@sand40 I know there is a lot of advertising about laser spine surgery. It is very limited in what it can do, and I have never heard Mayo promote this. There was a member on Connect who was from out of the country and he spent a lot of cash to fly to the US for laser treatment on the nerve roots of his cervical spine. It didn't help and left him in more pain than before and his head tipped forward that he couldn't lift up or not lift well at all, in any case, a new weakness.

I have seen some online videos from spine surgery conferences where surgeons are expressing their opinions on laser surgery and making jokes about it. I hope that answers your question.

Your best bet is see a good orthopedic spine surgeon or spine neurosurgeon at a respected medical facility. Mayo Rochester has more spine surgeons than Mayo in Jacksonville.

This post has a member @rdflash0788 discussing their consult with Dr. Fox, a spine surgeon at Mayo Jacksonville. https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1012459/
That discussion goes on a bit between he and I. I hope that information is helpful if you are considering Jacksonville. My spine surgery was at Mayo in Rochester, and my surgeon there was Jeremy Fogelson. I can answer questions about that. My procedure was a fusion of C5/C6 done without hardware.