I would advise you not to rush into any kind of surgery unless it is an emergency. I had a spinal fusion in 2017 for supposed spondylithesis (two adjacent vertebrae out of alignment). Previous MRIs showed nothing remarkabke. but a new orthopaedic surgegeon orderd another one.
that's when he said I had the condition. I was fairly new to the pain game, so I went ahead with the surgery. Did it help with my pain? No. Did it correct the condition? Possibly. Who knows? If I could go back in time,I would get a second, even third opinion and would think long and hard about having back surgery.