@spicykiwi748
I almost did cervical and lumbar spine surgery at the same time but glad I didn’t. They prioritized my cervical spine ACDF on C5-C6 in 2022 and then had decompression and fusion of L3-L5 in 2024. The cervical spine surgery was much less painful and an easier recovery than my lumbar spine.

Based on your father’s MRIs, I would question why they are only doing a laminectomy on his lumbar spine when it clearly shows his L4 vertebrae slipping backwards over L5 and his L5 vertebrae slipping forward over S1. A laminectomy only cuts away lamina bone to give space to the spinal cord and nerve roots. It does not provide stability and may cause more instability.