The success of lumbar disc surgery can be judged by the manifestation of clinical symptoms and imaging findings.
Lumbar disc surgery methods mainly include: ① nucleus pulposus removal: total laminectomy, hemilaminectomy and open nucleus pulposus removal. ②Open surgery: mainly through the lumbar back incision, laminectomy and discectomy.
The success of lumbar disc surgery can be determined by: ① clinical symptoms: lumbar pain, radiating pain in the lower limbs, pain in the lower abdomen or anterior thighs and numbness in the lower limbs and other symptoms disappear, if the symptoms disappear, that is, proving the success of the surgery; ② imaging tests: X-ray, CT or MRI and other tests to observe the lumbar spine, and the preoperative imaging tests to compare the lesions whether the lesions have changed.