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Surgeons must carefully plan for the ethical integration of novel surgical techniques into their practice. A series of practical steps are outlined along with a discussion of the importance of full disclosure of experience in the informed consent process with patients.
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Angelos, P., Randolph, G., Grogan, R.H. (2020). The Ethics of Novel Surgical Techniques. In: Russell, J., Inabnet III, W., Tufano, R. (eds) Transoral Neck Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30722-6_2
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