@pablo81 I think your orthopedic surgeon gave you a good answer. I didn't realize that the MILD procedure was being done by pain management doctors instead of spine surgeons. A spine surgeon specialist has so much more expertise and training about correcting spine conditions and experience with many different procedures and spine devices and instrumentation. Specializing in Neurosurgery has training for 7 years after getting an MD.

A laminectomy is like adding a second floor on a house to make more space. Some of the bone is cut away on the "roof" of the spine to allow more space for the spinal cord inside the spinal canal. That part of the bone isn't supporting body weight like the "end plates" that surround the discs. What is it that is confusing for you about your doctor's opinion?