cervical disc surgery aims to remove the (compressing agent ) soft disc fragment that is pressing on the nerve root causing "electric," "numbing," or "shooting" pains, that often start in the neck and travel into one arm When surgical intervention is chosen,the posterior cervical foraminotomy and discectomy is a well-known traditionalsurgical technique with successful outcomes in patients with radicular pain due tolaterally located herniated disc. Recently, Minimal invasive posterior cervicalforaminotomy(MicroscopicassistedTubularposteriorforaminotomy)isbetterthan the traditional technique in minimizing Blood loss, postoperative hospital stay,andpostoperativeneckpainwith the sameoutcomeregardingbrachialgia Aime of study tocompare result of Traditional and Minimally invasive posterior cervicalforaminotomy in relieving arm pain, operative time blood loss, complications, andpost-operativemuscle spasm and toassess which methodis better

posterior cervical foraminotomy , cervical disc herniation ,MicroscopicassistedTubularposteriorforaminotomy,Pathophysiology