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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Ethical and legal implications of genetic testing in traumatology and orthopedics

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Yaroslavl State Medical University, Yaroslavl, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Vitaly V. Savgachev
Revolutsionnaya St., 5, Yaroslavl region, Yaroslavl, 150000, Russia; ur.liam@8822grurih

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Acknowledgements: the author expresses gratitude to Alexander L. Khokhlov, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Rector of Yaroslavl State Medical University (YSMU), for his help in organizing the laboratory genetic stage of the study.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was carried out as part of the doctoral dissertation entitled “Treatment of purulent complications and prediction of their outcomes in patients with trauma to the medial lower extremity” approved by the Academic Council of YSMU (extract from protocol No. 11 of the meeting of the Academic Council of YSMU dated 06/26/2024, state registration number: 124071000009-0). The work was approved by the Ethics Committee (extract from the minutes of the meeting of the YSMU Ethics Committee dated June 14, 2024 No. 68).

Received: 2025-04-30 Accepted: 2025-05-12 Published online: 2025-05-25
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Table. Stages of solving ethical issues
* Note: the issue solving success rate was obtained based on the present study on genetic polymorphism in trauma patients, where out of the initial 269 people, 61 refused to participate after the selection procedure according to the ethical implication criteria.