GEER, the Multidisciplinary Spanish Society for Spine Specialists

[摘要] In 1981, a group of orthopedic surgeons and physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists founded the first multidisciplinary spine society in Spain, under the name of GIEDER (Grupo Ibérico de Estudio de las Deformidades del Raquis or Iberian Group for the Study of Spinal Deformities). Eleven years later, this multidisciplinary group of physicians dedicated entirely to the assessment and care of patients with spinal disorders adopted a new name: GEER (Grupo de Estudio de Enfermedades del Raquis or Spinal Disorders Study Group). Since then, GEER has grown exponentially, during a time when health care delivery has changed rapidly and unpredictably, and spine care has been under the microscope [1]. Besides Europe, GEER has established close links with Latin America, and in the early 1990s founded with several South American Spine Societies SILACo (Sociedad Ibero Latino Americana de Columna or Iberian and Latin American Spine Society), the largest worldwide Spanish-speaking Spine Society.

[学科分类] 骨科学