Active Informed Consent: a New Solution to Improve and Objectively Test the Patient Understanding of Complex Surgical Procedures Proposals

Inclusion Criteria: * Adults aged ≥ 18 years (with full legal capacity to consent). * Scheduled for elective surgery in one of the two domains: spinal surgery or radical prostatectomy in the waiting list of our centers. * Ability to comprehend Italian language. * Basic computer or internet access skills. Patients (or their family members) should have the ability to access multimedia content. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients under age: minors. * Inability to provide informed consent or self-determination (significant cognitive impairment, severe mental illness, or decisional incapacity that would prevent them from understanding the consent materials or participating in the decision-making). * Urgent or emergency surgery cases.