Tamás Fekete, chair of EUROSPINE programme committee and head of the meeting council, looks forward to welcoming delegates to Helsinki, from 16-18 October 2019
The EUROSPINE Annual Meeting provides a venue where spine experts from all over the world gather to network and share knowledge while learning about the latest treatments and approaches in spine healthcare. This year we will meet in the heart of the capital city of Finland. Welcome to Helsinki! Tervetuloa Helsinkiin!
As such, we work continuously to offer exciting, comprehensive and multidisciplinary content presented by renowned experts. We were very pleased to once again receive close to 1,000 abstracts distributed over 18 submission categories covering a wide range of techniques, technologies and disciplines. Research groups and spine professionals from 49 countries all over the world take advantage of the opportunity to share their work at the EUROSPINE Annual Meeting.
Keeping in mind that spine care involves many specialties, we are attempting to balance between various surgical and conservative specialities. We have created two new submission categories to attract neurosurgeons, too: Craniocervical junction (all pathologies) and intradural spinal pathologies.
Our programme committee, composed of 23 dedicated spine professionals, followed a meticulous reviewing process and selected 69 abstracts for regular podium presentations, 120 for oral ‘QuickFires’ and 115 for e-posters.
Furthermore, this year’s Annual Meeting will be launched with two pre-day courses: ‘Fusion level selection and correction options in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis’ and ‘The interve