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Neurosurgery — a weekly podcast briefing of the most significant peer-reviewed neurosurgery literature, synthesized from PubMed and delivered as ~10-minute audio. For practicing physicians. Generated by AudioScholar at audioscholar.cc. India edition.

  1. 2d ago

    This Week in Neurosurgery — Oct 28, 2026

    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 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/56qpxkunpf

  2. Oct 22

    This Week in Neurosurgery — Oct 21, 2026

    Editor's Pick: EGFR-targeted antibody-toxin conjugate in recurrent glioma: a phase 1 trial (Nature Medicine, 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 surgical risk mapping in brain tumors, radiation as an alternative or partner to surgery, spine surgery for rare and severe disease, and oper… 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 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/wpnx8acjqu

  3. Oct 15

    This Week in Neurosurgery — Oct 14, 2026

    Editor's Pick: Ventriculolumbar Irrigation Effects on Delayed Cerebral Infarction and Outcome After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Prospective Registry Study (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 cerebrospinal fluid and hemorrhage management, the evolving balance between surgery, radiosurgery and targeted therapy for skull base and intracranial tumors, a… 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 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/xab2nher4j

  4. Oct 8

    This Week in Neurosurgery — Oct 7, 2026

    Editor's Pick: In-Transit Deterioration and Hydrocephalus Development During Interhospital Transfer in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (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 cerebrovascular care from transfer to surveillance, complications and salvage strategies in spine surgery, and the evidence behind surgical decisions in tumors… This week's papers: 1. In-Transit Deterioration and Hydrocephalus Development During Interhospital Transfer in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. — Neurosurgery 2026 2. Tiny (≤3 mm) Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms: A 13-Year Contemporary Insight on Treatment Safety From a Multicenter Registry. — Neurosurgery 2026 3. Development of a prediction model for aneurysmal events to guide imaging surveillance in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. — Journal of Neurosurgery 2026 4. Angiographic classification of nonacute carotid artery occlusion to predict the feasibility and clinical outcomes of endovascular recanalization. — Journal of Neurosurgery 2026 5. Intrawound antibiotic use and postoperative surgical site infection in instrumented spine surgery: a statewide registry analysis of 24,015 patients from the Sp… — Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2026 6. Wound dehiscence following biportal endoscopic versus microscopic spine surgery for single-level lumbar decompression: a post hoc analysis of two randomized co… — Neurosurgical Focus 2026 7. Endoscopic repair of spontaneous ventral spinal cerebrospinal fluid leaks after failed open intradural surgery, and vice versa. — Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2026 8. Surgical characteristics and postoperative outcomes in a retrospective cohort study of patients with molecularly defined oligodendroglioma. — Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2026 9. Long-Term Outcomes of Endoscopic Endonasal Resection for Tuberculum Sella Meningiomas. — Neurosurgery 2026 10. The Kuopio Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Protocol Revisited: The Predictive Value of Cerebrospinal Fluid Tap Test. — Neurosurgery 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/zjtwt8hpcw

  5. Oct 1

    This Week in Neurosurgery — Sep 30, 2026

    Editor's Pick: Comparative Therapeutic Effectiveness and Complications of Anterior vs Posterior Surgical Approach in non-Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (OPLL) Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (World 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 degenerative cervical spine surgery, infection and thromboprophylaxis in neurosurgical and neurocritical care, cerebrovascular disease from aneurysm prevalence… This week's papers: 1. Comparative Therapeutic Effectiveness and Complications of Anterior vs Posterior Surgical Approach in non-Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (… — World Neurosurgery 2026 2. Is Preoperative Cervical Kyphosis a Fixed Structural Deformity in Compressive Myelopathy? A Longitudinal Dynamic Radiographs Analysis. — Neurosurgery 2026 3. Clinical outcomes following a hospital-wide transition from enoxaparin to tinzaparin for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in neurosurgical patients. — Acta Neurochirurgica 2026 4. Risk factors for postoperative intracranial infection after external ventricular drainage: a propensity score-matched cohort study. — World Neurosurgery 2026 5. When does rebleeding occur in subarachnoid hemorrhage? Revisiting rebleeding cases with a focus on blood pressure. — World Neurosurgery 2026 6. Risk factors for intracranial infection in traumatic brain injury patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. — World Neurosurgery 2026 7. Prevalence and risk factors of unruptured intracranial aneurysms in Chinese adults. — World Neurosurgery 2026 8. Recurrent Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumors: Anatomical Predictors of Gross-Total Resection with a Proposed Pituitary Resectability Score. — World Neurosurgery 2026 9. Ultra-Rapid β2-Transferrin Lateral Flow Immunoassay Enables Accurate Point-of-Care Detection of Cerebrospinal Fluid. — Neurosurgery 2026 10. Multidomain perioperative analysis of neurological deficits following adult Moyamoya revascularisation: A retrospective cohort study. — World Neurosurgery 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/paw9wgrgnx

  6. Sep 24

    This Week in Neurosurgery — Sep 23, 2026

    Editor's Pick: Malignant transformation of lower-grade glioma: contrast enhancement, extent of resection, and the natural history under interval-censored analysis (Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 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 neuro-oncology imaging and prognostication, surgical technique and efficiency across skull base and brainstem work, and the evolving technology and antithrombot… This week's papers: 1. Diffusion Anisotropy Predicts Directional Progression After Complete Resection of Frontal Glioblastoma. — Neurosurgery 2026 2. Malignant transformation of lower-grade glioma: contrast enhancement, extent of resection, and the natural history under interval-censored analysis. — Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2026 3. nTMS-determined cortical excitability is associated with overall survival in patients with motor-eloquent glioblastoma. — Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2026 4. Supplementary motor area syndrome in intracranial gliomas is not associated with worse survival. — Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2026 5. The value of the modified Knosp grade in pituitary adenoma surgery. — World Neurosurgery 2026 6. The retrosigmoid trans-middle cerebellar peduncle approach for pontine cavernous malformations: multicenter experience. — Acta Neurochirurgica 2026 7. Post-operative day one discharge following craniotomy for tumour resection. — Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2026 8. Direct Oral Anticoagulant Plus Single Versus Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Carotid Artery Stenting: A Multicenter Propensity-Matched Cohort Study. — Neurosurgery 2026 9. From beta thresholds to learned control: machine learning in adaptive deep brain stimulation. — Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2026 10. Posterior fossa ependymoma: a comprehensive review of molecular classification, management guidelines, and clinical outcomes (Part I of ependymomas across comp… — Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/hwf5rfaut6

  7. Sep 17

    This Week in Neurosurgery — Sep 16, 2026

    Editor's Pick: Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin Versus Unfractionated Heparin for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Adult Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (Neurosurgery, 2026) 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

  8. Sep 10

    This Week in Neurosurgery — Sep 9, 2026

    Editor's Pick: Long-Term Outcomes of Subtotal Resection for Large Vestibular Schwannomas: Results From the Acoustic Neuroma Subtotal Resection Study-Part II- Tumor Regrowth (Neurosurgery, 2026) 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. 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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Neurosurgery — a weekly podcast briefing of the most significant peer-reviewed neurosurgery literature, synthesized from PubMed and delivered as ~10-minute audio. For practicing physicians. Generated by AudioScholar at audioscholar.cc. India edition.