Is it okay to have lumbar disc surgery in your seventies?

Whether lumbar disc surgery can be performed in the seventies needs to be judged according to the patient’s physical condition, and if there is no serious underlying cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease, the surgery can usually be performed. Lumbar disc herniation is a common disease in elderly patients, and advanced age is not a contraindication to lumbar disc herniation surgery. If the patient does not have severe hypertension, cerebral infarction, cardiac infarction, malnutrition, etc., surgery can be considered after evaluating the patient’s lumbar disc herniation to meet surgical indications, such as severe compression symptoms. If the patient’s symptoms of lumbar disc herniation are mild, with no obvious compression symptoms; or if the patient has underlying diseases such as cardiovascular disease or diabetes mellitus, surgical treatment is usually not recommended because postoperative recovery is slower in the elderly, and the underlying disease may be aggravated by the surgery. If you have a herniated lumbar disc, it is recommended that you go to a regular hospital and choose the appropriate treatment according to the advice of a professional doctor.