Regulations and in force laws impose to obtain an informed consent prior to any care, especially in surgical setting. Such consent must be informed, explicit, personal, specific and aware. Aim of the present study was the drawing of an informed consent form to be used in external fixation.

The possible drawbacks of using external fixation have been divided in three main groups: general biological, local biological and external fixation related. Moreover, within this consent, a detailed patient compliance section has been included because of this particular fixation system, with regard on nursing, medications and treatment time. As for the specificity of indications in trauma, the pre-existing of risk factors as cigarette smoking or open fracture has been clearly stressed. Finally, the consent for hardware removal has been predisposed, too.