St Albans Hospital breast unit, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Pan Afr Med J. 2022 Mar 8;41:188. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.41.188.28872. eCollection 2022.
Breast reconstruction operations have been on the rise over the last two decades; with recent advances in medical practice, different options of breast reconstruction have been readily available. However, it is challenging for patients to grasp the knowledge and digest differences, advantages, and disadvantages of each and every procedure to be able to choose the best procedure for them. Following the Thefaut and Montgomery cases, clinicians are obliged to make sure that all the required information is presented to the patients in a structured manner and suitable environment to aid them in deciding the best procedure for them and guiding them through the informed consent process.
在过去的二十年中,乳房重建手术的数量一直在增加;随着医学实践的最新进展,乳房重建的不同选择已经唾手可得。然而,患者很难掌握知识并理解每种手术的差异、优势和劣势,以便能够选择最适合他们的手术。在 Thefaut 和 Montgomery 案之后,临床医生有义务确保以结构化的方式和合适的环境向患者提供所有必要的信息,以帮助他们决定最适合他们的手术,并指导他们完成知情同意过程。