Welcome
The Swiss Society for Spinal Surgery is the platform and organisation of Swiss spinal surgeons and serves the informal exchange of experience and knowledge in the field of spinal diseases and injuries, the development of recommendations and guidelines for treatment, as well as the promotion of spinal surgery and representation of its members. It represents the interests of spinal surgeons both nationally and internationally.
Annual Meeting 2024
The 24th SGS Annual Meeting took place on the 29th and 30th of August 2024 at the Kollegienhaus, a building steeped in history of the University Basel. We thank our 310 participants an look forward to meeting them all again at our Annual Meeting 2025, on the 4th and 5th of September in Locarno.
How traction devices and screws came into the back
PATRICK MOULIN and HENRY NIGST as authors and the Swiss Paraplegic Foundation as publisher are jointly publishing a new work on the history of medicine on injuries of the spine and its surgical treatment. The focus is on trauma caused by accidents and violence – with or without spinal cord involvement.
Upcoming Events
28. Forum Wirbelsäulenchirurgie der Akademie der DWG gGmbH
SGS Winter Meeting
EndoSpine Academy Advanced Course
14th NeuroSpine Meeting der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie
38. Jahrestagung der Deutschsprachigen Medizinischen Gesellschaft für Paraplegiologie (DMGP 2025)
40th annual Meeting of the Cervical Spine Research Society – Europe CSRS 2025
ISCoS 64th Annual Scientific Meeting