@wjh67 Was your surgeon suggesting only a Laminoplasty and going to leave the bad discs and osteophytes in place? I would certainly ask a question about that because bone spurs can continue to grow and the problem will still exist. If it were not for those degenerative changes, the congenital narrowing of the spinal canal might not be an issue. Laminoplasty does open that up, and with aging, most people develop spinal stenosis and that suggests to me that your stenosis may get worse with aging.

My primary care doc recommended I get several opinions before deciding on any spine surgery which is good advice. I had 6 opinions, the last one at Mayo where I had my surgery. The first 5 didn't really understand the problem because my symptoms were confusing. You may get different procedures offered and can weigh the pros and cons of each and can discuss each differing opinion with any new surgeon you see so you can understand why they offer their solution instead of another. Good surgeons expect that you will get second opinions and should be comfortable with that. They discuss all these cases at conferences anyway and should be current with new surgical treatments.