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Eur Spine J (2009) 18:10771078 DOI 10.1007/s00586-009-1113-7
EDITORIAL
2009: the year of innovationsthird innovation
Max Aebi
Received: 23 July 2009 / Published online: 4 August 2009 Springer-Verlag 2009
After having introduced into the European Spine Journal a Chinese Section with its own small sub-editorial board and the concept of Grand Rounds (see issues 3, 5, and 7, Vol. 18, 2009) it is my pleasure to introduce the newest product of the European Spine Journal and EuroSpineThe Spine Society of Europe: the Open Operating Theatre (OOT).
The European Spine Journal is used as a platform, where lms of surgical techniques and procedures are available. These are lms for the subscribers of the European Spine Journal, which are available online. These surgical lms are all edited according to the same script and shall be considered as standardized teaching and learning material for surgeons in training and for established surgeons as refresher. The lms are presented in the European Spine Journal in the form of structured printed abstracts, which will be indexed like any other article in...