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This comprehensive mini review explores the critical significance of valid informed consent prior to pediatric spinal surgery, emphasizing the need for effective comprehension and understanding in this specific context. An evaluation of the health sciences literature was performed to explore understanding of surgical informed consent by patients and their guardians, focusing on the use of multimedia tools as a possible process facilitator. The evidence discussed throughout this review, based on legal and ethical perspectives, reveals challenges faced by patients and guardians in achieving comprehension and understanding during this process, especially when facing stressful medical situations. In this context, the introduction of multimedia tools emerges as a patient-centered strategy to help improve comprehension and decrease pre-operative anxiety. Moreover, this review presents a tailored approach in obtaining informed consent for pediatric patients and explores the potential impact of shared decision making in standardizing the surgical discussion process, while improving patient autonomy and experience.