Albert E. Telfeian

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
165 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

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Albert E. Telfeian is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Albert E. Telfeian has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Surgery, 111 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 21 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Albert E. Telfeian's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (108 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (71 papers) and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (30 papers). Albert E. Telfeian is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (108 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (71 papers) and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (30 papers). Albert E. Telfeian collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Colombia. Albert E. Telfeian's co-authors include Ziya L. Gokaslan, Adetokunbo A. Oyelese, Jared Fridley, Barry W. Connors, Ralf Wagner, Menno Iprenburg, Rohaid Ali, Anne Williamson, Sean M. Barber and Curtis E. Doberstein and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Neurophysiology.

In The Last Decade

Albert E. Telfeian

151 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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Performance of ChatGPT, GPT-4, and Google Bard on a Neurosurgery Oral Boards Preparation Question Bank

2023 215 citations Rohaid Ali, Oliver Y. Tang et al. Neurosurgery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Albert E. Telfeian United States	27	1.5k	1.3k	368	326	322	165	2.6k
David S. Xu United States	22	741 0.5×	667 0.5×	248 0.7×	86 0.3×	216 0.7×	97	2.0k
David W. Cadotte Canada	26	1.7k 1.1×	1.9k 1.5×	218 0.6×	58 0.2×	88 0.3×	64	3.0k
Martin N. Stienen Switzerland	28	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	154 0.4×	73 0.2×	813 2.5×	220	2.7k
Patrick H. Luetmer United States	29	1.1k 0.7×	958 0.7×	546 1.5×	62 0.2×	811 2.5×	75	3.7k
Jared Fridley United States	20	794 0.5×	539 0.4×	108 0.3×	292 0.9×	98 0.3×	112	1.6k
Aria Nouri Canada	31	3.0k 2.0×	2.9k 2.2×	158 0.4×	62 0.2×	100 0.3×	101	4.0k
Christopher D. Witiw Canada	28	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	177 0.5×	42 0.1×	115 0.4×	127	2.4k
Adetokunbo A. Oyelese United States	21	755 0.5×	494 0.4×	159 0.4×	295 0.9×	117 0.4×	92	1.6k
Muhammad M. Abd‐El‐Barr United States	24	901 0.6×	631 0.5×	292 0.8×	25 0.1×	49 0.2×	145	2.0k
Yasuhiro Shiga Japan	19	800 0.5×	656 0.5×	55 0.1×	64 0.2×	299 0.9×	148	1.3k

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Telfeian, Albert E., Sanjay Konakondla, & Jian Shen. (2025). Distance Patients Will Travel for Specialty Endoscopic Spine Surgery Care. The International Journal of Spine Surgery. 20(1). 126–129.

Sugiura, Kosuke, et al.. (2025). Transforaminal Full-Endoscopic Surgery for Lumbar Foraminal Pathologies: A Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Study. Neurosurgery. 96(3S). S51–S62. 1 indexed citations

Barber, Sean M., Taylor Reardon, Akshay J. Patel, et al.. (2024). Endoscopic Versus Traditional Thoracic Discectomy: A Multicenter Retrospective Case Series and Meta-Analysis. Neurosurgery. 96(1). 152–171. 6 indexed citations

Ali, Rohaid, Ian D. Connolly, Oliver Y. Tang, et al.. (2024). 337 Bridging the Literacy Gap for Surgical Consents: An AI-Human Expert Collaborative Approach. Neurosurgery. 70(Supplement_1). 99–99.

Hagel, Vincent, Xifeng Zhang, Huilin Yang, et al.. (2023). Durotomy- and Irrigation-Related Serious Adverse Events During Spinal Endoscopy: Illustrative Case Series and International Surgeon Survey. The International Journal of Spine Surgery. 17(3). 387–398. 15 indexed citations

Ali, Rohaid, Oliver Y. Tang, Ian D. Connolly, et al.. (2023). Performance of ChatGPT, GPT-4, and Google Bard on a Neurosurgery Oral Boards Preparation Question Bank. Neurosurgery. 93(5). 1090–1098. 215 indexed citations breakdown →

Ali, Rohaid, Oliver Y. Tang, Ian D. Connolly, et al.. (2023). Performance of ChatGPT and GPT-4 on Neurosurgery Written Board Examinations. Neurosurgery. 93(6). 1353–1365. 131 indexed citations

Mahan, Mark A., Sananthan Sivakanthan, Katherine A. Kelly, et al.. (2023). Full-endoscopic spine surgery diminishes surgical site infections – a propensity score-matched analysis. The Spine Journal. 23(5). 695–702. 31 indexed citations

Stone, Benjamin, George A. Anderson, Alan H. Daniels, et al.. (2023). Development of an Endoscopic Spine Surgery Program. JBJS Open Access. 8(3). 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xifeng, Vincent Hagel, Albert E. Telfeian, et al.. (2023). Endoscopic Posterior Cervical Decompression for Ossified Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: A Technical Note. The International Journal of Spine Surgery. 17(3). 356–363. 2 indexed citations

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Leary, Owen P., David D. Liu, Sohail Syed, et al.. (2022). Radiographic analysis of neuroforaminal and central canal decompression following lateral lumbar interbody fusion. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ). 10. 100110–100110. 4 indexed citations

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Hagan, Matthew, Owen P. Leary, Elias Shaaya, et al.. (2022). Navigation Techniques in Endoscopic Spine Surgery. BioMed Research International. 2022(1). 8419739–8419739. 14 indexed citations

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Leary, Owen P., Tianyi Niu, Ziya L. Gokaslan, et al.. (2022). Instrumentation choice and early radiographic outcome following lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF): Lateral instrumentation versus posterior pedicle screw fixation. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ). 12. 100176–100176. 3 indexed citations

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Hagan, Matthew, Owen P. Leary, Joaquin Camara‐Quintana, et al.. (2022). Socioeconomic and Psychosocial Predictors of Magnetic Resonance Imaging After Cervical and Thoracic Spine Trauma in the United States. World Neurosurgery. 161. e757–e766. 6 indexed citations

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Hagan, Matthew, Owen P. Leary, Rahul A. Sastry, et al.. (2022). Influence of socioeconomic factors on discharge disposition following traumatic cervicothoracic spinal cord injury at level I and II trauma centers in the United States. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ). 12. 100186–100186. 5 indexed citations

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Hagan, Matthew, Owen P. Leary, Rahul A. Sastry, et al.. (2022). Influence of Sociodemographic and Psychosocial Factors on Length of Stay After Surgical Management of Traumatic Spine Fracture with Spinal Cord Injury. World Neurosurgery. 166. e859–e871. 7 indexed citations

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Leary, Owen P., David D. Liu, Tianyi Niu, et al.. (2020). Three-Dimensional Printed Anatomic Modeling for Surgical Planning and Real-Time Operative Guidance in Complex Primary Spinal Column Tumors: Single-Center Experience and Case Series. World Neurosurgery. 145. e116–e126. 30 indexed citations

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Collins, Scott, David D. Liu, Owen P. Leary, et al.. (2019). Objective Indirect Assessment of Transverse Ligament Competence Using Quantitative Analysis of 3-Dimensional Segmented Flexion-Extension Computed Tomography Scan. World Neurosurgery. 136. e223–e233. 1 indexed citations

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Telfeian, Albert E., Menno Iprenburg, & Ralf Wagner. (2017). Endoscopic Spine Surgery: Distance Patients Will Travel for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery.. PubMed. 20(1). E145–E149. 6 indexed citations

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Telfeian, Albert E., et al.. (2015). Transforaminal endoscopic surgery under local analgesia for ventral epidural thoracic spinal tumor: Case report. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 134. 1–3. 34 indexed citations

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