Swiss national spinal implant registry SIRIS Spine: methods and first results.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Spine registries are important for advancing the field to provide evidence for clinical and health policy decision-making.

Research question

The objective is to introduce the Swiss Implant Registry "SIRIS Spine" as one of the world's first mandatory nationwide spinal implant registries for selected spinal surgeries.

Material and methods

SIRIS Spine is governed by the SIRIS Foundation, Switzerland. EUROSPINE is commissioned to operate the registry. Collected patient data includes demographic, clinical, and implant information and may additionally include electronic patient-reported outcome measures. Inclusion criteria are growing stepwise.

Results

Between the years 2021-2023, 12,815 surgeries for 11,789 patients from 91 hospitals were registered. Th

SUBMITTER: Jentzsch T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12830243 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature