The Journal of otolaryngology
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Informed consent in otologic surgery: prospective study of risk recall by patients and impact of written summaries of risk.
To evaluate how much patients remember of the risks discussed with them about their otologic surgery and to evaluate whether a simple intervention, the addition of an information handout, improves recall. ⋯ The addition of a handout did not significantly alter recall of potential complications of otologic surgery with the exception of facial nerve paralysis.