Mark, can you be more specific? Which information is harmful misleading?
Do you disagree with a collapsed disc being a contraindication in the USA? (We know that anything goes in Germany)
It is impossible for the general public to be informed on this subject enough to make good decisions. We have met many ortho doctors who know basically nothing about ADR. They love to gawk at my xrays. Thus, if 5 surgeons will give you 8 answers as you say, then the ONLY thing you can trust is the trial data, FDA rules used on the trials, and common sense.
I have never seen a single web page that would show a failure case-all doctors, manufactures adverts are always showing only successes. (When I say "show", I mean to advertise on the first page).
Why not to advertise, lets say, 5 good outcomes and 5 bad to be fair? No one does it. Why? Because whoever advertising it has a financial interest in it. Everyone knows it but there are too many desperate people out there and they can swallow anything.