AO Spine guidelines
AO Spine & Praxis Spinal Cord Institute Guidelines for the Management of Acute Spinal Cord Injury
A new set of clinical practice guidelines have been published by AO Spine and the Praxis Spinal Cord Institute in 2024. The AO Spine & Praxis Spinal Cord Institute Guidelines for the Management of Acute Spinal Cord Injury contain a collection of evidence-based recommendations to spinal surgeons and multidisciplinary professional teams for managing certain aspects of acute spinal cord injury. The aim is to optimize treatment outcomes for patients around the world with a practical resource.
Two of the guideline topics—the timing of surgical decompression and the hemodynamic management of acute SCI—are updates of previous guidelines. The guideline on the management of intra-operative SCI is a brand-new addition. Read more
“We hope these guidelines will promote shared decision making among physicians, patients and their families, standardize care worldwide, and encourage future research to address remaining knowledge gaps.”
Michael Fehlings, Principal investigator
The AO Spine Guideline for the use of osteobiologics (AO-GO) in Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) for spinal degenerative cases
The all new AO-GO Guideline for using osteobiologics has been published in the Global Spine Journal (GSJ) in 2024. AO-GO was developed by the AO Spine Knowledge Forum Degenerative and resulted in five conditional recommendations. The aim is to clarify existing confusion and drift among surgeons, to help clinicians navigate the complex and rapidly expanding field of osteobiologics. Read more
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