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Spine Surgery in Europe: Status Quo?. Haluk Berk M.D. UEMS-MJC on Spine. 16 th of September 2011, Brussels Participants Robert Gunzburg Wilco Peul EANS Haluk Berk EBOT Tamas İlles (apologies) Max Aebi Finn Christensen
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Spine Surgery in Europe:Status Quo? Haluk Berk M.D.
UEMS-MJC on Spine • 16 th of September 2011, Brussels • Participants • Robert Gunzburg • WilcoPeul EANS • Haluk Berk EBOT • Tamasİlles (apologies) • Max Aebi • Finn Christensen • Representative from (Interventional) Neuroradiology • Bernard Maillet
Robert Gunzburg Chair • WilcoPeul Secretary • Next meeting • 6th of January, 2012 13:00 Brussels.
Methods • Spine Society Presidents • 14/25 • E-mails to members of SSE and other spine societies • 203/845 responded
National spine societies • Austria • Belgium • Czech Republic • Denmark • France • Italy • The Netherlands • Rep of Ireland • Spain • Sweden • Turkey • UK • n members 20-750 • Total 2850 • 1 Ortho spine • 1 Neuro spine • 12 Mixed society
2 4 6 8 10 12 2-Cervical spine injury 8-Cervical disc herniation 10-Cervical Spine arthroplasty procedures 4-Pediatric Spinal deformity 6-Spinal tumours (extradural) 12-Lumbar Spinal stenosis
A-Do you think a subspecialty period of one year should be considered in order to provide a certification of competence in a given subspecialty? B-Do you think a combined spine fellowship should be offered? C-Do you think the EFORT should develop a spine subspecialty-training program and fellowships? D-Do you think the Eurospine-SSE should develop a spine subspecialty-training program and fellowships? E-Do you think the EANS should develop a spine subspecialty-training program and fellowships? F-Do you think there is a need for spine subspecialty training in neurosurgery/orthopaedic surgery?
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Survey 2 • Female 7 • Male 187 • Neurosurgeon 56 • Orthopaedic surgeon 97 • Spine surgeon 41 • Age • <30 1 • 30-40 44 • 41-50 75 • 51-60 53 • >60 21
How competatnt are you in? How important is it for you?
Conclusion • ??? • There is a tendency towards spine sub-speciality.