electrical Subcortical Stimulation. Neurosurgery 2017;81(1):E9-E10. doi.org/10.1093/neuros/nyx083

Babakhani B, Heroabadi A, Hosseinitabatabaei N, Schott M, Yekaninejad S, Jantzen JP, et al. Cerebral Oxygenation Under General Anesthesia Can Be Safely Preserved in Patients in Prone Position: A Prospective Observational Study. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2017;29(3):291-297. doi.org/10.1097/ANA.0000000000000319

Beyer U, Brand F, Martens H, Weder J, Christians A, Elyan N, et al. Rare ADAR and RNASEH2B variants and a type I interferon signature in glioma and prostate carcinoma risk and tumorigenesis. Acta Neuropathol 2017;134(6):905-922. doi.org/10.1007/s00401-017-1774-y

Black D, Hansen C, Nabavi A, Kikinis R, Hahn H. A Survey of auditory display in image-guided interventions. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg 2017;12(10):1665-1676. doi.org/10.1007/s11548-017-1547-z

Boltzmann M, Mohammadi B, Samii A, Münte TF, Rüsseler J. Structural changes in functionally illiterate adults after intensive training. Neuroscience 2017;344:229-242. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.12.049

Coburger J, Nabavi A, König R, Wirtz CR, Pala A. Contemporary use of intraoperative imaging in glioma surgery: A survey among EANS members. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2017;163:133-141. doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2017.10.033

Falk D, Pinsker MO, Mehdorn HM, Nabavi A. Intra-ventricular migration of a subcutaneous reservoir after neuroendoscopy. Childs Nerv Syst 2017;33(12):2079-2080. doi.org/10.1007/s00381-017-3606-8

Frassanito P, Tamburrini G, Massimi L, Peraio S, Caldarelli M, Di Rocco C. Problems of reconstructive cranioplasty after traumatic brain injury in children. Childs Nerv Syst 2017;33(10):1759-1768. doi.org/10.1007/s00381-017-3541-8

Giordano M, Samii A, Lawson McLean AC, Bertalanffy H, Fahlbusch R, Samii M, et al. Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging in pediatric neurosurgery: safety and utility. J Neurosurg Pediatr 2017;19(1):77-84. doi.org/10.3171/2016.8.PEDS15708

Hagel C, Buslei R, Buchfelder M, Fahlbusch R, Bergmann M, Giese A, et al. Immunoprofiling of glial tumours of the neurohypophysis suggests a common pituicytic origin of neoplastic cells. Pituitary 2017;20(2):211-217. doi.org/10.1007/s11102-016-0762-x

Javadi SA, Nabavi A, Giordano M, Faghihzadeh E, Samii A. Evaluation of Diffusion Tensor Imaging-Based Tractography of the Corticospinal Tract: A Correlative Study With Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Direct Electrical Subcortical Stimulation. Neurosurgery 2017;80(2):287-299. doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0000000000001347

Kar S, Bali KK, Baisantry A, Geffers R, Samii A, Bertalanffy H. Genome-Wide Sequencing Reveals MicroRNAs Downregulated in Cerebral Cavernous Malformations. J Mol Neurosci 2017;61(2):178-188. doi.org/10.1007/s12031-017-0880-6

Kodera T, Arishima H, Yamada S, Arai H, Akazawa A, Higashino Y, et al. Orbitozygomatic Craniotomy with Modified Zabramski's Technique: A Technical Note and Anatomic and Clinical Findings. World Neurosurg 2017;97:49-57. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2016.09.085

Lüdemann W, Banan R, Hartmann C, Bertalanffy H, Di Rocco C. Pediatric intracranial primary anaplastic ganglioglioma. Childs Nerv Syst 2017;33(2):227-231. doi.org/10.1007/s00381-016-3302-0

Mende KC, Matschke J, Burkhardt T, Saeger W, Buslei R, Buchfelder M, et al. Pituicytoma-An outlook on possible targeted therapies. CNS Neurosci Ther 2017;23(7):620-626. doi.org/10.1111/cns.12709

Metwali H, Fahlbusch R. Transcranial Evacuation of Atypical Progressive Supradiaphragmatic Hematoma After Transsphenoidal Complete Resection of Pituitary Adenoma. World Neurosurg 2017;102:487-493. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2017.03.071

Nabavi A, Schipper J. . HNO 2017;65(1):7-12.doi.org/10.1007/s00106-016-0248-1

Pedicelli A, Iacobucci M, Frassanito P, Lozupone E, Masselli G, Di Rocco C, et al. Prenatal Diagnosis and Multimodal Neonatal Treatment of a Rare Pial Arteriovenous Fistula: Case Report and Review of the Literature. World Neurosurg 2017;104:1050.e13-1050.e18. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2017.05.121

Samii M, Metwali H, Gerganov V. Efficacy of microsurgical tumor removal for treatment of patients with intracanalicular vestibular schwannoma presenting with disabling vestibular symptoms. J Neurosurg 2017;126(5):1514-1519. doi.org/10.3171/2016.4.JNS153020

Sato Y, Samii M. A technique for sequential, progressive clipping for a giant thrombosed distal anterior cerebral artery aneurysm: Technical note. Surg Neurol Int 2017;8:292. doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_326_17

Szycik GR, Mohammadi B, Hake M, Kneer J, Samii A, Münte TF, et al. Excessive users of violent video games do not show emotional desensitization: an fMRI study. Brain Imaging Behav 2017;11(3):736-743. doi.org/10.1007/s11682-016-9549-y

Tamburrini G, Mattogno PP, Narenthiran G, Caldarelli M, Di Rocco C. Cavum septi pellucidi cysts: a survey about clinical indications and surgical management strategies. Br J Neurosurg 2017;31(4):464-467. doi.org/10.1080/02688697.2016.1229743

Thimsen V, John N, Buchfelder M, Flitsch J, Fahlbusch R, Stefanits H, et al. Expression of SRY-related HMG Box Transcription Factors (Sox) 2 and 9 in Craniopharyngioma Subtypes and Surrounding Brain Tissue. Sci Rep 2017;7(1):15856. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15977-3

Vogt PM, Mett TR, Broelsch GF, Radtke C, Gellrich NC, Krauss JK, et al. Interdisciplinary reconstruction of oncological resections at the skull base, scalp and facial region. Surg Oncol 2017;26(3):318-323. doi.org/10.1016/j.suronc.2017.06.006

Barker FG, Fahlbusch R, Schwartz TH, Wisoff JH. Introduction: Craniopharyngioma: current and emerging treatment modalities. Neurosurg Focus 2016;41(6):E1. doi.org/10.3171/2016.9.FOCUS16405

Bertalanffy H. Avoidance of postoperative acute cerebellar swelling after pineal tumor surgery. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2016;158(1):59-62. doi.org/10.1007/s00701-015-2624-0

Coburger J, Merkel A, Scherer M, Schwartz F, Gessler F, Roder C, et al. Low-grade Glioma Surgery in Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Results of a Multicenter Retrospective Assessment of the German Study Group for Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Neurosurgery 2016;78(6):775-86. doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0000000000001081

Fahlbusch R, Samii A. Intraoperative MRI. Neurosurg Focus 2016;40(3):E3. doi.org/10.3171/2015.12.FOCUS15631

Fathi D, Mohammadi B, Dengler R, Böselt S, Petri S, Kollewe K. Lower motor neuron involvement in ALS assessed by motor unit number index (MUNIX): Long-term changes and reproducibility. Clin Neurophysiol 2016;127(4):1984-8. doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2015.12.023

Giordano M, Di Rocco C. Iatrogenic intradiploic cerebrospinal fluid collection. Childs Nerv Syst 2016;32(5):787-90. doi.org/10.1007/s00381-016-3037-y

Giordano M, Arraez C, Samii A, Samii M, Di Rocco C. Neurosurgical tools to extend tumor resection in pediatric hemispheric low-grade gliomas: iMRI. Childs Nerv Syst 2016;32(10):1915-22. doi.org/10.1007/s00381-016-3177-0

Hajiabadi M, Samii M, Fahlbusch R. A preliminary study of the clinical application of optic pathway diffusion tensor tractography in suprasellar tumor surgery: preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative assessment. J Neurosurg 2016;125(3):759-65. doi.org/10.3171/2015.6.JNS1546

Hölsken A, Sill M, Merkle J, Schweizer L, Buchfelder M, Flitsch J, et al. Adamantinomatous and papillary craniopharyngiomas are characterized by distinct epigenomic as well as mutational and transcriptomic profiles. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2016;4:20. doi.org/10.1186/s40478-016-0287-6

Kar S, Baisantry A, Nabavi A, Bertalanffy H. Role of Delta-Notch signaling in cerebral cavernous malformations. Neurosurg Rev 2016;39(4):581-9. doi.org/10.1007/s10143-015-0699-y

Kollewe K, Escher CM, Wulff DU, Fathi D, Paracka L, Mohammadi B, et al. Long-term treatment of chronic migraine with OnabotulinumtoxinA: efficacy, quality of life and tolerability in a real-life setting. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2016;123(5):533-40. doi.org/10.1007/s00702-016-1539-0

Massimi L, Izzo A, Paternoster G, Frassanito P, Di Rocco C. Arachnoid cyst: a further anomaly associated with Kallmann syndrome? Childs Nerv Syst 2016;32(9):1607-14. doi.org/10.1007/s00381-016-3154-7

Metwali H, Gerganov V, Fahlbusch R. Optic nerve mobilization to enhance the exposure of the pituitary stalk during craniopharyngioma resection: early experience. J Neurosurg 2016;125(3):683-8. doi.org/10.3171/2015.6.JNS141847

Mittlmeier T, Beck M, Bosch U, Wichelhaus A. . Orthopade 2016;45(1):54-64.doi.org/10.1007/s00132-015-3205-x

Mohammadi B, Hammer A, Miedl SF, Wiswede D, Marco-Pallarés J, Herrmann M, et al. Intertemporal choice behavior is constrained by brain structure in healthy participants and pathological gamblers. Brain Struct Funct 2016;221(6):3157-70. doi.org/10.1007/s00429-015-1093-9

Nakamura M, Samii A, Lang JM, Götz F, Samii M, Krauss JK. De Novo Arteriovenous Malformation Growth Secondary to Implantation of Genetically Modified Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Brain. Neurosurgery 2016;78(4):E596-600. doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0000000000001025

Niemeyer P, Albrecht D, Andereya S, Angele P, Ateschrang A, Aurich M, et al. Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) for cartilage defects of the knee: A guideline by the working group "Clinical Tissue Regeneration" of the German Society of Orthopaedics and Trauma (DGOU). Knee 2016;23(3):426-35. doi.org/10.1016/j.knee.2016.02.001

Novello M, Di Rocco C, Tamburrini G, Frassanito P, Aguirre DT, Rosenberg AE, et al. Recurrent adult-type fibrosarcoma of the frontal bone in a child. Childs Nerv Syst 2016;32(6):1169-73. doi.org/10.1007/s00381-015-2998-6

Samii M, Alimohamadi M, Gerganov V. Endoscope-assisted retrosigmoid infralabyrinthine approach to jugular foramen tumors. J Neurosurg 2016;124(4):1061-7. doi.org/10.3171/2015.3.JNS142904

Samii M, Metwali H, Gerganov V. Microsurgical management of vestibular schwannoma after failed previous surgery. J Neurosurg 2016;125(5):1198-1203. doi.org/10.3171/2015.8.JNS151350

Schaefer MB, Schaefer CA, Schifferings S, Kuhlmann CR, Urban A, Benscheid U, et al. N-3 vs. n-6 fatty acids differentially influence calcium signalling and adhesion of inflammatory activated monocytes: impact of lipid rafts. Inflamm Res 2016;65(11):881-894. doi.org/10.1007/s00011-016-0971-9

Stache C, Bils C, Fahlbusch R, Flitsch J, Buchfelder M, Stefanits H, et al. Drug priming enhances radiosensitivity of adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma via downregulation of survivin. Neurosurg Focus 2016;41(6):E14. doi.org/10.3171/2016.9.FOCUS16316

Teramoto S, Bertalanffy H. Predicting the necessity of anterior communicating artery division in the bifrontal basal interhemispheric approach. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2016;158(9):1701-8. doi.org/10.1007/s00701-016-2884-3

Thimsen V, Hölsken A, Buchfelder M, Flitsch J, Fahlbusch R, Stefanits H, et al. EpCAM (CD326) is differentially expressed in craniopharyngioma subtypes and Rathke's cleft cysts. Sci Rep 2016;6:29731. doi.org/10.1038/srep29731

Vaquero L, Hartmann K, Ripollés P, Rojo N, Sierpowska J, François C, et al. Structural neuroplasticity in expert pianists depends on the age of musical training onset. Neuroimage 2016;126:106-19. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.11.008

AbdAlla S, El Hakim A, Abdelbaset A, Elfaramawy Y, Quitterer U. Inhibition of ACE Retards Tau Hyperphosphorylation and Signs of Neuronal Degeneration in Aged Rats Subjected to Chronic Mild Stress. Biomed Res Int 2015;2015:917156. doi.org/10.1155/2015/917156

Aboud E, Aboud G, Al-Mefty O, Aboud T, Rammos S, Abolfotoh M, et al. "Live cadavers" for training in the management of intraoperative aneurysmal rupture. J Neurosurg 2015;123(5):1339-46. doi.org/10.3171/2014.12.JNS141551

Adelmanesh F, Jalali A, Jazayeri Shooshtari SM, Raissi GR, Ketabchi SM, Shir Y. Is There an Association Between Lumbosacral Radiculopathy and Painful Gluteal Trigger Points?: A Cross-sectional Study. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2015;94(10):784-91. doi.org/10.1097/PHM.0000000000000261

Alimohamadi M, Hajiabadi M, Gerganov V, Fahlbusch R, Samii M. Combined endonasal and sublabial endoscopic transmaxillary approach to the pterygopalatine fossa and orbital apex. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2015;157(6):919-29; discussion 929. doi.org/10.1007/s00701-015-2402-z

Babakhani B, Schott M, Hosseinitabatabaei N, Jantzen JP. Unanticipated Disturbance in Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in a Patient in Park-Bench Position. Turk J Anaesthesiol Reanim 2015;43(3):202-4. doi.org/10.5152/TJAR.2015.78700

Colasanti R, Tailor AR, Gorjian M, Zhang J, Ammirati M. Microsurgical and endoscopic anatomy of the extended retrosigmoid inframeatal infratemporal approach. Neurosurgery 2015;11 Suppl 2:181-9; discussion 189. doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0000000000000632

Frisius J, Ebeling M, Karst M, Fahlbusch R, Schedel I, Gerganov V, et al. Prevention of venous thromboembolic complications with and without intermittent pneumatic compression in neurosurgical cranial procedures using intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging. A retrospective analysis. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2015;133:46-54. doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2015.03.005

Giordano M, Nabavi A, Gerganov VM, Javadi AS, Samii M, Fahlbusch R, et al. Assessment of quantitative corticospinal tract diffusion changes in patients affected by subcortical gliomas using common available navigation software. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2015;136:1-4. doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2015.05.004

Hajiabadi M, Alimohamadi M, Fahlbusch R. Decision Making for Patients With Concomitant Pituitary Macroadenoma and Ophthalmologic Comorbidity: A Clinical Controversy. World Neurosurg 2015;84(1):147-53. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2015.02.043

Ichimura S, Fahlbusch R, Lüdemann W. Treatment of Hyponatremia with Tolvaptan in a Patient after Neurosurgical Treatment of a Pituitary Tumor: Case Report and Review of Literature. J Neurol Surg Rep 2015;76(2):e279-81. doi.org/10.1055/s-0035-1564605

Kar S, Samii A, Bertalanffy H. PTEN/PI3K/Akt/VEGF signaling and the cross talk to KRIT1, CCM2, and PDCD10 proteins in cerebral cavernous malformations. Neurosurg Rev 2015;38(2):229-36; discussion 236-7. doi.org/10.1007/s10143-014-0597-8

Kollewe K, Wurster U, Sinzenich T, Körner S, Dengler R, Mohammadi B, et al. Anti-ganglioside antibodies in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis revisited. PLoS One 2015;10(4):e0125339. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125339

López-Barroso D, Ripollés P, Marco-Pallarés J, Mohammadi B, Münte TF, Bachoud-Lévi AC, et al. Multiple brain networks underpinning word learning from fluent speech revealed by independent component analysis. Neuroimage 2015;110:182-93. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.12.085

Lüdemann W, Banan R, Samii A, Koutzoglou M, Di Rocco C. Cerebral Rosai-Dorfman disease. Childs Nerv Syst 2015;31(4):529-32. doi.org/10.1007/s00381-015-2629-2

Miermeister CP, Petersenn S, Buchfelder M, Fahlbusch R, Lüdecke DK, Hölsken A, et al. Histological criteria for atypical pituitary adenomas - data from the German pituitary adenoma registry suggests modifications. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2015;3:50. doi.org/10.1186/s40478-015-0229-8

Mohammadi B, Kollewe K, Cole DM, Fellbrich A, Heldmann M, Samii A, et al. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis affects cortical and subcortical activity underlying motor inhibition and action monitoring. Hum Brain Mapp 2015;36(8):2878-89. doi.org/10.1002/hbm.22814

Mostofi K, Karimi Khouzani R. Reliability of the Path of the Sciatic Nerve, Congruence between Patients' History and Medical Imaging Evidence of Disc Herniation and Its Role in Surgical Decision Making. Asian Spine J 2015;9(2):200-4. doi.org/10.4184/asj.2015.9.2.200

Niknejad HR, Samii A, Shen SH, Samii M. Huge familial colloid cyst of the third ventricle: An extraordinary presentation. Surg Neurol Int 2015;6(Suppl 11):S349-53. doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.161416

Pujol S, Wells W, Pierpaoli C, Brun C, Gee J, Cheng G, et al. The DTI Challenge: Toward Standardized Evaluation of Diffusion Tensor Imaging Tractography for Neurosurgery. J Neuroimaging 2015;25(6):875-82. doi.org/10.1111/jon.12283

Samii M, Alimohamadi M, Khouzani RK, Rashid MR, Gerganov V. Comparison of Direct Side-to-End and End-to-End Hypoglossal-Facial Anastomosis for Facial Nerve Repair. World Neurosurg 2015;84(2):368-75. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2015.03.029

Samii M, Giordano M, Metwali H, Almarzooq O, Samii A, Gerganov VM. Prognostic Significance of Peritumoral Edema in Patients With Vestibular Schwannomas. Neurosurgery 2015;77(1):81-5; discussion 85-6. doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0000000000000748

Samii M, Alimohamadi M, Gerganov V. Surgical Treatment of Jugular Foramen Schwannoma: Surgical Treatment Based on a New Classification. Neurosurgery 2015;77(3):424-32; discussion 432. doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0000000000000831

Schult D, Hölsken A, Siegel S, Buchfelder M, Fahlbusch R, Kreitschmann-Andermahr I, et al. EZH2 is highly expressed in pituitary adenomas and associated with proliferation. Sci Rep 2015;5:16965. doi.org/10.1038/srep16965

Schweizer L, Capper D, Hölsken A, Fahlbusch R, Flitsch J, Buchfelder M, et al. BRAF V600E analysis for the differentiation of papillary craniopharyngiomas and Rathke's cleft cysts. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2015;41(6):733-42. doi.org/10.1111/nan.12201

Smith MJ, Isidor B, Beetz C, Williams SG, Bhaskar SS, Richer W, et al. Mutations in LZTR1 add to the complex heterogeneity of schwannomatosis. Neurology 2015;84(2):141-7. doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000001129

Yao Y, Ulrich NH, Guggenberger R, Alzarhani YA, Bertalanffy H, Kollias SS. Quantification of Corticospinal Tracts with Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Brainstem Surgery: Prognostic Value in 14 Consecutive Cases at 3T Magnetic Resonance Imaging. World Neurosurg 2015;83(6):1006-14. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2015.01.045

Alimohamadi M, Samii M. Suprajugular extension of the retrosigmoid approach. J Neurosurg 2014;121(3):764-5. doi.org/10.3171/2014.5.JNS141010

Altenmüller E, Siggel S, Mohammadi B, Samii A, Münte TF. Play it again, Sam: brain correlates of emotional music recognition. Front Psychol 2014;5:114. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00114

Elolf E. "Never trust a smiling cat!"- accuracy and IGS in skull base surgery. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2014;75(3):246-7. doi.org/10.1055/s-0033-1343988

Gerganov V, Metwali H, Samii A, Fahlbusch R, Samii M. Microsurgical resection of extensive craniopharyngiomas using a frontolateral approach: operative technique and outcome. J Neurosurg 2014;120(2):559-70. doi.org/10.3171/2013.9.JNS122133

Gerganov VM, Giordano M, Elolf E, Osamah A, Amir S, Madjid S. Operative management of patients with radiosurgery-related trigeminal neuralgia: analysis of the surgical morbidity and pain outcome. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2014;122:23-8. doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2014.04.016

ManafiRad A, Farzadfar F, Habibi L, Azhdarzadeh M, Aghaverdi H, Tehrani KH, et al. Is amyloid-β an innocent bystander and marker in Alzheimer's disease? Is the liability of multivalent cation homeostasis and its influence on amyloid-β function the real mechanism? J Alzheimers Dis 2014;42(1):69-85. doi.org/10.3233/JAD-140321

Metwali H, Samii M, Samii A, Gerganov V. The peculiar cystic vestibular schwannoma: a single-center experience. World Neurosurg 2014;82(6):1271-5. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2014.07.011

Paterno' V, Fahlbusch R. High-Field iMRI in transsphenoidal pituitary adenoma surgery with special respect to typical localization of residual tumor. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2014;156(3):463-74; discussion 474. doi.org/10.1007/s00701-013-1978-4

Samii M, Alimohamadi M, Gerganov V. Endoscope-assisted retrosigmoid intradural suprameatal approach for surgical treatment of trigeminal schwannomas. Neurosurgery 2014;10 Suppl 4:565-75; discussion 575. doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0000000000000478

Ulrich NH, Ahmadli U, Woernle CM, Alzarhani YA, Bertalanffy H, Kollias SS. Diffusion tensor imaging for anatomical localization of cranial nerves and cranial nerve nuclei in pontine lesions: initial experiences with 3T-MRI. J Clin Neurosci 2014;21(11):1924-7. doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2014.03.027

Bertalanffy H, Gerganov VM. Microsurgical or radiosurgical management of intracranial cavernomas. Acta Neurochir Suppl 2013;116:103-6. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1376-9_16

Columbano L, Samii M, Samii A, Giordano M, Luedemann W. Intradural prostate carcinoma metastatic lesion mimicking an exophytic ependymoma: case report. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2013;115(7):1131-3. doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.09.005

Giordano M, Gerganov VM, Metwali H, Fahlbusch R, Samii A, Samii M, et al. Feasibility of cervical intramedullary diffuse glioma resection using intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging. Neurosurg Rev 2013. doi.org/10.1007/s10143-013-0510-x

Hellwig D, Giordano M, Kappus C. Redo third ventriculostomy. World Neurosurg 2013;79(2 Suppl):S22.e13-20. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2012.02.006

Keric N, Burger R, Elolf E, Wrede A, Rohde V. Temporobasal, transsphenoidal meningoencephalocele becoming symptomatic with spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea: diagnostic work-up and microsurgical strategy. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2013;74 Suppl 1:e111-5. doi.org/10.1055/s-0032-1327444

Samii A, Gerganov VM. The dedicated endoscopic operating room. World Neurosurg 2013;79(2 Suppl):S15.e19-22. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2012.02.029

Samii M, Metwali H, Samii A, Gerganov V. Retrosigmoid intradural inframeatal approach: indications and technique. Neurosurgery 2013;73(1 Suppl Operative):ons53-9; discussion ons60. doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182889e59

Steiner L, Steiner M. Closed focus beam neurosurgery: variation on a theme. World Neurosurg 2013;80(1-2):87-8. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2013.03.044

von Wild KR. "Quidquid agis prudenter agas et respice finem"--whatever you do, do it wisely and consider the end. World Neurosurg 2013;80(5):464-6. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2012.11.031

Wiedmann R, Rosahl SK, Brinker T, Samii M, Nakamura M. Effect of acute and chronic bilateral visual deafferentation on c-Fos immunoreactivity in the visual system of adult rats. Exp Brain Res 2013;229(4):595-607. doi.org/10.1007/s00221-013-3623-0

Columbano L, Lüdemann WO, Stieglitz LH, Samii M. Repetitive cerebrospinal fluid flushing in a preterm newborn with posthaemorrhagic hydrocephalus. Technical note and review of literature. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2012;114(6):691-5. doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.11.021

Gerganov VM, Samii M. Giant vestibular schwannomas. World Neurosurg 2012;77(5-6):627-8. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2011.10.008

Gerganov VM, Giordano M, Samii A, Samii M. Surgical treatment of patients with vestibular schwannomas after failed previous radiosurgery. J Neurosurg 2012;116(4):713-20. doi.org/10.3171/2011.12.JNS111682

Giordano M, Gerganov VM, Samii A, Samii M. Intradural extraneural bilobate ganglion cyst of the atlanto-occipital joint compressing the hypoglossal nerve. J Clin Neurosci 2012;19(3):472-3. doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2011.04.035

Giordano M, Gerganov VM, Draf W, Fahlbusch R. Sphenoid sinus pyocele after transsphenoidal approach for pituitary adenoma. Pituitary 2012;15(2):188-92. doi.org/10.1007/s11102-011-0305-4

Pirayesh Islamian A, Buslei R, Saeger W, Fahlbusch R. Pituicytoma: overview of treatment strategies and outcome. Pituitary 2012;15(2):227-36. doi.org/10.1007/s11102-011-0317-0

Samii M, Gerganov VM. Functional imaging in brain surgery. Handb Clin Neurol 2012;104:127-34. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-52138-5.00009-8

Samii M, Gerganov VM, Freund HJ. Restorative neurosurgery of the cortex: resections of pathologies of the central area can improve preexisting motor deficits. Neurosurg Rev 2012;35(2):277-86; discussion 286. doi.org/10.1007/s10143-011-0361-2

Samii M, Gerganov VM. Tumors of the cerebellopontine angle. Handb Clin Neurol 2012;105:633-9. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-53502-3.00013-6

Bertalanffy H, Tissira N, Krayenbühl N, Bozinov O, Sarnthein J. Inter- and intrapatient variability of facial nerve response areas in the floor of the fourth ventricle. Neurosurgery 2011;68(1 Suppl Operative):23-31; discussion 31. doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0b013e31820781fb

Fahlbusch R. Development of intraoperative MRI: a personal journey. Acta Neurochir Suppl 2011;109:9-16. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-99651-5_2

Gerganov VM, Giordano M, Samii M, Samii A. Diffusion tensor imaging-based fiber tracking for prediction of the position of the facial nerve in relation to large vestibular schwannomas. J Neurosurg 2011;115(6):1087-93. doi.org/10.3171/2011.7.JNS11495

Gerganov VM, Pirayesh A, Nouri M, Hore N, Luedemann WO, Oi S, et al. Hydrocephalus associated with vestibular schwannomas: management options and factors predicting the outcome. J Neurosurg 2011;114(5):1209-15. doi.org/10.3171/2010.10.JNS1029

Gerganov VM, Samii A, Giordano M, Samii M, Fahlbusch R. Two-dimensional high-end ultrasound imaging compared to intraoperative MRI during resection of low-grade gliomas. J Clin Neurosci 2011;18(5):669-73. doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2010.08.017

Gerganov VM, Samii A, Stieglitz L, Giordano M, Luedemann WO, Samii M, et al. Typical 3-D localization of tumor remnants of WHO grade II hemispheric gliomas--lessons learned from the use of intraoperative high-field MRI control. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2011;153(3):479-87. doi.org/10.1007/s00701-010-0911-3

Giordano M, Lüdemann WO, Stieglitz L, Gerganov VM, Columbano L, Samii A, et al. Identification of venous variants in the pineal region with three-dimensional preoperative magnetic resonance imaging navigation in patients harbouring tumors in this area: significance for surgical approach to the lesion. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2011;113(5):387-92. doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2010.12.019

Heile A, Brinker T. Clinical translation of stem cell therapy in traumatic brain injury: the potential of encapsulated mesenchymal cell biodelivery of glucagon-like peptide-1. Dialogues Clin Neurosci 2011;13(3):279-86. doi.org/10.31887/DCNS.2011.13.2/aheile

Kleinschmidt K, Klinge PM, Stopa E, Wallrapp C, Glage S, Geigle P, et al. Alginate encapsulated human mesenchymal stem cells suppress syngeneic glioma growth in the immunocompetent rat. J Microencapsul 2011;28(7):621-7. doi.org/10.3109/02652048.2011.599441

Mohammadi B, Kollewe K, Samii A, Dengler R, Münte TF. Functional neuroimaging at different disease stages reveals distinct phases of neuroplastic changes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Hum Brain Mapp 2011;32(5):750-8. doi.org/10.1002/hbm.21064

Samii M, Gerganov VM. Petroclival meningiomas: quo vadis? World Neurosurg 2011;75(3-4):424. doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2010.12.035

Ahmed SK, Murata H, Draf W. Clivus chordoma: is it enough to image the primary site? Skull Base 2010;20(2):111-3. doi.org/10.1055/s-0029-1225533

Baltes S, Freund I, Lewis AL, Nolte I, Brinker T. Doxorubicin and irinotecan drug-eluting beads for treatment of glioma: a pilot study in a rat model. J Mater Sci Mater Med 2010;21(4):1393-402. doi.org/10.1007/s10856-009-3803-4

Columbano L, Stieglitz LH, Wrede KH, Samii A, Samii M, Luedemann WO. Anatomic study of the quadrigeminal cistern in patients with 3-dimensional magnetic resonance cisternography. Neurosurgery 2010;66(5):991-8; discussion 998. doi.org/10.1227/01.NEU.0000368384.06288.4C

Gerganov VM, Giordano M, Herold C, Samii A, Samii M. An electrophysiological study on the safety of the endoscope-assisted microsurgical removal of vestibular schwannomas. Eur J Surg Oncol 2010;36(4):422-7. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2009.11.003

Herold C, Knobloch K, Stieglitz LH, Samii A, Vogt PM. Magnetic resonance imaging-based breast volumetry in breast surgery: a transfer from neurosurgery. Plast Reconstr Surg 2010;125(1):17e-19e. doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181c2a2ab

Samii M, Gerganov VM, Samii A. Functional outcome after complete surgical removal of giant vestibular schwannomas. J Neurosurg 2010;112(4):860-7. doi.org/10.3171/2009.7.JNS0989

Samii M, Gerganov V, Giordano M, Samii A. Two step approach for surgical removal of petroclival meningiomas with large supratentorial extension. Neurosurg Rev 2010;34(2):173-9. doi.org/10.1007/s10143-010-0299-9

Stieglitz LH, Giordano M, Samii M, Luedemann WO. A new tool for frameless stereotactic placement of ventricular catheters. Neurosurgery 2010;67(3 Suppl Operative):ons131-5; discussion ons135. doi.org/10.1227/01.NEU.0000382964.72262.9A