The Role of Telemedicine in Surgical Specialties During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review.
World J Surg
; 46(1): 10-18, 2022 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1505978
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The objective of this study was to evaluate the current body of evidence on the use of telemedicine in surgical subspecialties during the COVID-19 pandemic.METHODS:
This was a scoping review conducted in compliance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR). MEDLINE via Ovid, PubMed, and EMBASE were systematically searched for any reports discussing telemedicine use in surgery and surgical specialties during the first period (February 2020-August 8, 2020) and second 6-month period (August 9-March 4, 2021) of the COVID-19 pandemic.RESULTS:
Of 466 articles screened through full text, 277 articles were included for possible qualitative and/or quantitative data synthesis. The majority of publications in the first 6 months were in orthopedic surgery, followed by general surgery and neurosurgery, whereas in the second 6 months of COVID-19 pandemic, urology and neurosurgery were the most productive, followed by transplant and plastic surgery. Most publications in the first 6 months were opinion papers (80%), which decreased to 33% in the second 6 months. The role of telemedicine in different aspects of surgical care and surgical education was summarized stratifying by specialty.CONCLUSION:
Telemedicine has increased access to care of surgical patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, but whether this practice will continue post-pandemic remains unknown.
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Orthopedics
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Telemedicine
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Qualitative research
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Reviews
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
World J Surg
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S00268-021-06348-1
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