I don't totally agree with that. I think what you're really seeing is that medicine is an art, not a strict science. That doesn't just apply to Orthos's, it's true in all medicine. Every individual doctor will approach cases by their own instincts, intuition, knowledge, experience and diagnostic capabilities. In this case, the ocean between each doctor's recommendation really mandates a third opinion. Maybe switching to a neurosurgeon instead of an ortho.