title: Informed consent in robotic surgery: quality of information and patient perception.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  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.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study presents correlations and descriptions based on forensic medicine concepts research, literature review, and the proposal of an integration in the classic concept of informed consent.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In robotic surgery we believe in the necessity to follow three arrangements to make the IC more complete. Integrate the information already present in the informed consent with data on the surgeon's experience in RS, the number of procedures of the department and the regional map of expertises by procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, San Luigi Hospital, Regione Gonzole 10, Orbassano (Torino), Italy , Tel.: 0119026224.
authors.forename: Alessia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferrarese
authors.affiliation: Section of General Surgery, Department of Oncology, San Luigi Hospital, Orbassano (Torino), Italy.
authors.forename: Giada
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pozzi
authors.affiliation: Section of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Santa Croce e Carle Hospital, Cuneo, Italy.
authors.forename: Felice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Borghi
authors.affiliation: Section of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Santa Croce e Carle Hospital, Cuneo, Italy.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pellegrino
authors.affiliation: Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Naples, Italy, University "Federico II" of Naples, 80131 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Pierpaolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Di Lorenzo
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Naples, Italy, University "Federico II" of Naples, 80131 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amato
authors.affiliation: Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Naples, Italy, University "Federico II" of Naples, 80131 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santangelo
authors.affiliation: Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Naples, Italy, University "Federico II" of Naples, 80131 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niola
authors.affiliation: Section of General Surgery, Department of Oncology, San Luigi Hospital, Orbassano (Torino), Italy.
authors.forename: Valter
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martino
authors.affiliation: Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Naples, Italy, University "Federico II" of Naples, 80131 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Capasso
keywords: Informed consent; Robotic surgery; Surgery