[Preoperative patient education in plastic surgery].

Federal guidelines requires written informed consent for each operation. The patient has to be informed about important facts concerning the treatment. The specific risks always have to be mentioned in detail. If the patient is not able to agree expressly because of his serious injury, he can be treated without express consent. The extent of the preoperative information depends on the indication: the more urgent the treatment, the less detailed the amount of information and vice versa.