Concurrent Surgery: What is Appropriate?

Adv Surg. 2017 Sep;51(1):113-124. doi: 10.1016/j.yasu.2017.03.009. Epub 2017 May 2.

Authors

David B Hoyt¹, Peter Angelos²

Affiliations

¹ University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA; American College of Surgeons, 633 North Saint Clair Street, Chicago, IL 60611-3211, USA. Electronic address: dhoyt@facs.org.
² Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, The University of Chicago Medicine, MC 4052, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.

PMID: 28797334
DOI: 10.1016/j.yasu.2017.03.009

No abstract available

Keywords: Backup surgeon; Concurrent surgery; Immediately available; Informed consent; Overlapping surgery; Statements on principles.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Female
Health Care Surveys
Humans
Informed Consent
Male
Multitasking Behavior
Operating Rooms / statistics & numerical data*
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / ethics*
Risk Assessment
Surgical Procedures, Operative / ethics*
Surgical Procedures, Operative / methods*
Treatment Outcome