Well I had the same surgery done by both so I can tell ya exactly what the difference's were for me.

1. The neurosurgeon performed ACDF C4-5, C5-6. I woke up from the surgery and refused meds! I ate Wendy's 3 hours later, went home the next morning and felt like a million bucks. I had to wear that J Collar for awhile but I felt great.

Ultimately only one of the two fused, or the other broke either or I had to have C5-6 redone and it caused C6-7 to blow completely out! The neuro thought he was GOD and said I was healed and that could not be so........

I found the ortho and well he fixed that surgery, performed his own ACDF at C6-7 and strapped everything down with titanium. Whereas the first surgery took 7.5 hours, this one took 1. I woke up in considerable pain and asked for heavy and frequent doses of meds. I couldn't eat anything if I wanted to due to the swelling and hoarseness. Ice itself was a bear! I still went home the next day but I had marked pain from the actual surgery.

In my experience the neuro was more gentile.The ortho got the job done!