Spine Atlas

Building a global spine atlas: Pioneering collaborative data calls to advance spine care.

Thank you for your registration to the Spine Atlas Initiative data call 1: degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis!

You are now part of a global effort to visualise and standardise spine care services across geographic regions. As a valued participant, your contributions will help advance research, improve benchmarking and shape the future of spine care.

By accessing and using the resources here, you can stay abreast of key developments, collaborate with an international network and continue to make a positive impact on the global spine care landscape. Together, let's build a better future for patients worldwide!

This page is your single point of access to a wide range of resources tailored to your participation in our initiatives.

Participant survey and agreement

Together with the data on your patients we require you to answer a few questions about you, which authors you want to include in the publications, your data delivery and whether you agree on your data to be included in Spine Atlas. Please complete the survey and submit together with the collected patient data.

Participants survey
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Next WEBINAR and Community Meeting

Date: Tuesday 14 May 2025
Time: 15:00-16:00 CEST

Join the meeting

Have you missed the first webinar in January? Watch the Recording Find all the Q&A from the January webinar here

What to expect:

Q&A - Let's solve it together. Bring your feedback and questions about:

The Data Collection Excel: any confusion or suggestions
Submitting your data: practical tips and troubleshooting
Common challenges encountered during this round.

Protocol Spine Atlas Codebook Spine Atlas Terms and Conditions

Appendix Participant Survey Spine Atlas FAQ Data protection

Ethics

The protocol of the Spine Atlas Initiative (SAI) has been assessed by the Ethics Committee of Ostschweiz Switzerland (EKOS), BASEC submission no. AO_2024-00111.
EKOS confirmed that there are no ethical objections as long as the data are anonymised and patient consent is obtained as described in the SAI protocol. Within the field of human research, the project does not require prior/further approval from the ethics committee. Data protection must be ensured.

Letter ethic commission Ostschweiz Letter ethic commission Austria Letter ethic commission Germany Template for ethic application Template Patient information

In most cases the application above for only the data collection and submission is sufficient, where the full protocol is simply attached. If needed, here is the full application template.

For participants entering data via Excel, please note that the file has been updated

Essential resources

Interested in using Spine Tango for data entry?

The EUROSPINE Spine Tango Registry is a free quality assurance tool and research platform available to all EUROSPINE members. It enables hospitals to track and improve the quality of spine care by providing comprehensive reports based on large data sets. These reports help to monitor adverse events, benchmark performance and contribute to better patient outcomes and safety. Join the international network in just a few steps to access valuable data and tools to improve spine care.
As part of the Spine Atlas Initiative, you can join for free during this trial period!