Abstract:Background/aim: There is an ongoing debate about how much a patient should know about serious or frequently occurring risks of their surgery. In this study, we evaluated healthy subjects' perspectives on knowledge of serious surgical complications.Materials and methods: Three hundred and thirty healthy subjects (151 women, 179 men; mean age: 43.6 ± 17.3 years) were surveyed with the study questionnaire. Social profile, surgical history of the healthy subjects, and presence of a relative while giving preoperati… Show more
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