NASS strikes back at Washington Post suggesting most spine fusion surgery is unnecessary

Spinal fusions serve as case study for debate over when certain surgeries are necessary (Washington Post)
NASS Executive Committee Responds to Washington Post Article (NASS rebuttal)
WASHINGTON POST - By some measures, Federico C. Vinas was a star surgeon. He performed three or four surgeries on a typical weekday at the Daytona Beach, Fla., hospital that employed him, and a review showed him to be nearly five times as busy as other neurosurgeons. The hospital paid him hundreds of thousands in incentive pay. In all, he earned as much as $1.9 million a year.Yet given his productivity, some hospi...