AO Spine Guest Blog
A front-seat view to an evolving global spine world

Welcome to the AO Spine blog! The AO Spine Guest Blog highlights diverse views and perspectives from the spine community around the world. It supports our mission to share knowledge and improve patient care by showcasing experiences, controversies, and learnings from our community.
Topics are related to all aspects of spine care and spine surgeons' lives. The articles represent the opinion of individual authors exclusively and not necessarily the opinion of AO Spine or AO Foundation.
Are you interested in writing for the AO Spine Guest Blog? Download the guideline here and send in your ideas by email marketing@aofoundation.org.
Latest posts
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InnovationOctober 02, 2023
Surgical simulation—monitoring the market for better learning outcomes
BY AO SPINE EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES TASK FORCE
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Clinical practiceAugust 02, 2023
AO Spine and the PRAXIS Institute release new clinical practice guidelines for acute spinal cord injury (SCI)
BY BRIAN KWON, MICHAEL FEHLINGS, LINDSAY TETREAULT, AND NATHAN EVANIEW
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Clinical practiceJuly 06, 2023
Re-thinking pain management—why orthopedic surgeons have a role to play in battling the opioid crisis
BY IAIN MCFADYEN, MILTON LITTLE AND SAMIR MEHTA
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Clinical practice
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DegenerationApril 24, 2023
Re-evaluating established principles—should decompression replace fusion as the go-to for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis?
BY DR STIPE ĆORLUKA
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DegenerationApril 19, 2023
An award-winning approach to timely diagnosis of degenerative cervical myelopathy—and why it matters
BY DR MICHAEL G. FEHLINGS
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DegenerationApril 19, 2023
Osteoporosis: The Silent Killer
BY ROBERT MCGUIRE, MARTIN STODDART, JUERG GASSER, AN SERMON, AND BOYKO GUEORGUIEV
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DegenerationFebruary 22, 2023
Addressing the disparity between hardware and osteobiologics in degenerative spine surgery
BY PROF HANS JÖRG MEISEL AND DR ZORICA BUSER
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CareerFebruary 15, 2023
Well-known but little explored—work-related neck pain among spine surgeons hits a nerve
BY DR SAMEH ABOLFOTOUH
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TumorNovember 30, 2022
Wolf in sheep’s clothing? How to assess aggressiveness of osteoblastomas of the spine
BY DR FENG WEI
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Clinical practiceNovember 03, 2022
Single-position spine surgery: One position, a multitude of advantages
BY DR. RAYMOND HAH AND DR. RAM ALLURI -
CareerOctober 10, 2022
A neurosurgical voyage through an unprivileged world—the everyday battle and how to bring about change
BY DR ATTA UL ALEEM BHATTI
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