Organizing Your Surgery Records

Keep a record of your surgery that includes:

• date of surgery
• name, address and phone number of institution where you had surgery
• surgeon's name and telephone number
• medical record number
• copy of discharge summary after surgery
• copies of all pathology reports
• copies of any second opinions
• copies of all imaging reports done before and after surgery

If you have more than one surgery, it's easiest if you keep a separate record for each surgery.