Indications for lumbar disc herniation include the following: First, non-surgical treatment is ineffective and the symptoms continue to worsen. Second, the first severe occurrence, the patient has difficulty moving and sleeping due to pain, and the patient is forced to be in a flexed hip and knee lateral position. Third, the patient presents with single nerve palsy or cauda equina palsy. Fourth, middle-aged patients with a long history of disease, affecting work and life. Fifth, conservative treatment is effective, but the symptoms recur and the pain is heavy. Sixth, those with lumbar disc herniation combined with lumbar spinal stenosis. Commonly used procedures include the following: first, posterior nucleus pulposus removal. Secondly, endoscopic nucleus pulposus removal. Third, artificial nucleus pulposus replacement. Fourth, lateral percutaneous myelomeningocele removal. Fifth, anterior transperitoneal or extraperitoneal myelomeningocele removal. Sixth, artificial disc replacement. Seventh, small incision discectomy, etc.