Abstract

This article concerns the extended operations or procedures where during an operation, previously agreed between surgeon and the patient and while the patient is anesthetised the surgeon realizes that further or totally different measures should be or may be taken. The question that arises whether it is in the patient's best interest for the surgeon to proceed without having had the opportunity to fully inform his patient or to terminate the operation and obtain a new consent for the second pration. The legal concerns were discussed in this article.