Ask about laminectomy if he doesn’t do it I personally would find another doctor. The surgeon will not like doing it he looses money. Putting in the metal and the cost of the hospitalization along with physical therapy. Longer recovery ACDF.
https://www.precisionhealth.com.au/healthcare-services/advanced-neurosurgery-spinal-surgery/procedures-and-surgery/cervical-laminectomy/#:~:text=A%20cervical%20laminectomy%20is%20an,may%20also%20be%20causing%20compression.