Open Medicine (Jan 2016)

Informed consent in robotic surgery: quality of information and patient perception

  • Ferrarese Alessia,
  • Pozzi Giada,
  • Borghi Felice,
  • Pellegrino Luca,
  • Di Lorenzo Pierpaolo,
  • Amato Bruno,
  • Santangelo Michele,
  • Niola Massimo,
  • Martino Valter,
  • Capasso Emanuele

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2016-0054
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 279 – 285

Abstract

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Obtaining a valid informed consent in the medical and surgical field is a long debated issue in the literature. In robotic surgery we believe in the necessity to follow three arrangements to make the informed consent more complete.

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