Welcome

Dear Colleagues,

Osteoporosis and pathologies around the spine are very common problems everybody suffers from. For the individuum does it hurt and decreases the quality of life. For the health systems the costs raise tremendously.

Thus, it is a must for all of us to develop sufficient treatmentalgorithms.

Our 17^th Spine Symposium will deal with new treatment possibilities as well as it shows efficiency of already known. It should help to increase the activities of daily life and the quality of life of our patients.

I am looking forward to interesting presentations and discussions in Istanbul.