METASTRA Supports the Italian Safety in Spine Surgery Project
METASTRA is pleased to endorse the manifesto of the newly founded Italian Safety in Spine Surgery Project (IS3P), a scientific society dedicated to reducing complications and improving patient safety in spinal surgery.
IS3P was founded by Professor Giovanni Barbanti Brodano together with leading spine surgery experts. Its mission is to change the culture around surgical complications in Italy, moving from passive acceptance toward an active and systematic search for preventable errors. The society works in partnership with the international Safety in Spine Surgery Project (S3P), founded by Michael Vitale in 2015.
The scale of the problem is significant. Despite advances in navigation, robotics, and intraoperative monitoring, complication rates in spinal surgery have not declined. The IS3P manifesto argues that what is missing is a shared safety culture and professionals dedicated exclusively to quality and risk management within surgical teams, with a long-term vision of zero complications.
This connects directly to METASTRA's mission. METASTRA works to reduce unnecessary surgery and preventable fractures in patients with vertebral metastases. A precise decision support system delivers its full value only within a surgical environment that prioritises safety at every step. IS3P addresses exactly that dimension.
METASTRA invites all consortium partners and clinical collaborators to read the IS3P manifesto, share it within their institutions, and consider joining the society individually.
