If an older person is in good health and can tolerate anesthesia and surgery, he or she can usually have lumbar disc herniation surgery. On the contrary, they cannot. Lumbar disc herniation is caused by the herniated nucleus pulposus compressing the peripheral nerves of the lumbar vertebrae, resulting in symptoms such as lumbar pain, radiating pain in the lower limbs, and numbness, etc. Surgery is required when the condition seriously affects the daily life of the patient or when there are more serious functional disorders. Surgery includes open surgery and minimally invasive surgery. If the elderly are in good physical condition, can bear the trauma caused by surgery and tolerate anesthesia, and have no contraindications to surgery, they can undergo surgical treatment; if the elderly are in poor physical condition, have many basic illnesses, can not tolerate surgery, and have contraindications to surgery, then it is not recommended to undergo surgical treatment. Elderly people suffering from lumbar disc herniation are recommended to go to the hospital in time to improve the auxiliary examination, assess the condition, and follow the doctor’s instructions to choose the appropriate treatment plan, so as not to delay the condition.