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Tubular assisted techniques have been considered to offer significant benefit, over open procedures, in terms of minimizing tissue damage, operative time, blood loss, analgesic requirements and length of hospital stay. We hypothesized that MTPF reduces post-operative analgesic requirements and length of hospital stay over the traditional open laminoforaminotomy, with no difference in complication rates and, secondly, that MTPF is comparable to endoscopic posterior foraminotomy (EPF).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0317167100011446_abs2\"><jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title><jats:p>We conducted a retrospective review of 107 patients who underwent posterior cervical laminoforaminotomy for radicular pain between 1999 and 2009. Patient demographics, intra-operative parameters, length of hospitalization, post-operative analgesic use, complications and short-term neurological outcome were compared between groups.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0317167100011446_abs3\"><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Between 1999 and 2009, a total of 107 patients were identified to have undergone a cervical foraminotomy. An open approach was used in 65 patients, while 42 underwent MTPF. Operative time and complications were comparable between groups. Significant differences favoring MTPF were observed in operative blood loss, post-operative analgesic use and length of hospital stay (p&lt;0.001). All results were comparable to previous reports utilizing EPF.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0317167100011446_abs4\"><jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title><jats:p>MTPF for the treatment of cervical radiculopathy significantly reduces blood loss, post-operative analgesic use and length of hospital stay compared to the standard open approach. 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