Alfio Spina

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Alfio Spina is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Surgery and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alfio Spina has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Epidemiology, 23 papers in Surgery and 23 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Alfio Spina's work include Meningioma and schwannoma management (23 papers), Head and Neck Surgical Oncology (14 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (7 papers). Alfio Spina is often cited by papers focused on Meningioma and schwannoma management (23 papers), Head and Neck Surgical Oncology (14 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (7 papers). Alfio Spina collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Argentina. Alfio Spina's co-authors include Pietro Mortini, Filippo Gagliardi, Sandro Iannaccone, Nicola Boari, Elise Houdayer, Federica Alemanno, Michele Bailo, Luigia Brugliera, Andrea Tettamanti and Paola Castellazzi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of neurosurgery.

In The Last Decade

Alfio Spina

53 papers receiving 980 citations

Hit Papers

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COVID-19 cognitive deficits after respiratory assistance in the subacute phase: A COVID-rehabilitation unit experience

2021 171 citations Federica Alemanno, Elise Houdayer et al. profile →

Peers

Alfio Spina

NEURO

EPIDE

SURGE

CCICM

R. P. Kleyweg Netherlands

Joel C. Morgenlander United States

Helma Freitag Germany

Marcus Ståhlberg Sweden

Monisha A. Kumar United States

Emilio Servera Spain

Rodrigo Bazán Brazil

Peter Gooderham Canada

Joseph D. Burns United States

R. P. Kleyweg Netherlands

Alfio Spina

999 ×1.6

NEURO

73 ×0.3

EPIDE

99 ×0.4

SURGE

185 ×1.0

CCICM

33 ×0.2

Citations per year, relative to Alfio Spina Alfio Spina (= 1×) peers R. P. Kleyweg

Countries citing papers authored by Alfio Spina

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alfio Spina

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alfio Spina

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20 of 20 papers shown

Iannaccone, Sandro, Luigia Brugliera, Alfio Spina, et al.. (2023). Sarcopenia is a Frequent Disease in Sars-Cov-2 Infection. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. jrmcc00089–jrmcc00089. 2 indexed citations

Iannaccone, Sandro, et al.. (2023). Quantitative EEG for early differential diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1150540–1150540. 3 indexed citations

Spina, Alfio & Pietro Mortini. (2023). The Dark Side of Chiari Malformation. World Neurosurgery. 172. 43–45.

Gagliardi, Filippo, Silvia Snider, Lina Raffaella Barzaghi, et al.. (2021). Gamma Knife radiosurgery as primary treatment of low-grade brainstem gliomas: A systematic review and metanalysis of current evidence and predictive factors. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology. 168. 103508–103508. 6 indexed citations

Mortini, Pietro, Carlotta Morselli, Alfio Spina, et al.. (2021). Surgical and Radiologic Prognostic Factors in Intramedullary Spinal Cord Lesions. World Neurosurgery. 150. e550–e560. 1 indexed citations

Brugliera, Luigia, Massimo Filippi, Ubaldo Del Carro, et al.. (2020). Nerve Compression Injuries After Prolonged Prone Position Ventilation in Patients With SARS-CoV-2: A Case Series. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 102(3). 359–362. 32 indexed citations

Iannaccone, Sandro, Federica Alemanno, Elise Houdayer, et al.. (2020). COVID-19 rehabilitation units are twice as expensive as regular rehabilitation units. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 52(6). jrm00073–jrm00073. 24 indexed citations

Brugliera, Luigia, Alfio Spina, Paola Castellazzi, et al.. (2020). Rehabilitative of COVID-19 patients with acute lower extremity Ischemia and amputation. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 52(9). 0–0. 14 indexed citations

Brugliera, Luigia, Alfio Spina, Paola Castellazzi, et al.. (2020). Rehabilitation of COVID-19 patients. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 52(4). jrm00046–jrm00046. 129 indexed citations

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Spina, Alfio, et al.. (2020). How I do it: posterior transdural approach for central soft thoracic disk herniation. Acta Neurochirurgica. 162(9). 2051–2054. 1 indexed citations

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Gagliardi, Filippo, Michele Bailo, Alfio Spina, et al.. (2017). Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Low-Grade Gliomas: Clinical Results at Long-Term Follow-Up of Tumor Control and Patients' Quality of Life. World Neurosurgery. 101. 540–553. 11 indexed citations

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Gagliardi, Filippo, Michele Bailo, Alfio Spina, et al.. (2017). Bilateral Temporal Myofascial Flap for the Reconstruction of Frontal Sinus Defects. World Neurosurgery. 107. 477–481. 9 indexed citations

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Spina, Alfio, Filippo Gagliardi, Nicola Boari, Michele Bailo, & Pietro Mortini. (2017). Does Stereotactic Radiosurgery Positively Impact the Local Control of Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumors?. World Neurosurgery. 104. 612–618. 6 indexed citations

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Spina, Alfio, Pietro Mortini, Federica Alemanno, Elise Houdayer, & Sandro Iannaccone. (2017). Trigeminal Neuralgia: Toward a Multimodal Approach. World Neurosurgery. 103. 220–230. 39 indexed citations

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Gagliardi, Filippo, Alfio Spina, Michele Bailo, et al.. (2017). Effectiveness of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in Improving Psychophysical Performance and Patient's Quality of Life in Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia. World Neurosurgery. 110. e776–e785. 10 indexed citations

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Spina, Alfio, Filippo Gagliardi, Michele Bailo, et al.. (2016). Comparative Anatomical Study on Operability in Surgical Approaches to the Anterior Part of the Third Ventricle. World Neurosurgery. 95. 457–463. 10 indexed citations

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Gagliardi, Filippo, Carmine Antonio Donofrio, Alfio Spina, et al.. (2016). Endoscope-Assisted Transmaxillosphenoidal Approach to the Sellar and Parasellar Regions: An Anatomic Study. World Neurosurgery. 95. 246–252. 22 indexed citations

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Gagliardi, Filippo, Alfio Spina, Lina Raffaella Barzaghi, et al.. (2016). Suprasellar granular cell tumor of the neurohypophysis: surgical outcome of a very rare tumor. Pituitary. 19(3). 277–285. 23 indexed citations

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Gagliardi, Filippo, Marco Losa, Nicola Boari, et al.. (2013). Solitary clival plasmocytomas: Misleading clinical and radiological features of a rare pathology with a specific biological behaviour. Acta Neurochirurgica. 155(10). 1849–1856. 18 indexed citations

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Boari, Nicola, Filippo Gagliardi, Alfio Spina, et al.. (2012). Management of spheno-orbital en plaque meningiomas: clinical outcome in a consecutive series of 40 patients. British Journal of Neurosurgery. 27(1). 84–90. 57 indexed citations

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