AO Spine

AO Spine AO Spine is an international community of spine surgeons generating, dis­trib­uting, and exchanging knowledge to advance worldwide spine care.
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AO Spine is an international community of spine surgeons generating, distributing, and exchanging knowledge to advance science and the spine care profession through research, education, and community development. With this collaborative approach AO Spine continues to advance spine care worldwide. Education
AO Spine develops consistent and practical educational programs, strategies, and tools for worldwide implementation in over 150 educational events, covering all pathologies, and the different stages in a surgeon's career. AO Spine courses, symposia, and academic congresses provide an opportunity for hands-on learning, alongside constructive discussions with AO Spine Faculty and colleagues in stimulating environments. Research
AO Spine Research is driving the transformation of spine care through the AO Spine Research Network and the AO Spine Knowledge Forums, which are pathology focused working groups of key opinion leaders aiming to generate knowledge by way of clinical studies and publishing of evidence-based recommendations. In the process, they integrate the latest advances and outcomes of treatment and techniques into AO Spine's education programs. Community Development
AO Spine fosters a global community of spine care professionals who are passionate about furthering science, improving patients' lives, and advancing professional careers through the exchange of knowledge and professional networking. AO Spine Membership gives you privileged access to this global spine care community, and benefits aimed to facilitate knowledge access and promote knowledge exchange. Vision
AO Spine—the leading global academic community for innovative education and research in spine care, inspiring lifelong learning and improving patients' lives.

23/02/2026

🔥 Going beyond “less invasive” — MIS-TLIF tips and tricks to improve lordosis and achieve solid fusion🔥

Are you’re performing MIS TLIF or exploring ways to master sagittal alignment and fusion quality? The latest insights by Dr Avelino Parajón and Dr Roger Härtl in the AO Spine Guest Blog series are a must-read.

📌 Key takeaways:
✔️ Meticulous disc space prep as the backbone of solid arthrodesis — incomplete clearance fuels pseudarthrosis, regardless of biologics
✔️ Anterior cage placement + appropriate lordotic implants meaningfully influence segmental lordosis restoration
✔️ Thoughtful positioning, controlled compression & graft strategies can bring MIS TLIF fusion rates on par with open constructs
✔️ The minimally invasive corridor doesn’t inherently limit outcomes — it just demands precision.

🔗 Read the full article here: https://ow.ly/CmsE50YiEYk

💬 What is your go-to strategy for achieving segmental lordosis?
• Do you prioritize expandable lordotic cages or rely on posterior compression?
• How do you mitigate limited visualization during disc prep?
• What intra-op tips ensure anterior cage positioning in tight corridors?

👇 Share your experience and comment with your technique hacks or questions! Engagement from expert surgeons helps refine everyone's practice.

21/02/2026

✨ Are you ready to elevate your Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery expertise? ✨
Join the AO Spine Online Course—the MISS Spectrum Series (2026) and dive deep into Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery!

This comprehensive 8-week online course is designed for:
✔️ Practicing surgeons with little to no MISS experience
✔️ Fellows in ortho/neurosurgery spine programs
✔️ Residents in their final years specializing in spine surgery

Do as Prof Roger Härtl recommends: check out the AO Spine website and talk to your country representatives to see what's out there. 🔍

Whether you’re just starting with MISS or looking to strengthen your foundation, this is your next step. Register now and be part of the future of spine surgery 💪
🔗https://ow.ly/eUAs50YianQ
📅 March 6 – May 1, 2026
🌐 Online, English
⏱️ Interactive learning, flexible pacing
⌛ Total course duration including self study time and online live sessions 16–20 hours.

Join Chairpersons Richard Assaker and Ibrahim Hussain and an impressive lineup of top international faculty as you progress from fundamentals to advanced techniques, including microscopic, endoscopic, and instrumented MISS procedures. 💡

Discover your AO Spine research toolkit in our upcoming AO Spine RESEARCH Webinar. Learn how to use AO Access for mentor...
20/02/2026

Discover your AO Spine research toolkit in our upcoming AO Spine RESEARCH Webinar. Learn how to use AO Access for mentorship, navigate AO PEER to strengthen study design and grants, and identify the right AO funding for your career stage. Get practical guidance on timelines, requirements, and how to submit competitive applications. Ideal for residents, fellows, early-career surgeons, and clinician-scientists. Live demos of AO tools and an interactive Q&A with faculty included.

AO Spine RESEARCH Webinar Series—Your research toolkit: using AO resources

- 🗓 April 30, 2026
- 📍 Online, 19:00-20:00
- 🔊 English
- free event
- Advanced Webinar

Register now:
https://ow.ly/SC1550YgUOU

📢 Spotlight on our special collections!Discover a comprehensive collection exploring how cannabis use affects surgical o...
20/02/2026

📢 Spotlight on our special collections!

Discover a comprehensive collection exploring how cannabis use affects surgical outcomes, pain control, and prescription practices for back pain and spine procedures. 🌿

📘 Read the full collection open access in the Global Spine Journal
🔗 https://ow.ly/JyC450Yi0tG.

19/02/2026

⚔️ Is it time to end the “portal wars”? ⚔️

💡Prof Jin‑Sung Kim argues that uniportal and biportal endoscopy aren’t rivals but complementary tools in minimally invasive spine surgery. His AO Spine Guest Blog outlines how shared standards and collaboration can shape a safer, unified future. 🌿

🔗https://ow.ly/YLgA50Ycjbw

18/02/2026

🎉 15 Years of AO Spine KF Tumor—Celebrating Our Best Memories 🎉

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the AO Spine Knowledge Forums (KFs). To celebrate this milestone, members of the AO Spine KF Tumor are sharing some of their favorite memories from the past 15 years—the moments that made us proud, brought us closer together, challenged us, and reminded us why we do what we do.

🎬 Starring Charles Fisher, Arjun Sahgal, Ilya Laufer, Cordula Netzer, Alessandro Gasbarrini, Aron Lazáry, and Nic Dea.

Now we’d love to hear from you:
💬 What are your best memories from the past 15 years?
💌 Share them in the comments and let’s celebrate this special anniversary together!

📌 Follow this space as we continue to share more memories and spotlight milestones from the first 15 years of the AO Spine Knowledge Forums, connecting research with the realities of clinical practice.

📢 Hot Topic Highlight at the Global Spine Congress 2026 in Istanbul!Discover what’s next in Adult Spinal Deformity care....
18/02/2026

📢 Hot Topic Highlight at the Global Spine Congress 2026 in Istanbul!

Discover what’s next in Adult Spinal Deformity care. Join the Next Generation Approaches in Adult Spinal Deformity symposium, hosted by the AO Spine Knowledge Forum Deformity, and explore breakthrough surgical strategies and enabling technologies transforming the future of spine surgery.

📅 Friday, May 29
⏰ 8:00–9:00 AM
🎤 Moderators: David Polly, Christopher Shaffrey, Zeeshan Sardar

👉 Don’t miss this cutting-edge session at 🔗 https://ow.ly/2keb50Yh1UZ

Join Chairpersons Joost Rutges (Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands) and Nizar Moayeri (UMC Utrecht, Netherlan...
18/02/2026

Join Chairpersons Joost Rutges (Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands) and Nizar Moayeri (UMC Utrecht, Netherlands) at the AO Spine Principles Level Specimen Course on Decompression and Instrumentation of the Spine.

This is a hands-on principles course focused on the core techniques of spine surgery, built for residents and spine fellows in orthopedics and neurosurgery.

You will work with human anatomical specimens in a bio skills lab. Three participants per workstation. High faculty interaction.

The course covers:
- Pedicle screw insertion in the thoracic and lumbar spine, open and percutaneous
- Lateral mass screw insertion in the cervical spine
- C1–C2 screw techniques
- Posterior decompression of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine
- Anterior decompression and fusion of the cervical spine

The program combines short lectures, case discussions, and hands-on surgery. Strong focus on safe technique and solid fundamentals.

🗓 June 16–17, 2026
📍 Rotterdam, Netherlands
🔊 English

Register now
https://ow.ly/oCqe50YgMIH

Big news for our community 🎉We are thrilled to share that Global Spine Journal has yet again surpassed a download record...
17/02/2026

Big news for our community 🎉

We are thrilled to share that Global Spine Journal has yet again surpassed a download record!

📈 2024: 1,053,625 downloads
📈 2025: 1,100,263 downloads — and counting upwards for 2026!

Thank you to our readers, authors, reviewers, and editors for making this achievement possible. Your engagement and contributions continue to drive the global exchange of spine knowledge.

Explore the latest GSJ articles, special collections, clinical recommendations, and more 👉 https://ow.ly/U7nr50Yhf3s

Join this one-hour webinar focused on the fundamentals of the ACDF surgical technique.Designed for junior spine surgeons...
17/02/2026

Join this one-hour webinar focused on the fundamentals of the ACDF surgical technique.
Designed for junior spine surgeons, the session features a concise case presentation followed by an interactive discussion on treatment options, with particular emphasis on surgical indications.

Key steps of the ACDF technique will be reviewed, concluding with the case solution and a live Q&A session.

Register now and build a solid foundation in ACDF decision-making and technique.
AO Spine FUNDAMENTALS Webinar Series—10 Steps to Success in Spine Surgery - ACDF
Principles Webinar

🗓 February 24, 2026
📍 Online, 18:00-19:00
🔊 English

Register now
https://ow.ly/CXhr50YebuY

Join Chairpersons Gururaj Gururaj (Sangondimath) (Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi, India) and Dhiraj Sonawane (...
16/02/2026

Join Chairpersons Gururaj Gururaj (Sangondimath) (Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi, India) and Dhiraj Sonawane (Grant Government Medical College & Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, India) for the AO Spine Webinar—Neuromuscular Scoliosis.

This international principles-level webinar is designed for spine and scoliosis surgeons who want to refine their understanding of neuromuscular scoliosis, with a strong focus on fixation strategies, decision-making, and current concepts in deformity correction.

Key topics include:
- Etiology, natural history, and classification of neuromuscular scoliosis
- Operative vs non-operative decision-making and timing of surgery
- Curve selection and fusion levels
- When pelvic fixation is necessary—and when it can be avoided
- Fixation constructs: pedicle screw-based, hybrid, and spinopelvic options
- Bail-out strategies in challenging intraoperative scenarios
- Prevention and management of medical and mechanical complications

Through case-based discussions and interactive expert insights, participants will gain practical strategies to optimize function, sitting balance, and caregiving outcomes in this complex patient population.

🗓 February 22, 2026
📍 Online | 19:30–21:00 (India)
🔊 English
💻 Free registration

Register now
https://ow.ly/IOiA50Yebzy

📢 New publication alert!🦴Clinical Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness of Demineralized Bone Matrix (DBM)–Augmented Vertebrop...
13/02/2026

📢 New publication alert!

🦴Clinical Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness of Demineralized Bone Matrix (DBM)–Augmented Vertebroplasty for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures (OVCFs) by Sung Weon Jung and Seung Myung Wi.

🧓In this retrospective cohort of elderly patients with OVCFs treated with percutaneous vertebroplasty, DBM augmentation was associated with a lower composite failure rate and higher deterioration-free survival at 12 months, without between-group differences in pain or ambulation. Failures clustered within the first 6 months, indicating the need for early surveillance and osteoporosis optimization. 🔍

Read the full results open access in the Global Spine Journal 📘
🔗 https://ow.ly/ATG550Yejvc.

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AO Spine is an international community of spine surgeons generating, dis­trib­uting, and exchanging knowledge to advance science and the spine care profession through research, education, and community development. With this collaborative approach AO Spine continues to advance spine care worldwide. Education AO Spine develops consistent and practical educational programs, strategies, and tools for worldwide implementation in over 150 educational events, covering all pathologies, and the different stages in a surgeon's career. AO Spine courses, symposia and academic congresses provide an opportunity for hands-on learning, alongside constructive discussions with AO Spine Faculty and colleagues in stimulating environments. Research AO Spine Research is driving the transformation of spine care through the AO Spine Research Network and the AO Spine Knowledge Forums; which are pathology focused working groups of key opinion leaders aiming to generate knowledge by way of clinical studies, and publishing of evidence-based recommendations. In the process, they integrate the latest advances and outcomes of treatment and techniques into AO Spine's education programs. Community Development AO Spine fosters a global community of spine care professionals who are passionate about furthering science, improving patients' lives, and advancing professional careers through the exchange of knowledge and professional networking. AO Spine Membership gives you privileged access to this global spine care community, and benefits aimed to facilitate knowledge access and promote knowledge exchange. Vision AO Spine—the leading global academic community for innovative education and research in spine care, inspiring lifelong learning and improving patients' lives.