re surgery
That seems like a lot of levels re laminectomies. Between that many levels having surgery and then the instrumentation at the lower level it sounds like you'll have a long recovery. I didn't think it was that common to to lamis on the thoracic levels (tho then again your symptoms and findings may well warrent the proposed degree of surgery).
I'd surely not submit myself to this degree of surgery without a 2nd opinion and probably a 3rd and 4th as well.
I'm not that familiar with thoracic problems however so hopefully someone will hop on here that has more knowledge and can better answer your questions.
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