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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 95-B, Issue SUPP_17 | Pages 8 - 8
1 Apr 2013
Dunderdale CS Wellington K Khatri M
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Aim

To investigate the role of websites in enhancing patients' understanding of reason and risk of surgery as a part of informed consent for elective un-instrumented lumbar spine surgery (EULSS).

Methodology

This was a National Research Ethical Committee approved RCT study. 63 patients underwent EULSS, out of which 14(29%) declined participation and 14(29%) were excluded. One did not have surgery therefore 34 were randomised to Standard (S) and intervention group (I) using sealed envelope. Standard group were given verbal information & leaflet while the Intervention group were given information on relevant section of www.eurospine.org and www.spinesurgeons.ac.uk websites. A 13 item Informed Consent Questionnaire (ICQ) was used to collect data. The primary outcomes were patients' perceived understanding of reason and risk of EULSS.