Editing Neurosurgery (section)

== Organised neurosurgery ==
[[File:Robert Spetzler in a Neurosurgeons Group.jpg|thumb|World Academy of Neurological Surgery's conference]]
The '''[[World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies]]''' ('''WFNS'''), founded in 1955, in [[Switzerland]], as a [[professional]], [[scientific]], [[non governmental organization]], is composed of 130 member societies: consisting of 5 Continental Associations ([[American Association of Neurological Surgeons|AANS]], [[Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Surgeons|AASNS]], [[Continental Association of African Neurosurgical Societies|CAANS]], [[European Association of Neurosurgical Societies|EANS]] and [[Latin American Federation of Neurosurgical Societies|FLANC]]), 6 Affiliate Societies, and 119 National Neurosurgical Societies, representing some 50,000 [[neurosurgeons]] worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wfns.org/all-member-societies|title=About the Foundation &#124; World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies|access-date=2020-07-10|archive-date=2020-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804160229/https://www.wfns.org/all-member-societies}}</ref> It has a consultative status in the [[United Nations]]. The official Journal of the Organization is [[World Neurosurgery]].<ref name=journal>{{cite web|title=Journal: World Neurosurgery|url=http://www.wfns.org/pages/journal/280.php|publisher=WFNS|access-date=29 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606032854/http://www.wfns.org/pages/journal/280.php|archive-date=6 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Elsevier>{{cite web|title=World Neurosurgery, Home page|url=http://www.worldneurosurgery.org/|publisher=Elsevier|access-date=29 May 2014|archive-date=9 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409103313/http://www.worldneurosurgery.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> The other global organisations being the World Academy of Neurological Surgery (WANS) and the World Federation of Skull Base Societies (WFSBS).