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.
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.
The articles represent the opinion of individual authors exclusively and not necessarily the opinion of AO Spine or AO Foundation.
Latest posts
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CareerFebruary 19, 2024
The Gold Standard for scientific journals: What you should know about the Impact Factor
BY DANIELLE LIEBERMAN
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Clinical practiceFebruary 14, 2024
Dealing with a ureteral injury after anterior lumbar spine interbody fusion surgery (ALIF)
BY HENRI-ARTHUR LEROY AND PIERRE DE BUCK
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CareerDecember 06, 2023
How to design a clinical trial—equipoise, bias, and big data
BY DR MICHAEL FEHLINGS
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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 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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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
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