Lumbar intervertebral disc herniation is one of the main causes of low back ache and sciatica, which might incapacitate a person. There are many techniques available for treating lumbar disc herniation. But conventional standard open discectomy is still the most acceptable method today. Numerous retrospective and some prospective reviews of open disc surgeries are available. These studies have reported excellent results in 46 to 97% of the patients.30 Cases of lumbar disc herniation which have been treated by open discectomy, satisfying inclusion and exclusion criterias, admitted in Hospital were studied. Preoperative and postoperative scores were taken and the rate of improvement in terms of percentage was calculated using Japanese Orthopaedic Association Low Backache score.In our study we achieved 90% good results, 6.67% fair results, poor outcome of 3.33%, and the results were comparable to other studies.There are many techniques for treatment of lumbar disc herniation but conventional standard open discectomy is still the most acceptable method for the Indian scenario.