@wjh67 Hello and welcome to Connect. I am a cervical spine surgery patient and had my surgery at Mayo Rochester. In diagnosing, they did an MRI and neurological testing. For follow ups to check fusion progress, a few X-rays were taken periodically. Bring any prior imaging you have that is current because they can use it instead of taking new imaging. There will likely be some radiation during spine surgery from fluoroscopy imaging which is how the surgeon can confirm what level they are working on. I think the greatest radiation exposure is a CT because that is a series of multiple X-rays stacked together to make a 3 dimensional image. All of it is probably much less radiation than taking an airline flight as I've been told. It's a question to ask at an appointment.

Are you going to Mayo for a spine appointment?