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Analysis of 15 academic medical centers\u2019 consent forms revealed significant reductions in average reading time, word rarity, and passive sentence frequency (all\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u20090.05) following GPT-4-faciliated simplification. Readability improved from an average college freshman to an 8th-grade level (\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.004), matching the average American\u2019s reading level. Medical and legal sufficiency consistency was confirmed. GPT-4 generated procedure-specific consent forms for five varied surgical procedures at an average 6th-grade reading level. These forms received perfect scores on a standardized consent form rubric and withstood scrutiny upon expert subspeciality surgeon review. This study demonstrates the first AI-human expert collaboration to enhance surgical consent forms, significantly improving readability without sacrificing clinical detail. 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