Informed consent for innovative surgery: a survey of patients and surgeons.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unlike new drugs and medical devices, most surgical procedures are developed outside clinical trials and without regulatory oversight. Surgical professional organizations have discussed how new procedures should be introduced into practice without agreement on what topics informed consent discussions must include. To provide surgeons with more specific guidance, we wanted to determine what information patients and surgeons consider essential to disclose before an innovative surgical procedure.

Methods

Of those approached, 85 of 113 attending surgeons and 383 of 541 adult postoperative patients completed surveys; responses to the surveys were 75% and 71%, respectively. Using a 6-point Likert scale, participants rated the importance of discussing 16 types of informa

SUBMITTER: Lee Char SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3602241 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature