[Informed consent in thyroid and parathyroid surgery].
The Authors outline the law problems and the practice implications of thyroid and parathyroid surgery from the point of view of the informed consensus of the patient, and expose the criteria they usually adopt in their clinical practice for such procedures. This problem is particularly important because is exceptionally needed in emergency; therefore the preoperative information must be completed as possible, illustrating the risks of the procedure and the possible solutions alternative to surgery.
Scerrino
Gregorio
G
Università degli Studi di Palermo, Dipartimento GEN. UR. TO., Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale. gregorioscerrino@virgilio.it
Paladino
Nunzia Cinzia
NC
Cocorullo
Gianfranco
G
Salamone
Giuseppe
G
Scarpinata
Rosaria
R
Gulotta
Gaspare
G
D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000601:surgery*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000601:surgery*