How to use this worksheet
Use it to organize facts and documents before an attorney review. It does not determine whether malpractice occurred and should not delay medical care or urgent legal advice about a deadline.
Surgical Complication Review tasks
- ☐ Collect pre-op consultation and consent forms.
- ☐ Request the complete operative report.
- ☐ Request anesthesia and recovery-room records.
- ☐ Collect nursing notes, counts, and post-op monitoring.
- ☐ Build a timeline from procedure to first sign of complication.
- ☐ Collect imaging, labs, and corrective treatment records.
- ☐ List known complications discussed before surgery.
- ☐ Ask whether the issue is technique, monitoring, delayed recognition, or a known complication.
Tracking table
| Item | Date requested / completed | Source | Notes |
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Keep sensitive information private
Do not place Social Security numbers, account passwords, full medical-record sets, or other unnecessary sensitive data into a worksheet that might be emailed or shared casually. A lawyer can tell you what documents are appropriate to send.
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Reliable starting sources
Use primary or authoritative sources for medical records, legal definitions, licensing, and state-specific rules. General pages cannot calculate a filing deadline or decide whether malpractice occurred.