Age limit for having lumbar disc surgery

There is no definite age limit for lumbar disc surgery, and it needs to be decided according to the degree of disc herniation. Lumbar disc herniation slight protrusion of the lower lumbar pain, there is no obvious compression symptoms, such as leg pain and numbness, you can take conservative treatment, lumbar traction, bed rest, most of them can be alleviated. If the herniated disc compresses the nerves after conservative treatment without significant improvement, you can take surgical treatment, there is no obvious age limit, for teenagers can also be performed intervertebral foramenoscopy surgery to remove the herniated disc. For the elderly combined with lumbar spinal stenosis can be performed plate decompression nerve release surgery. Therefore, there is no clear age limit for intervertebral disc surgery, which is decided according to the degree of herniation and the patient’s physical condition.