Tag: eurospine 2018

Eurospine audience sceptical of digital learning’s potential in spinal surgery training

As emerging and existing technologies continue to shape the way we communicate and spread knowledge, the potentials of digital learning is given increasing consideration....

Is all ignorance bliss? Expenses for implants in surgery decrease when...

Costs were found to decrease for implants in surgery when prices were known, concludes a study presented by Andrew Glennie from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada,...

Look carefully at the types of patients being operated on for...

 Factors characterising an indication for surgery in lumbar spinal stenosis Outcomes following surgery for spinal stenosis present great variability, suggesting that patient selection could be...

The importance of outcome data in spine surgery

 “Outcomes are important for patients. It is very important that we understand what happens to our patients when we carry out treatments, be they...

Quality assurance in spine surgery has direct bearing on patient wellbeing

 Frank Kandziora (Frankfurt, Germany), the 2018 president of EUROSPINE, the Spine Society of Europe, tells Spinal News International that assuring quality in spine surgery...

Augmented reality surgical navigation technology enables high accuracy pedicle screw placement

A recent study reports that new technology utilising augmented reality surgical navigation can be clinically used to place pedicle screws, enabling both high accuracy...
Frank Kandziora

Frank Kandziora

Once an aspiring architect, Frank Kandziora has never looked back from the medical profession since being assigned a medical assistant during his military service...