title: [Unnecessary operations in the exercise of surgery. A topic of our times with serious implications in medical ethics].
abstract: Unnecessary operations represent between 20 and 25% of total surgical practice. This article analyses causes, history, enormous economic effects and their consequences as an iatrogenic harm. Looking for a solution to the problem of unnecessary operations is urgent because these surgeries have a direct effect on the field of ethics and morality in the practice of surgery.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Oncológicas, Hospital de Oncología CMN Siglo XXI, IMSS.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Guarner
mesh_terms: D003675:Defensive Medicine / Q000191:economics; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000191:economics; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000191:economics; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures / Q000191:economics