ArticleAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2017
Feasibility and safety of surgical wound remote follow-up by smart phone in appendectomy: A pilot study.
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Evaluation of Redscar © Application for Detection and Monitoring Potentially Infected Surgical Wounds: a Quasy-experimental Study Protocol
Multicenter Study Protocol: Research on Evaluation and Detec-tion of Surgical Wound Complications with AI-based Recogni-tion. (REDSCAR-trial)
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.
- Readiness for implementation of novel digital health interventions for postoperative monitoring: a systematic review and clinical innovation network analysis.The Lancet. Digital health · 2023Pooled it
- Electronic collection of patient-reported outcomes following discharge after surgery: systematic review.BJS open · 2021Pooled it
- Engaging Patients in Co-Design of Mobile Health Tools for Surgical Site Infection Surveillance: Implications for Research and Implementation.Surgical infections · 2019Pooled it
- Wound Image Quality From a Mobile Health Tool for Home-Based Chronic Wound Management With Real-Time Quality Feedback: Randomized Feasibility Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Trial
- Linking Patient-Reported and Clinician-Assessed Wound Status via Chatbot-Based Digital Surveillance for Wound Infection: Retrospective Observational Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Observational
- Use and Application of mHealth Technologies in Perioperative Surgical Care: Narrative Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Review
- Multicenter Study Protocol: Research on Evaluation and Detection of Surgical Wound Complications with AI-Based Recognition (REDSCAR-Trial).Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Enhancing Surgical Wound Monitoring: A Paired Cohort Study Evaluating a New AI-Based Application for Automatic Detection of Potential Infections.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Telemedicine for Preoperative Assessment, Surgical Appointments, and Preoperative Education in Gynecological Day Surgery: An Prospective Observational Analysis.International journal of women's health · 2024Article
- Evaluation of remote digital postoperative wound monitoring in routine surgical practice.NPJ digital medicine · 2023Article
- Telemedicine in Overactive Bladder Syndrome.Current bladder dysfunction reports · 2023Review
- mHealth-community health worker telemedicine intervention for surgical site infection diagnosis: a prospective study among women delivering via caesarean section in rural Rwanda.BMJ global health · 2022Article
- Telemedicine in the COVID-19 Era: A Narrative Review Based on Current Evidence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Deployment of an Interventional Radiology Telemedicine Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Initial Experience With 10,056 Visits.Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR · 2022Article
- Telemedicine for postoperative follow-up, virtual surgical clinics during COVID-19 pandemic.Surgical endoscopy · 2021Article
- The most used questionnaires for evaluating telemedicine services.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2021Article
- Telemedicine, the current COVID-19 pandemic and the future: a narrative review and perspectives moving forward in the USA.Family medicine and community health · 2020Review
- Telemedicine and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are We Ready to Go Live?Advances in skin & wound care · 2020Review
- Perioperative Considerations in Urgent Surgical Care of Suspected and Confirmed COVID-19 Orthopaedic Patients: Operating Room Protocols and Recommendations in the Current COVID-19 Pandemic.The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons · 2020Review
- The use of telemedicine in the preoperative management of pheochromocytoma saves resources.mHealth · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionThe objective of the present study is to assess the safety and feasibility of the use of telemedicine-based services for surgical wound care and to measure patient satisfaction with telemedicine-based follow-up. MATERIAL AND
methods24 patients were included, they were provided with a corporate mail address. On day 7 after surgery patients sent, via email, an image of their surgical wound together with a completed questionnaire in order to obtain an early diagnosis. Two independent physicians studied this information and the histologic analysis of the specimen. On day 8, all patients underwent face-to-face office examination by a third physician and all of them completed a satisfaction questionnaire at the end of the study.
resultsThe use of telemedicine-based services showed a sensitivity of 100%, a specificity of 91.6%, a positive predictive value of 75% and a negative predictive value of 100%. Degree of concordance between the two physicians, as regards the necessity of face-to-face follow-up yielded a kappa coefficient of 0.42 (standard error 0.25 and confidence interval 95% (0.92-0.08), which means a moderate agreement between the two evaluations. 94% of patients were satisfied with telemedicine-based follow-up and 93% showed their preference for this procedure over conventional methods.
conclusionsThe telemedicine-based follow-up, has proven to be feasible and safe for the evaluation of early postoperative complications. Patients reported high levels of satisfaction with the procedure. Telemedicine-based follow-up could become standard practice with the development of a specific mobile application.
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