Welcome to the SpineForge

A Note from Me When I first put out SpineForgePlanner 0.1, it was just a small step toward making an open, free alternative to Surgimap. Since then, a few colleagues and friends reached out to congratulate me and give me the motivation to keep building. That encouragement meant a lot — this update is the…

What is SpineForgePlanner? SpineForgePlanner is a lightweight, standalone tool developed for spine surgeons and clinical researchers to perform sagittal alignment analysis directly from DICOM radiographs. This release marks the first public version (Alpha 0.1) of a long-term open-source effort under the umbrella of SpineForge.org — a nonprofit project to make validated, practical, and affordable tools…

🔷 SpineForge.org Open-Source Surgical Simulators for Global Neurosurgery 💡 What is Spineforge? Spineforge is a growing collection of open-source, 3D-printed surgical training models designed by Dr. Bahadır Akbulut (Ege University, Turkey), tailored to the needs of neurosurgical residents—particularly in resource-limited settings. Our models are validated in prospective studies, ultra-low-cost, reusable, and easy to reproduce using…