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Telehealth and plastic surgery: evaluation of the accessibility of virtual consultations through online resources.

Alec S McCranie, Evan J Haas, Zain Aryanpour, Katie G Egan, Jason W Yu, Julian Winocour, David W Mathes, Christodoulos Kaoutzanis

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Article in mHealth, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Alec S McCranieDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6840-9951
Evan J HaasDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7953-7983
Zain AryanpourDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5328-0726
Katie G EganDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8336-2127
Jason W YuDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
Julian WinocourDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
David W MathesDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4388-1373
Christodoulos KaoutzanisDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5631-8355

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telehealth has gained traction since the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) virus [coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)] pandemic. Telehealth is especially useful in plastic surgery, given the visual nature of many plastic surgery problems. However, research on the accessibility of virtual consultations in plastic surgery is limited. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accessibility of initial virtual consultations in academic and community-based plastic surgery practices through evaluation of online resources and to discuss the implications of these findings as they apply to patient access to care. We evaluated the websites of academic and community-based plastic surgery practices in the USA. All practices were contacted for confirmation of the availability of virtual consultation. Data was collected on practice characteristics, including region, availability of virtual consultations on practice websites, and types of services offered by community-based programs. Standard statistical analysis was performed using chi-square and Fisher's exact tests. A total of 88 academic and 500 community-based plastic surgery practice websites were evaluated. Community-based practices offered more virtual consultations than academic practices (64.5%

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cosmetic surgeryPlastic surgeryreconstructive surgerytelehealthvirtual consultation

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PMID40755933
PMCPMC12314704

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