Know Your Surgery is a patient-facing editorial publication. We publish plain-English summaries of authoritative US medical sources on surgeries and health conditions. This page describes how our content is created, who is accountable for it, and the standards we hold ourselves to.
Know Your Surgery is led by Adeel Naeem Naqi, founder and Editor-in-Chief. The publication is read by patients, families, and caregivers preparing for procedures, learning about a diagnosis, or making sense of medical advice they have received. Adeel oversees editorial standards, source vetting, and the publication’s commitment to patient-friendly accuracy. He does not hold medical credentials and is not a practicing clinician. Read more on our About page.
Every article we publish goes through a structured, four-step workflow:
Know Your Surgery uses AI tooling as part of its editorial process. We disclose this openly because patients deserve to know how the information they read is produced. AI helps us cover more topics, structure articles more consistently, and produce drafts faster than a small editorial team could unaided. Every article is anchored to verifiable US medical sources and reviewed by a human before publication.
We do not allow AI to produce medical claims that are not traced to a named US authoritative source. We do not use AI to generate fabricated clinician opinions, simulated case studies, or invented statistics. Composite patient examples are clearly labeled as illustrative and never presented as real individuals.
The combination of AI-assisted drafting plus human editorial oversight is a deliberate choice. We believe transparent disclosure of it is more credible than concealment.
Our content is built only from authoritative US medical sources. Sources are ranked in three tiers:
When tiers conflict, Tier 1 sources govern. Statistics carry the source name and year. Where US clinical practice guidelines exist, we reference them in preference to international guidelines.
For our public bibliography of source families, see our Sources & References page.
Every clinical claim in an article is traced to a named source from one of the three tiers above before publication. Statistics older than five years are flagged for review or replacement. Outcomes are described as ranges and probabilities rather than promises. Risks are stated honestly rather than minimized or sensationalized.
If a published article contains an inaccuracy, we treat it as a serious failure and act on it under our correction policy below.
If we publish an inaccuracy, our commitments are:
To report a correction, email editorial@knowyoursurgery.com with the article URL and the specific concern.
Every article is reviewed at least once every 12 months for accuracy, source freshness, and alignment with current US clinical guidance. The review date appears on the article. Articles touching on fast-moving topics — new drug approvals, evolving surgical techniques, updated clinical guidelines — are reviewed more frequently as needed.
Know Your Surgery currently does not run sponsored content, paid editorial placements, or affiliate links. If this changes in the future, we will disclose any commercial relationship clearly on every article it touches and add a separate disclosures section to this page. We will never accept payment to alter clinical content, change recommended sources, or skew the framing of risks and outcomes.
To be explicit about our scope:
We exist to translate authoritative US medical sources into plain English so patients can prepare better questions for their own clinicians. Nothing more, and nothing less.
This page is reviewed and updated as our editorial practices evolve. Last reviewed: April 2026.
