Guidelines for informed consent in intraoperative consults, suggesting improved ethical practices for surgeons.
This statement on informed consent during an intraoperative consult, developed by the SAGES Ethics Committee, has been reviewed and approved by the SAGES Board of Governors. It provides a framework for conducting an intraoperative consult and evaluating that process afterward, with a particular focus on informed consent. This statement adds to our previous guidance on informed consent, Rawlings (Surg Endosc 34:4713–4716, 2020) which deliberately did not address the intraoperative consult due to its complexity.
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