Research surveys
Engaging our members and understanding their perspectives can bring about invaluable results to various topics and research questions. We invite our members to share their opinions and perspectives by participating in our online surveys.
Complete our open surveys. Explore the outcomes and findings from our closed surveys.
For more information about how to distribute your survey to the AO Spine International community, please contact research@aospine.org.
Open surveys
COVID-19 and the Spine Surgeon: 1 year later
This follow-up survey addresses the longer-term impact on spine surgeons, and the inherent variations that may exist geographically.
Deadline April 3, 2021. Click here to access the survey.
Closed surveys (2019 to present)
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AO Spine study—Variations in the Treatment of Metastatic Spine Tumors
Purpose: To ascertain the degree of variability in management strategies of patients with spine metastasis across AO Spine members and determine what practice and training attributes best predict the management strategies employed by members
Release date: February 2021
Target community: International
Principal Coordinating Investigator: Daniel Sciubba, Larry Lo, Zach Pennington
Outcomes: -
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AO Spine Knowledge Forum SCI project—Current management preference of cervical SCI
Purpose: To understand the current management preference of cervical SCI and obtain AO Spine members' input on a new classification system proposal for mild cervical SCI without instability
Release date: October 2020
Target community: International
Principal Coordinating Investigator: Jefferson R. Wilson, KF SCI member
Outcomes: -
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Frailty. Latin America Perspectives
Purpose: To evaluate the demographic characteristics of spine surgeons and specific questions regarding the use of frailty indexes prior to elective spine surgeries
Release date: October 2020
Target community: Latin America
Principal investigator: Alfredo Guiroy
Outcomes: -
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Regional Research Needs Assessment
Purpose:
This survey seeks:
1) To assess the research capabilities and needs of the AO Spine community
2) To engage with AO Spine members and develop the strategic plan for how AO Spine can best support and develop research in the regionsRelease date: September 2020
Target community: International
Principal Coordinating Investigator: Dino Samartzis
Outcomes: -
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Clinical Practice Guidelines
Purpose: To discuss the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of spinal disorders
Release date: August 2020
Target community: Latin America
Principal investigator: Asdrubal Falavigna
Outcomes: -
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Spinal injection survey among spine surgeons in Latin America
Purpose: Define the indications and techniques of spinal injection for treatment of lumbar degenerative spinal stenos more frequently used by spine surgeons in Latino America
Release date: June 2020
Target community: Latin America
Principal investigator: Marcelo Molina
Outcomes: -
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Telemedicine & the Spine Surgeon—Spine Surgeon Perspectives and Practices Worldwide
Purpose:
This survey seeks to determine:
1) The extent of spine surgeon adoption of telemedicine
2) Surgeon satisfaction with telemedicine
3) Comparison of telemedicine to in-person visits
4) The use of telemedicine in training and research
5) Variations in perspectives and practices worldwideRelease date: May 2020
Target audience: International
Principal Coordinating Investigator: Sravisht Iyer
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Diagnosis and treatment of subaxial facet cervical fracture: variability according to AO Spine classification system
Purpose: To assess the variability in the diagnosis of subaxial cervical facet injury, according to the AO Spine classification system, by spine surgeons in Latin America
Release date: May 2020
Target community: Latin America
Principal investigator: Juan Pablo Cabrera
Outcomes: -
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COVID-19 & Spine Surgeon Global Impact Survey
Purpose: This survey addresses the impact that the COVID-19 virus has had on healthcare professional, in particular spine surgeons, and the inherent variations that may exist geographically and at different timepoints of virus severity upon society
Read moreRelease date: March 2020
Target community: International
Principal Coordinating Investigator: Dino Samartzis
Outcomes:
- The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Spine Surgeons Worldwide
- Learning from the past: did experience with previous epidemics help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 among spine surgeons worldwide?
- Spine Surgery and COVID-19: The Influence of Practice Type on Preparedness, Response, and Economic Impact
- COVID‐19: Current and future challenges in spine care and education ‐ a worldwide study
- Personal Health of Spine Surgeons Can Impact Perceptions, Decision-Making and Healthcare Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic - A Worldwide Study
- COVID-19 and the Rise of Virtual Medicine in Spine Surgery: A Worldwide Study
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Management of a unilateral cervical facet joint dislocation in Latin America
Purpose: To analyze the variability in management and therapeutic alternatives in unilateral cervical facet joint dislocation without fracture in Latin America
Release date: March 2020
Target community: Latin America
Principal investigator: Andrei Joaquim
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Access to technology for the development of MISS techniques in Latin America
Purpose: To evaluate access to the technologies necessary to perform those surgeries in Latin America.
Release date: February 2020
Target community: Latin America
Principal investigator: Alfredo Guiroy
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Perceived impact of gender on spine surgery practice and training: a web-based survey
Purpose: To identify gender-based differences within spine surgery, trying to identify factors that may influence male and female careers.
Release date: September 2019
Target community: Latin America
Principal investigator: Asdrubal Falavigna
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Use, Accessibility and Limitations of Intraoperative Neurophysiology in Latin America
Purpose: To describe the use, accessibility, and limitations of the intraoperative neuromonitoring in Latin America. See which countries have more difficulties on access and which pathologies surgeons believe neuromonitoring is more important in.
Release date: August 2019
Target community: Latin America
Principal investigator: Alfredo Guiroy
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International Survey of Anti-Coagulation Practices in Spine Surgery 1.0
Purpose: The objective of this survey is to assess the practices and variations towards anti-coagulation procedures of the international spine surgery community to establish future consensus and guidelines
Read moreRelease date: May 2019
Target community: International
Principal Coordinating Investigator: Dino Samartzis
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Surgery for acute traumatic spinal cord injury
Purpose: To evaluate the opinion and practices among spine surgeons on timing of decompression in patients with acute traumatic spinal cord injury.
Release date: March 2019
Target community: Latin America
Principal investigator: Asdrubal Falavigna and Alisson Telles
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