I think there is a lot of difference between interpretation (clarifying the meaning) and advice (suggesting the right course of action). I will stick to recounting my own experience which is that my symptoms were burning legs and poor mobility as a result of stenosis. I had a spinal decompression operation with laminectomy. Recovery was not difficult but there was little improvement so the best that can be said is that my condition has been stabilised. The post-op diagnosis was myelomalacia = softening of the spinal cord.

Seems to me reading lots of posts here that although many back conditions seem on first reading to be similar, outcomes vary enormously. Probably not very helpful, but maybe there are no easy answers.