Thomas G. Luerssen

10.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
149 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Thomas G. Luerssen is a scholar working on Surgery, Neurology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas G. Luerssen has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Surgery, 52 papers in Neurology and 39 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Thomas G. Luerssen's work include Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus (37 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (33 papers) and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (27 papers). Thomas G. Luerssen is often cited by papers focused on Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus (37 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (33 papers) and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (27 papers). Thomas G. Luerssen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Thomas G. Luerssen's co-authors include Lawrence F. Marshall, Howard M. Eisenberg, Mary A. Foulkes, John A. Jane, Anthony Marmarou, Andrew Jea, Melville R. Klauber, William E. Whitehead, Harvey S. Levin and Sharon Bowers Marshall and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Neurology and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Thomas G. Luerssen

146 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

3 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A new classification of head injury based on computerized tomography

1991 1.0k citations Thomas G. Luerssen et al. Journal of neurosurgery profile →
Lack of Effect of Induction of Hypothermia after Acute Brain Injury

2001 910 citations Thomas G. Luerssen et al. profile →
Outcome from head injury related to patient' age

1988 415 citations Thomas G. Luerssen et al. Journal of neurosurgery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas G. Luerssen United States	38	4.1k	2.2k	1.7k	1.7k	1.3k	149	7.0k
Sherman C. Stein United States	45	4.3k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	2.0k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	164	6.7k
Jack E. Wilberger United States	40	6.4k 1.6×	2.7k 1.2×	2.1k 1.2×	2.4k 1.4×	1.2k 1.0×	78	9.8k
Nancy Carney United States	32	5.2k 1.3×	3.1k 1.4×	2.3k 1.3×	756 0.5×	981 0.8×	60	6.9k
Michael C. Dewan United States	31	2.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	2.3k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	926 0.7×	124	6.7k
Roger Härtl United States	41	2.4k 0.6×	985 0.4×	852 0.5×	3.1k 1.9×	647 0.5×	175	6.1k
Beverly C. Walters United States	44	2.6k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	3.5k 2.1×	709 0.6×	183	7.7k
R. Braakman Netherlands	33	3.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	2.1k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	521 0.4×	89	5.1k
Juha Öhman Finland	47	4.0k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	2.2k 1.2×	718 0.4×	621 0.5×	129	6.0k
Michael E. Miner United States	33	1.4k 0.3×	1.2k 0.5×	1.7k 0.9×	715 0.4×	224 0.2×	66	3.6k
Abbas Rattani United States	17	1.7k 0.4×	830 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	725 0.4×	545 0.4×	47	4.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lam, Sandi & Thomas G. Luerssen. (2019). New guidelines review evidence on PT, helmets for positional plagiocephaly. AAP News. 2 indexed citations

Hansen, Daniël, Aditya Vedantam, Valentina Briceño, et al.. (2016). Health-related quality of life outcomes and level of evidence in pediatric neurosurgery. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 18(4). 480–486. 15 indexed citations

Simon, Tamara D., Matthew P. Kronman, Kathryn B. Whitlock, et al.. (2016). Variability in Management of First Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Infection: A Prospective Multi-Institutional Observational Cohort Study. The Journal of Pediatrics. 179. 185–191.e2. 20 indexed citations

Lam, Sandi, I‐Wen Pan, Dominic A. Harris, et al.. (2015). Patient-, Procedure-, and Hospital-Related Risk Factors of Allogeneic and Autologous Blood Transfusion in Pediatric Spinal Fusion Surgery in the United States. Spine. 40(8). 560–569. 25 indexed citations

Sayama, Christina M., Matthew S. Willsey, Murali Chintagumpala, et al.. (2015). Routine use of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein–2 in posterior fusions of the pediatric spine and incidence of cancer. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 16(1). 4–13. 31 indexed citations

Lam, Sandi, Visish M. Srinivasan, Thomas G. Luerssen, & I‐Wen Pan. (2014). Cerebrospinal fluid shunt placement in the pediatric population: a model of hospitalization cost. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 37(5). E5–E5. 20 indexed citations

Cherian, Jacob, Christina M. Sayama, Adekunle M. Adesina, et al.. (2014). Multilevel thoracic hemangioma with spinal cord compression in a pediatric patient: case report and review of the literature. Child s Nervous System. 30(9). 1571–1576. 9 indexed citations

Vadivelu, Sudhakar, et al.. (2013). Giant invasive spinal schwannoma in children: a case report and review of the literature. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 7(1). 289–289. 3 indexed citations

Rangel-Castilla, Leonardo, Steven W. Hwang, William E. Whitehead, et al.. (2012). Surgical treatment of thoracic Pott disease in a 3-year-old child, with vertebral column resection and posterior-only circumferential reconstruction of the spinal column. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 9(4). 447–451. 10 indexed citations

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Patel, Akash J., Jacob Cherian, Benjamin D. Fox, et al.. (2011). Publication patterns of oral and poster presentations at the annual meetings of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Journal of neurosurgery. 115(6). 1258–1261. 51 indexed citations

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Patel, Akash J., Benjamin D. Fox, Daniel H. Fulkerson, et al.. (2010). Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome during posterior fossa tumor resection in a child. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 6(4). 377–380. 10 indexed citations

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Fahim, Daniel K., et al.. (2009). Periosteal chondroma of the pediatric cervical spine. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 3(2). 151–156. 19 indexed citations

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Chern, Joshua J., Roukoz Chamoun, William E. Whitehead, et al.. (2009). Computed tomography morphometric analysis for axial and subaxial translaminar screw placement in the pediatric cervical spine. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 3(2). 121–128. 37 indexed citations

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Chern, Joshua J., Jane C. Edmond, William E. Whitehead, et al.. (2009). Transient selective downward gaze paralysis complicating posterior fossa tumor resection in children. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 3(6). 467–471. 3 indexed citations

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Fulkerson, Daniel H., et al.. (2008). Long-Term Follow-Up of Solitary Intracerebral Juvenile Xanthogranuloma. Pediatric Neurosurgery. 44(6). 480–485. 17 indexed citations

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Dannenbaum, Mark J., Meenakshi B. Bhattacharjee, Anna Illner, et al.. (2008). Diagnosing cranial fasciitis based on distinguishing radiological features. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 2(5). 370–374. 19 indexed citations

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Arenson, Edward B., Joann L. Ater, Janet Bruner, et al.. (1999). #416 A randomized phase II trial of high dose alkylating agents plus VP-16 in children with high grade astrocytoma. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 21(4). 325–325. 5 indexed citations

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Luerssen, Thomas G., et al.. (1998). Chiari III Malformation Treated with CSF Diversion and Delayed Surgical Closure. Pediatric Neurosurgery. 29(3). 117–120. 20 indexed citations

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Luerssen, Thomas G., et al.. (1990). Magnetic Resonance Imaging Diagnosis of a Cerebral Aneurysm in an Infant. Pediatric Neurosurgery. 16(1). 48–51. 13 indexed citations

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Schubert, Armin, et al.. (1987). Loss of Intraoperative Evoked Responses during Dorsal Column Surgery Associated with Isolated Postoperative Sensory Deficit. The Journal of Clinical Monitoring. 3(4). 277–281. 7 indexed citations

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