Check out this. My partner had a C7 neuropathy treated with Microendoscopic Discectomy and is doing well, and back to work after 6 weeks. We are both ENT surgeons, so needless to say a lot of thought went into his decision to proceed with surgery.
http://www.carolinaneurosurgery.com/spine/medfaq.html
Neurosurg Focus. 2008;25(2):E2. doi: 10.3171/FOC/2008/25/8/E2.