Background: Lumbar discectomy is one of the most common operations performed in spinal
surgery practice and preoperative patient education (PE) has been used by many hospitals for
transaction with patient's overall satisfaction. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the
effect of preoperative patient education on quality of recovery for patient undergoing lumber
discectomy. A quasi experimental research design was utilized. Setting, the study was conducted
at Orthopedic surgery department at Mansoura University Hospitals, Egypt. A convenience sample
consisting of 100 patients who present in hospital during the period of the program. Two tools were
used in data collection; tool 1 a structured interviewing questionnaire, part 1: Socio-demographic
characteristics of patients, part 2: Patients' past and present medical, surgical history. part 3
patients' habits. Tool 2: Quality of Recovery Scale. Results revealed that there was statistical
difference in mean of all quality of recovery scale domains between the pretest and posttest and a
highly statistically significant difference between the pretest and posttest regarding overall quality
of recovery scale with (p. value 0.001). Conclusion: Application of Preoperative Patient education
program has positive effect on quality of recovery for patients after lumber discectomy.
Recommendation; Similar studies are needed to assess the long-term effects of such educational
programs and establishment of health care educational center in the orthopedic surgery department.