My uncle works in a hospital and he gave us one very good piece of advice
When my sister had to have an operation to fix her deformed big toe (which essentially involved sawing it off and re-attaching it in the right place with titanium screws) he told us to find a big black permanent marker and to draw a big arrow on her foot, pointing to the affected toe. After all, surgeons make mistakes and if you've got two of them it's best not to take any chances.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 11 Mar 2010, 17:40, 2 replies)

Actually...
Despite the fact there was a pretty big scar on my ankle, when I had the metalwork removed from it, they drew an arrow on my leg pointing at the scar "just in case"
( snee held his breath since, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 8:48, closed)

Good surgeons
do this anyway, when the patient is awake to confirm it.
(ubergeekian, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 19:10, closed)