The incidence of lumbar disc herniation is increasing, and advertisements for lumbar disc herniation treatments are all over the place. This makes many patients confused, under what circumstances should surgery be performed? The recommended surgical indications are: 1. Very serious symptoms and ineffective conservative treatment for half a year. 2. Herniated disc is serious and compresses the nerve root or cauda equina. 3, Imaging suggests that the disc herniation is obvious or combined with spinal stenosis. 4.Acute intervertebral disc herniation, complete with acute nerve injury. With the development of science and technology, the surgical methods are becoming more and more abundant, especially the advancement of minimally invasive surgery makes the efficacy better and better. Therefore, patients who do meet the above indications for surgery are still recommended to have surgery as soon as possible.