In the rapid development of medical technology, the field of minimally invasive spinal surgery is undergoing profound changes. The Unilateral Biportal Endoscopy (UBE) technique, with its remarkable advantages such as minimal trauma, rapid patient recovery, and definite clinical efficacy, has become a cutting – edge direction and an important trend in the precise treatment of spinal diseases. Yang Hejun, an expert in minimally invasive spinal surgery at the Third People’s Hospital of Henan Provincial Department, has delved deep into this field. With his exquisite proficiency in UBE technique and rich clinical experience, he has attracted more than 200 international trainees from over a dozen countries around the world to study and exchange. This remarkable scene vividly demonstrates the strong vitality of the UBE technique. To further standardize and popularize the UBE technique and elevate the global minimally invasive spinal surgery cause to new heights, the Global Society of Unilateral Biportal Endoscopy (GUBE) was established, assuming the mission bestowed by the era.
Association Purpose
The GUBE Association always adheres to the core purpose of “standardizing technical applications, promoting academic exchanges, cultivating professional talents, and advancing the development of global minimally invasive spinal surgery”. It is committed to building a global UBE technical exchange and cooperation platform that transcends national boundaries and integrates diversity, deeply integrating high – quality medical and academic resources at home and abroad. By establishing strict and scientific operation standards, it enhances the standardization and precision of UBE technique in clinical applications, enabling this advanced technique to benefit more patients suffering from spinal diseases and laying a solid foundation for the cause of human spinal health.
Association Goals
Technical Standardization
The association will take the lead in organizing top global experts in minimally invasive spinal surgery to jointly discuss and formulate global unified operation specifications and diagnostic – treatment guidelines for the UBE technique, comprehensively ensuring the safety and effectiveness of its application. Through regularly holding expert consensus meetings, it will pool global wisdom and sort out technical key points. It will also meticulously compile authoritative professional textbooks covering multi – dimensional content such as basic theories, operation procedures, and clinical cases, providing global practitioners with authoritative and systematic technical references and promoting the standardized development of the UBE technique.
Academic Exchange and Cooperation
The association plans to regularly hold globally influential UBE technical academic conferences, high – end seminars, and professional training courses, inviting top domestic and foreign experts to conduct in – depth academic sharing and wonderful surgical demonstrations. It actively encourages extensive scientific research cooperation among members, focusing on exploring new methods and fields of the UBE technique in the treatment of spinal diseases. By building an industry – university – research integrated platform, it accelerates the transformation and application of academic achievements, continuously expanding the application boundaries of the UBE technique and enhancing its clinical value.
Talent Cultivation and Development
The association focuses on constructing a comprehensive and diversified talent cultivation system, customizing personalized training courses for practitioners at different levels and stages. Adopting a multi – dimensional cultivation model that combines theoretical teaching to lay a solid foundation, simulation training to enhance skills, and clinical practice to accumulate experience, it aims to create a professional team of UBE technicians with excellent skills and solid theories. From basic operation training to complex case discussions, and from beginner guidance to expert – level advancement, it comprehensively covers all aspects of talent growth, effectively improving the overall technical level of global minimally invasive spinal surgeons.
International Cooperation and Promotion
The association actively strengthens in – depth cooperation and extensive exchanges with international authoritative academic organizations and renowned medical institutions, deeply participating in major global projects and cutting – edge research in the field of minimally invasive spinal surgery. Through various means such as technology transfer, medical assistance, and joint diagnosis and treatment, it promotes the UBE technique to more regions around the world, especially those with relatively scarce medical resources. It helps improve the global diagnosis and treatment level of spinal diseases, enabling advanced technology to transcend geographical limitations and bring hope of recovery to more patients.
Association Structure
The association implements a chairperson – responsibility system, with the council serving as an auxiliary decision – making body. Comprising authoritative experts, senior scholars, and industry leaders in the field of minimally invasive spinal surgery at home and abroad, the council shoulders the important responsibilities of formulating the association’s development strategies, grasping the development direction, and making major decisions. The council has several specialized committees, such as the Academic Committee, Training Committee, and International Cooperation Committee, which are professional and efficient. Each committee performs its respective duties and collaborates closely, being responsible for specific tasks such as planning academic exchange activities, constructing the talent cultivation system, and promoting international cooperation projects. Meanwhile, a secretariat is established as the daily administrative body, responsible for the daily operation and management of the association, member service coordination, and internal and external communication, ensuring the orderly operation of all association affairs.
Member Services
The association opens membership applications to global minimally invasive spinal surgeons, researchers, medical institutions, and related enterprises, providing members with a wealth of high – quality exclusive services. Members have priority access to various high – level academic conferences, professional training courses, and high – end seminars organized by the association, enabling face – to – face learning with top global experts. They can obtain the association’s meticulously compiled professional textbooks, cutting – edge academic materials, and authoritative technical specifications free of charge, keeping abreast of industry trends at all times. Members also have the opportunity to participate in major scientific research cooperation and academic projects organized by the association, enhancing their personal scientific research capabilities and academic influence. They can showcase their personal or institutional academic achievements and technical advantages on the association’s official platform, increasing their industry visibility. Additionally, members can receive professional technical support and consulting services provided by the association at any time to solve practical problems in clinical practice and scientific research.
Vision
The GUBE Association always adheres to the concepts of openness, inclusiveness, win – win cooperation, and innovative progress, gathering the wisdom and strength of global minimally invasive spinal surgery practitioners to jointly promote the standardized popularization and innovative development of the UBE technique. We are confident that, with the joint efforts and unremitting struggles of all members, the association will surely become one of the most influential academic institutions in the global field of minimally invasive spinal surgery, leading the development trend of the industry and writing a more glorious chapter for the cause of human spinal health.
Warmly welcome colleagues from around the world who are dedicated to the cause of minimally invasive spinal surgery to join the GUBE Association. Let us join hands and embark on a new journey in minimally invasive spinal surgery together!