Congreso 2014 de la EANS

«The European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) was founded in Prague by 18 national societies, during the 4th European Congress of Neurosurgery in 1971. Since then, the Association has grown into a professional association of 40 national societies, representing some 6500 European neurosurgeons, plus more than 800 individual members based both within Europe and beyond.

The motto of the 1971 congress was „Present Limits of Neurosurgery“; it’s both amusing and amazing to consider that one of the worst attended sessions of the meeting was the one which focussed on the use of microscopes in surgical settings.

After 43 years, the congress is coming back to Prague, and we have decided to use the same motto. We hope to show the major changes that have taken place in neurosurgery in the intervening years, and to illustrate the present „unlimited“ limits of our fast developing, challenging and rewarding speciality. All aspects of neurosurgery will be covered in a variety of formats, including plenary sessions, breakfast seminars, afternoon sessions, How I do it videos, pro/con discussions and complication avoidance seminars. Material of the highest quality, dealing both with the science and the art of neurosurgery, is guaranteed not only by the involvement of the most prominent European clinicians and researchers, but also by the presence of our friends from EANS sister societies – CNS, FLANC and AASNS – who have kindly joined us for the congress.

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Let me cordially invite you to the magical and unique, UNESCO World Heritage city of Prague, with all its history, arts, sights, restaurants, shopping and entertainment. Please join us, too, for the banquet, which will be held in the most prestigious and historic hall of the Prague Hradčany Castle. And allow us to illustrate the truth of a non-neurosurgical motto – «You never get bored in Prague».

Vladimír Beneš
President, EANS