The Medical University of Graz is an institution with a long tradition in Austria, based on the Medical Faculty which was founded by the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I. in 1863. In modern days the Department for Orthopedics and Trauma of the Medical University of Graz presents a maximum care institution in its field. Our department offers over regional care in the field of spine surgery, based on a long tradition in the technique of treating degeneration, infection, trauma and tumors of the spine, where we can offer the latest development in technology (e.g. computer navigation) and materials to our patients.