I forgot an important point. Before Dr. Wilson made his motion, he and others made some comments stating that they don't believe that fusion results meet the approval criterion either. IMHO, back in the day when fusion was even worse than it is now, many came to believe that fusion is a bad idea and don't believe that they are warranted. The draft recommendations mentions the studies that have demonstrated that long term results for conservative treatment demonstrated numbers similar to fusion results.
More later,
Mark
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