Dear Colleagues,

It is our great pleasure to invite you to attend the upcoming 5th edition of the Utrecht Spine Course. For the 2024 edition of this course we have chosen ‘Spinal Infections’ as the overarching theme.

In this course we will interactively share our concepts for the clinical care of patients with spinal infections, both in the native and operated spine. Clinical work-up, conservative therapies and various surgical approaches will be discussed. This way, you will better understand and learn our treatment algorithms for spinal infections which will help you to treat these patients in your own hospital in the future. Next to lectures, there is ample time for case-based discussions and interaction with the faculty. For a limited group, a cadaver lab with hands-on training of different (innovative) techniques is provided on Saturday.

We sincerely hope you will attend this very comprehensive course, it promises to be a great educational experience.

On behalf of the Utrecht Spine Unit,

Jasper van Tiel