Patient’s question: The disease started one year ago. At the beginning of the pain in the lumbar region is unbearable, bed rest for a month, in addition to urine and feces during the period are lying in bed, 4-5 days after the lumbar pain is slowly reduced, but gradually appeared in the buttock pain, and then the calves slowly began to hurt. Now every morning the pain is the most serious, the pain is intolerable, washing face and brushing teeth can not stand straight, unbearable. You can sit for half an hour and walk, but you can’t walk much, otherwise it hurts. The patient is only 36 years old this year, how to treat ah? Hope to provide help: how to treat, minimally invasive intervention or minimally invasive surgery? Can I have minimally invasive discoscopic surgery for a central herniation like mine? How far can I recover? Does it remove the entire lumbar disc? Response: Minimally invasive surgery such as discoscopy and laminoscopy for lumbar disc herniation only removes the part of the disc that is herniated and presses on the nerves, while the part of the disc that does not press on the nerves is still preserved because the remaining disc tissue will be needed for the lumbar spine in the future. If all the discs are removed, the lumbar spine will have no cartilage cushioning, and it will be necessary to do bone grafting and fusion internal fixation surgery, which is often referred to as steel nail surgery. Patient’s question: It has been 2 months since the surgery, and the pain has been significantly reduced, thanks to Prof. Tao. One month after the surgery, I had some symptoms that I didn’t have before the surgery: numbness of the soles of my feet, wood in my buttocks, and weakening of my left leg, but after one month, all these symptoms slowly disappeared. There is still a little problem: the symptoms before the surgery are still a little bit left, more difficult in the morning, after activity to alleviate, walking can be better, lying down, standing and sitting are difficult. I don’t know what’s going on. When will it return to normal? And can I bend over now, is it ok to drive? At the moment I’m mainly resting, practicing straight leg raises and swifts. And walks and occasional short drives. Response: It has only been two months since the surgery, and in general, the symptoms are much better than before the surgery. These residual symptoms should now slowly disappear. You will be able to bend and drive one month after surgery. But you can’t bend over and carry heavy objects for a year after surgery. Patient question: It is indeed better than before the operation, but it has not been complete, so I am a little worried, I will wait and see, thank you Professor Tao. Response: The effect of herniated disc surgery, generally speaking, 80% of the previous symptoms are restored, it is already a very good effect; can be restored 90%, that is very good. Only about 20% of patients are fully recovered. Your nerves have been compressed for such a long time that there will always be some residual nerve symptoms. As time goes on, there will be less and less. Thanks to you, I had surgery with you last year and was discharged before New Year’s Day. Now I am almost recovered and have started to work, and the other day I even went hiking with my children, thanks to you. Although I experienced all kinds of difficulties after the surgery, and doubted whether I could still work for a while, the symptoms have been slowly relieved after the surgery, and now it has been more ideal, so I would like to thank you for the whole family once again for your wonderful hands. This patient’s recovery was slow because of the severity and length of her pre-operative symptoms. In the early stage of recovery, the individual’s expectations are higher and he tends to be skeptical and lose confidence. It is important to build up confidence and trust in your doctor.