Table 4.

Type of oral information delivered by physician (n = 560)

	n	%
Diagnosis	520	92.8
Type of surgery	494	88.2
Prognosis	416	74.2
Post-operative progress	384	68.6
Benefits of surgery	381	68.0
Outcome of non treatment	362	64.6
Alternatives to the proposed surgery	354	63.2
Chances of success of the surgery	346	61.8
Potential complications of the surgery	300	53.6