This special issue brings together all of the relevant aspects of spinal trauma treatment. It systematically follows the medical aspects and focuses specifically on the indications for treatment.

 

The issue, featuring eight articles and one editorial, is sponsored by the German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma (DGOU) and is led by Prof. Dr. Frank Kandziora, Head of Department at the Center for Spinal Surgery and Neurotraumatology at BG Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main GmbH, Germany.

 

Dr. Frank Kandziora“These comprehensive treatment recommendations for spinal trauma summarize the current standard of care in Germany. They were designed to optimize diagnostic, classifications and treatment and to provide orientation for spinal surgeons in this challenging sub-specialty.”

 

 

The unique German approach to the treatment of spine trauma patients

 

All of the papers are written by authors from Germany, and it is a contribution of the “German approach” to the world literature of spine trauma treatment. All of the authors are experts in spine trauma care and have used their extensive clinical experience to formulate their recommendations in this issue.

 

Global Spine Journal Editor-in-Chief Karsten Wiechert, based at the Schön Klinik Munich, Germany comments: “The unique German approach to the treatment of spine trauma patients is condensed in this fantastic collection. Summarizing expert opinions, based on hundreds of clinical years’ experience and tens of thousands of patients will prove to be a very valuable tool for spine professionals and may find reflections in the truly international scope of the Global Spine Journal. This will set a great example for the future”.

 

Global Spine Journal is an Open Access journal; this supplement is available to read online for free on our website at http://journals.sagepub.com/home/gsj.

 

Readers are also able to download all of the articles to read offline at a later date.

 

Global Spine Journal is AOSpine’s official scientific, peer-reviewed journal. Publication is free of charge for all AOSpine Members (non-Members pay USD 1,500).

 

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