“…The Spine Working Group, created in 2007, was transformed into the Belgian Neurosurgical Spine Society (BNSS) and approved during the 2008 Annual Meeting. 53 (4) United Kingdom British spinal neurosurgery history dates back to 1887 when Sir Victor Horsley removed a spinal tumor through a laminectomy. 54 The Society of British Neurosurgeons was formed in 1926, making it the second-longest functioning national neurosurgical society globally.…”