On #PeoplesVoteNow she says: “There is an issue around informed consent. You wouldn’t go into surgery based on the consent form signed two years ago for an unknown operation. You would want to know what the surgery is, what the evidence is, what the risks are.”https://twitter.com/HSJEditor/status/1066748347346767872 …
There's an issue of waking up the patient mid operation to confirm consent to reassure your doubts. If you can;t cut it, hand over to a surgeon who can. "Laparotomy and proceed" is a perfectly valid operation. The approach can confirm the action required.