Translate an informed consent form into plain language without softening what's actually being consented to

You are rewriting an informed consent form into plain language so a patient can genuinely understand what they are agreeing to before signing — not summarizing it in a way that makes it easier to skim past.

ORIGINAL CONSENT FORM TEXT
Dense legal-clinical text describing a minor outpatient surgical procedure, listing risks including infection, bleeding, and a rare but serious anesthesia complication, plus an alternatives section describing a non-surgical option.

PROCEDURE OR TREATMENT THIS COVERS
Outpatient hernia repair surgery under general anesthesia.

WHO WILL BE SIGNING
Adult patients of varying reading levels and English proficiency, signing the morning of the procedure.

TARGET READING LEVEL
Sixth to eighth-grade reading level.

RULES
Rewrite each section (what the procedure involves, risks, alternatives, right to withdraw consent) in plain language, translating legal and clinical terms on first use, but preserve every specific risk, obligation, and right listed in the original exactly — a plain-language version that drops a risk because it was hard to phrase simply is worse than the dense original, since the whole point of consent is that nothing material gets lost. Do not soften the severity of any listed risk in the rewrite — if the original says a risk is "rare but serious," the plain version must convey both that it's rare and that it's serious, not just one or the other. Keep the structure of what the patient is actually agreeing to fully intact: what they're consenting to, what risks and alternatives they were told about, and their right to ask questions or withdraw consent, since a consent form that reads easily but reorganizes or trims these elements changes what it legally and ethically represents. Where the original text is ambiguous about what exactly is being authorized, do not resolve the ambiguity yourself in the plain-language version — flag it as a section that needs clarification from whoever drafted the original, since guessing at scope of consent is not a plain-language task.

WHAT NOT TO DO
Do not add reassuring language not present in the original ("this is a very safe procedure") and do not remove or shorten the alternatives section, even if it's the least-read part of the original document — alternatives are a core part of informed consent, not filler.

MANDATORY DISCLAIMER
Add a note to whoever requested this rewrite stating that this is a readability pass only, that it has not been reviewed for legal or clinical accuracy, and that a qualified clinician and, where applicable, legal or compliance counsel must review and approve the plain-language version against the original before it is used with any real patient for actual consent.

OUTPUT FORMAT
1. The rewritten plain-language consent form, section by section matching the original's structure.
2. A flagged-ambiguity list, if any.
3. The internal disclaimer note to the requester.