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Streamlining the journey of research into clinical practice: making your patients and practice flourish

In today’s fast-paced personal and professional environments, maintaining excellence in spine care is not merely an option but a necessity for clinicians dedicated to the highest standards of care. However, operationalizing and sustaining this commitment is challenging, reflecting the complexities inherent in Knowledge Translation (KT). The new article series “Streamlining the Journey of Research into Clinical Practice” will review articles by the AO Spine Knowledge Forums published in the Global Spine Journal (GSJ) are designed to help clinicians incorporate cutting-edge research into their practice more quickly and efficiently.

ResearchWehida NiaziSeptember 5, 2024clinical medicine, AO Spine, Healthcare

The case for osteobiologics in degenerative spine surgery

The new AO Spine Guideline for Using Osteobiologics in Spine Degeneration (AO-GO) focuses on anterior cervical discectomy and fusion surgeries (ACDF). It formulates precisely defined, clinically relevant, and internationally applicable recommendations for osteobiologics and their use. The Global Spine Journal Special Issue aims to fill the many knowledge gaps in this exciting field.

ResearchRachel WolfeMarch 27, 2024spine surgery, AO Spine, special collection, AO-GO, guideline

AO Spine and the PRAXIS Institute release new clinical practice guidelines for acute spinal cord injury (SCI)

Researchers from AO Spine and Praxis Spinal Cord Institute in Vancouver, Canada, have published a new set of clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of acute spinal cord injury (SCI). These guidelines play a major role in making treatment decisions for example in the timing of surgical decompression and the hemodynamic management in cases of acute SCI. Despite the mounting evidence, implementing guidelines into daily clinical practice is challenging—given biases towards clinicians’ hardened routines or material deficiencies in different global health contexts.