Welcome

On behalf of the Spine Section of the EANS it is my pleasure to welcome both, the participants and the faculty to the EANS Advanced Course in Spinal Surgery in Edinburgh. This second part of the advanced courses involves Revisions and Complication Management. The first part about advanced surgical techniques and extended indications will take place in 2024.

For these educational events, the EANS is cooperating with EUROSPINE and I am proud that we could gather very distinguished faculty from both societies.

This course is part of the EUROSPINE Equivalence Advanced Programme.

The course employs various teaching methods including plenary lectures, interactive case discussion, round tables and dry lab hands-on workshops.

The target audience is: recently qualified neurosurgeons and neurosurgeons specialised in spinal neurosurgery as well as orthopaedics surgeons interested in spinal procedures; last year residents are also welcome to attend.

This is a unique international course giving participants the opportunity for informal debate with their peers as well as with the teaching faculty who are internationally recognised speakers from various European countries.

The course is limited to 35 participants.

I am looking forward to the interactivity of the case-based discussions as the basis of the event.

Florian Ringel
Chairman of the EANS Spine Section