Generously supported by the Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves (Spine Section), this three-year project will support preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative guidelines for neurosurgeons in the Spine and Peripheral Nerves sub-specialty. 

2017: Trauma Section donation funds development and implementation of free Guidelines App. Available for both Android and Apple phones, the CNS Guidelines App includes guideline recommendations and topic overviews for all CNS-produced guidelines in six specialty areas. Through the app, clinicians have immediate, at the point-of-care access to 16 guideline topics, with links to the full-text of the guideline.

2023: Guidelines App dissemination reaches 15,000 downloads by neurosurgeons around the world.

The CNS adheres to robust methodological processes to ensure the publication of high quality, evidence-based guidelines that clinicians can rely on. Currently, the CNS produces guidelines in the subspecialty topic areas of Pain, Pediatrics, Spine, Stereotactic/Functional, Trauma, and Tumor.

The CNS Guidelines app has been integrated into the CNS + app and is free to CNS members.  Please visit the Apple App Store or Google Play Store to download this comprehensive educational app.

If you or your organization are interested in learning more about supporting the CNS Guidelines Initiative, please contact the CNS Foundation, to learn about specific standards and policies for supporting medical guidelines.