Ethics, Safety & Complications

Core ethical duty after an intraoperative error that caused no harm but was discovered post-op is to:

A competent adult refuses a recommended reconstructive procedure. The surgeon should:

Elements of valid informed consent include all EXCEPT:

Best practice for social-media posting of pre/post photos:

When a patient demands a cosmetic procedure the surgeon deems unsafe/unreasonable:

Chaperone use is most appropriate during:

Language access in consent:

Ethical response to suspected intimate-partner violence:

Conflict of interest with device/implant vendors should be managed by:

Duty to maintain confidentiality is overridden when:

A Jehovah’s Witness refuses transfusion for a major procedure. Ethical plan:

Managing a known high-risk cosmetic patient with BDD features:

Surgical safety to prevent wrong-site surgery includes:

In aesthetic surgery, the most effective strategy to reduce VTE in high-risk patients is:

Fire risk mitigation during facial surgery with cautery and supplemental O₂:

Laser room safety requires:

Duty when recognizing a colleague’s impairment (e.g., substance misuse):

After a complication (e.g., hematoma) requiring reoperation, the ethically sound disclosure includes:

Photographs for the medical record vs marketing:

Ethically handling “up-selling” add-on procedures:

Managing incidentaloma on pre-op imaging irrelevant to planned surgery:

Capacity vs competence:

Surrogate decision-making standard for incapacitated patient without prior directive:

Managing a minor seeking cosmetic surgery with parental consent:

Off-label implant use disclosure requires:

Handling gifts from patients:

Management of suspected surgical site infection after discharge when patient messages via social media:

Appropriate response to a device/implant recall affecting your patients:

Duty when receiving a subpoena for records:

Colleague posts identifiable patient photo without consent. Your duty:

Managing unrealistic expectations (“celebrity look-alike request”):

Ethically appropriate opioid prescribing after outpatient plastics:

Allocation of limited ICU beds after mass casualty:

Residents/trainees performing parts of case:

Handling a near-miss (e.g., antibiotic allergy caught pre-incision):

Most effective way to reduce retained surgical items:

Ethical marketing claims should:

When a patient refuses to stop smoking pre-op for a high-risk flap:

Research authorship ethics require:

After a fatal embolic event in a high-risk aesthetic case, appropriate institutional actions include: