Illegal. According to Article 12 19 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Code, there is no communication record between doctors and patients in the medical records, and the doctors' preoperative notification is insufficient, which infringes on the patients' right to know and choose, which is illegal. People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Code is called "encyclopedia of social life". It is the first law named after the code in New China, which occupies a fundamental position in the legal system and is also the basic law of the market economy.