๐พ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐?
The unspoken ethics of surgical training.
A patient scheduled for laparoscopic surgery repeatedly asks whether the senior consultant will perform the operation. She is reassured that the surgical team is highly qualified.
During surgery, however, a resident performs large portions of the procedure under supervision as part of their surgical training.
The surgery is successful. The patient recovers well.
But afterward, she discovers that the trainee performed significant parts of the operation, something she feels was never clearly explained beforehand.
Should patients always be explicitly informed about trainee involvement during surgery, even in teaching hospitals?
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The Operating Room Global (TORG)
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