Guest guest Posted June 5, 2001 Report Share Posted June 5, 2001 Thanks for this info. Pat Surgical Notes Hi gang, Someone recently posted about requesting their surgical notes which made me very curious if I could find out by reading them how much I was bypassed (I was too drugged up to ask). I had my surgery at Durham Regional Hospital and the process is free and easy. Call 919/470-6317 and ask for Medical Records, once there tell them you want to request your surgical records. They will then fax you a simple request form, fill it out and fax it to them at 919/470-6358. They said it will take a few days to process my request and the records will be mailed to my home. Anyway, I thought you might be interested. in NC MGB 2/7/01 -80 pounds and worried with all the recent postings about stalled losing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2001 Report Share Posted June 6, 2001 I did exactly as you and sent a check for $10.00. Then I received a statement saying that my records consisted of 58 pages and they needed $18.50 more. I finally received my records and the description of surgery sounds very generic and says approx. 6 feet were bypassed. It's all a computerized format. > Hi gang, > Someone recently posted about requesting their surgical notes which made me > very curious if I could find out by reading them how much I was bypassed (I > was too drugged up to ask). I had my surgery at Durham Regional Hospital and > the process is free and easy. Call 919/470-6317 and ask for Medical Records, > once there tell them you want to request your surgical records. They will > then fax you a simple request form, fill it out and fax it to them at > 919/470-6358. They said it will take a few days to process my request and > the records will be mailed to my home. > Anyway, I thought you might be interested. > in NC > MGB 2/7/01 > -80 pounds and worried with all the recent postings about stalled losing > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2001 Report Share Posted June 6, 2001 As a medical transcriptionist by trade I can tell you that I would be surprised if most of our operative reports were not nearly identical. Dr's get into a routine of dictating and say pretty much the same thing over and over - especially when doing virtually the same procedure over and over. Some physicians tend not to be very precise. Some even use " standards " where all you have to do is insert patient information - I see this a lot in cataract operations! on Re: Surgical Notes > I did exactly as you and sent a check for $10.00. Then I received a > statement saying that my records consisted of 58 pages and they needed > $18.50 more. I finally received my records and the description of > surgery sounds very generic and says approx. 6 feet were bypassed. > It's all a computerized format. > > > > > > Hi gang, > > Someone recently posted about requesting their surgical notes > which made me > > very curious if I could find out by reading them how much I was > bypassed (I > > was too drugged up to ask). I had my surgery at Durham Regional > Hospital and > > the process is free and easy. Call 919/470-6317 and ask for Medical > Records, > > once there tell them you want to request your surgical records. > They will > > then fax you a simple request form, fill it out and fax it to them > at > > 919/470-6358. They said it will take a few days to process my > request and > > the records will be mailed to my home. > > Anyway, I thought you might be interested. > > in NC > > MGB 2/7/01 > > -80 pounds and worried with all the recent postings about stalled > losing > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 I received my surgical notes today and sent them off to Dr. Bridwells office. The notes state they tryed a four inch rod was inserted and cranked out to the maximal length and this rod was too short. Accordingly a five inch rod was then placed in the hooks and cranked out until the rod bowed, this was the rod they used. I guess this was the procedure, and the rods they used in the 70's. My nephew has had surgery and he has 3 rods in his back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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