GLOBAL ISSUES IN SPINE SURGERY

GLOBAL ISSUES IN SPINE SURGERY

It is important that the information presented in this chapter, which is widely used throughout the world for teaching and training, outlines the very best evidence-based treatment that - is available for surgical conditions. The text has covered the essentials of spine surgery and has very rightly demonstrated current techniques that involve up-to-date equipment. It is, however, an inescapable fact that the majority of the world’s population does not have access to state-of-the-art spinal surgery . There are two main reasons for this: first, the cost of spinal surgery and, second, the lack of trained surgeons. GLOBAL ISSUES IN SPINE SURGERY

It is important that the information presented in this chapter, which is widely used throughout the world for teaching and training, outlines the very best evidence-based treatment that - is available for surgical conditions. The text has covered the essentials of spine surgery and has very rightly demonstrated current techniques that involve up-to-date equipment. It is, however, an inescapable fact that the majority of the world’s population does not have access to state-of-the-art spinal surgery . There are two main reasons for this: first, the cost of spinal surgery and, second, the lack of trained surgeons. GLOBAL ISSUES IN SPINE SURGERY

It is important that the information presented in this chapter, which is widely used throughout the world for teaching and training, outlines the very best evidence-based treatment that - is available for surgical conditions. The text has covered the essentials of spine surgery and has very rightly demonstrated current techniques that involve up-to-date equipment. It is, however, an inescapable fact that the majority of the world’s population does not have access to state-of-the-art spinal surgery . There are two main reasons for this: first, the cost of spinal surgery and, second, the lack of trained surgeons.