title: The 100 Most Influential Articles in Cervical Spine Surgery.
abstract: Study Design Literature review. Objective To identify and analyze the top 100 cited articles in cervical spine surgery. Methods The Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge was searched for citations of all articles relevant to cervical spine surgery. The number of citations, authorship, year of publication, journal of publication, country of publication, and institution were recorded for each article. Results The most cited article was the classic from 1991 by Vernon and Mior that described the Neck Disability Index. The second most cited was Smith's 1958 article describing the anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion procedure. The third most cited article was Hilibrand's 1999 publication evaluating the incidence, prevalence, and radiographic progression of symptomatic adjacent segment disease following anterior cervical arthrodesis. The majority of the articles originated in the United States (65), and most were published in Spine (39). Most articles were published in the 1990s (34), and the three most common topics were cervical fusion (17), surgical complications (9), and biomechanics (9), respectively. Author Abumi had four articles in the top 100 list, and authors Goffin, Panjabi, and Hadley had three each. The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan, had five articles in the top 100 list. Conclusion This report identifies the top 100 articles in cervical spine surgery and acknowledges those individuals who have contributed the most to the advancement of the study of the cervical spine and the body of knowledge used to guide evidence-based clinical decision making in cervical spine surgery today.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States.
authors.forename: Branko
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Skovrlj
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Steinberger
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States.
authors.forename: Javier Z
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Guzman
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States.
authors.forename: Samuel C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Overley
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States.
authors.forename: Sheeraz A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States.
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Caridi
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States.
authors.forename: Samuel K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Cho
keywords: cervical spine; literature; most-cited; publication; surgery; top 100
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