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Ethical, legal and clinical aspects of live surgery in urology - contemporary issues and a glimpse of the future.

Authors :
Cumpanas AA
Ferician OC
Latcu SC
Pricop C
Bardan RT
Source :
Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques [Wideochir Inne Tech Maloinwazyjne] 2017; Vol. 12 (1), pp. 1-6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Mar 13.
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

Beside dry and wet lab training, simulators, video tapes, fellowships and clinical visits, live surgery has gained popularity during the last years, being an attraction point at large scientific meetings and at postgraduate courses as well. This type of surgical training raises both ethical and legal issues. Thus, there are professional societies that have banned such meetings, mainly due to safety reasons for the patient. The current article aims to identify and to discuss ethical and legal issues related to the topic, advantages, disadvantages and weak points of this emerging challenge for modern medicine, trying to analyze the issues from all relevant points of view: those of the patient, the surgeon and the session attendant.<br />Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1895-4588
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
28446925
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.5114/wiitm.2017.66502