title: [Patient safety management in surgery].
abstract: This article deals with practical guidelines for informed consent to surgery and strategies to avoid adverse events during the operative and postoperative periods. It also describes what to do in the event of accidents and what should or should not be done to avoid medical litigation.
authors.affiliation: JR Tokyo General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Furuse
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagase
mesh_terms: D007258:Informed Consent; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017751:Safety Management / Q000592:standards*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative