ReviewAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2021
Current and future use of telemedicine in surgical clinics during and beyond COVID-19: A narrative review.
Review in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05627193 (Comparison of Patient Satisfaction in Post-operative Breast Surgery Patients Having Physical Clinic and Tele Clinic Follow up), which is not on this map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Comparison of Patient Satisfaction in Post-operative Breast Surgery Patients Having Physical Clinic and Tele Clinic Follow up: A Randomized Controlled Trial (PSPVT Trial)
Who cites it
33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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Abstract
introductionTelemedicine has emerged as a powerful tool in the delivery of healthcare to surgical patients and enhances clinician-patient encounters during all phases of patient care. Our study aims were: to review the current use and applicability of telemedicine; evaluate its suitability, safety and effectiveness in a surgical outpatient setting, particularly in the era of social distancing restrictions and provide insight into future applications.
methodsDatabases searched included: PubMed, OVID Medline, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science and review of reference lists. Key words used were "telemedicine"; "telehealth"; "videoconference"; "outpatient" and "surgical clinic". For inclusion, articles required to be in English, published between 2000 and 2021, were in an outpatient surgical setting and if they had a focus during the COVID-19 pandemic.
results335 articles were identified and screened, so that 63 articles were included in the review. Almost all articles were from Western countries (n = 60), mostly in surgical journals (n = 35) and from a range of sub-specialities, but pre-dominantly orthopaedics (n = 12) and general surgery (n = 7). The majority were original comparative studies where 31 studies directly compared telemedicine to in-person appointments and 14 papers focused on implementation during COVID-19. DISCUSSION/
conclusionsTelemedicine has been safely used across various phases of surgical outpatient care, with its effectiveness evaluated by clinical outcomes, economics and user/provider satisfaction. Telemedicine has multiple accepted benefits including time efficiency, patient/healthcare cost savings and community access, but with reported limitations of clinical uncertainty, technology infrastructure requirements, cybersecurity vulnerabilities and healthcare regulatory restraints. These limitations are being overcome by accelerated implementation during COVID-19 via fast-tracked practice development. Further work is required via development of research protocols to refine the application of emerging telemedicine technologies and their applicability to different surgical sub-specialties.
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