The Association for Medical Ethics provides the links to many publications with regards to conflicts of interest on their News & Media page: http://www.ethicaldoctor.org/news-and-media/.

Some links to newspapers and blogs describing the conflict of interest there is with spine surgeons affiliated to industry are also provided in the following:



http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/23/business/23medronic.html?ex=1271908800&en=f2b6a791c937140a&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/18/business/18disk.html?ex=1300338000&en=e292b7b057278615&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/30/business/30spine.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5070&en=736f736c5e853a2f&ex=1177560000#

http://blog.oup.com/2007/01/is_there_an_eth/

http://www.hpnonline.com/inside/2006-05/HPNonline.com-%20Clinical%20Business%20Strategies%20-%200605.html


https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703395204576024023361023138 full text:
Top Spine Surgeons Reap Royalties, Medicare Bounty - WSJ.com


Medtronic to Pay $1.35 Billion to Inventor - The New York Times


The Spine as Profit Center - The New York Times


Surgeons on the payroll of industry can be found on the yearly Scoliosis Research Society Programs (example below)

as well as on the website of the Association for Medical Ethics.


Sometimes even in healthy individuals spine surgery may lead to fatal consequences:




Testimony of Dr. Rosen:

https://www.aging.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/hr188cr.pdf



And still today there is no high quality evidence supporting spine surgery for patients with spinal deformities, while the long-term adverse effects of such surgery seems to far exceed the consequences of the deformity:

https://sajp.co.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/1569/2587