[History of the German Spine Society].
The objective of this article is to summarize the history of the German Spine Society (DWG). This society resulted in the year 2006 after several attempts from the fusion of two established German societies, which were dealing with topics around the spine, der "German Society for Spine Research" founded in the year 1958 and the "German Society for Spine Surgery" founded in the year 1987. This fusion was the beginning of a success story, as from this time on the annual membership increased so much that the DWG became the largest spine society in Europe and one of all spine societies worldwide.
Institut für Unfallchirurgische Forschung und Biomechanik, Zentrum für Muskuloskelettale Forschung Ulm (ZMFU), Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Helmholtzstr. 14, 89081, Ulm, Deutschland. hans-joachim.wilke@uni-ulm.de.
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Klinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Stadtklinik Baden-Baden, Klinikum Mittelbaden gGmbH, Baden-Baden, Deutschland.
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Biomechanics; Neurosurgery; Orthopedics; Spinal research; Traumatology, surgical