Digital informed consent on radical prostatectomy surgery - A turning point on patient communication means

• Main Authors: Pedro Sousa Passos, Nuno Carvalho, Sara Teixeira Anacleto, Mário Cerqueira Alves, Paulo Oliveira Mota
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: PAGEPress Publications 2021-10-01
• Series: Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia
• Subjects: Letter to the Editor
• Online Access: https://pagepressjournals.org/index.php/aiua/article/view/9899

To the Editor, Radical Prostatectomy (RP) is one of the preferred treatments for localized prostatic cancer and although surgical complications have been reduced over the years, urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction are still common and significantly impact the patient’s life. Therefore, adequate patient education and counselling before RP is essential. Informed Consent (IC) is a crucial element of doctor-patient interaction, and it must ensure that patients receive and understand all the information regarding their diseases and treatments. Implicit in providing IC is assessing the patient’s understanding, since accessible communication enables them to make informed decisions consciously and autonomously about their health status [...].