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Accreditation and certification of Skull Base Centres in Germany by the Society for Skull Base Surgery (Gesellschaft für Schädelbasischirurgie, GSB)

Akkreditieren und Zertifizieren von Schädelbasiszentren in Deutschland durch die Gesellschaft für Schädelbasischirurgie (GSB)

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The German Society for Skull Base Surgery (Gesellschaft für Schädelbasischirurgie, GSB) has developed a protocol for the certification of GSB skull base centres. The development of such a protocol has led to numerous open and sometimes controversial discussions among the GSB members. The various critical discussion points will be reviewed and the ensuing results, which will then be included in the accreditation protocol, presented. The current GSB accreditation protocol will be presented and explained in an international comparison.

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  1. University Hospital for Otorhinolaryngology and Polyclinic, Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40255, Düsseldorf, Germany

    J. Schipper &  K. Schaumann

  2. Clinic for Neurosurgery, HELIOS Clinic in Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany

    R. Gerlach

  3. Clinic and Polyclinic for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Centre for Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    S. Reinert

  4. Clinic for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Clinic of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

    A. Schramm

  5. Clinic for Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Head, Neck and Facial, Plastic Surgery, Communication Disorders, Klinikum Fulda gAG, Marburg University Medicine—Fulda Campus, Fulda, Germany

    K. Schwager

  6. Clinic for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Plastic Facial Surgery, Hospital of the German Federal Armed Forces in Ulm, Ulm, Germany

    A. Schramm

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J. Schipper, K. Schaumann, R. Gerlach, S. Reinert, A. Schramm and K. Schwager declare that they have no competing interests.

For this article no studies with human participants or animals were performed by any of the authors. All studies performed were in accordance with the ethical standards indicated in each case.

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The German version of this article can be found under https://doi.org/10.1007/s00106-020-00920-2.

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Questionnaire for the certification of a skull base center of the Society for Skull Base Surgery, version 5.2 (June 2020)

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Schipper, J., Schaumann, K., Gerlach, R. et al. Accreditation and certification of Skull Base Centres in Germany by the Society for Skull Base Surgery (Gesellschaft für Schädelbasischirurgie, GSB). HNO 69 (Suppl 1), 20–23 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00106-020-00921-1

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