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Telemonitoring Wound Recovery with Smartphone: An Italian Experience during Pandemic Period
An important problem of plastic surgeons is monitoring wound healing, loss of substance, and postsurgical scar in different pathologies of the skin. Face to face monitoring is expensive and cannot be performed in periods of social crisis such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic. The use of telemedicine...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10219740/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37250826 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000005076 |
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author | Gesuete, Francesco Paolo Molle, Marcello Gubitosi, Adelmo Izzo, Sara Todde, Salvatore Nicoletti, Giovanni Francesco Ferraro, Giuseppe Andrea |
author_facet | Gesuete, Francesco Paolo Molle, Marcello Gubitosi, Adelmo Izzo, Sara Todde, Salvatore Nicoletti, Giovanni Francesco Ferraro, Giuseppe Andrea |
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description | An important problem of plastic surgeons is monitoring wound healing, loss of substance, and postsurgical scar in different pathologies of the skin. Face to face monitoring is expensive and cannot be performed in periods of social crisis such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic. The use of telemedicine techniques is rising in this field of healthcare, promising the same results as the standard follow-up with more flexibility and savings. The purpose of this case study was to evaluate the effectiveness of remote monitoring and treatment through remote follow-up using digital applications. We followed up 25 patients with postoperative or diabetic ulcers for a period of 6 months (ranging from 2 to 6 months). We have performed clinical assessments using the Scar Cosmesis Assessment and Rating scale, and we have measured patient satisfaction using questionnaires. We chose to use the application for smartphone, describing the types of ulcers, number and average consultations, and the type of recovery, whether partial or complete. Monitoring wound recovery was very easy, and the patients found the experience very satisfactory. The total number of consultations was 255 with a significant reduction in outpatient visits during the pandemic period. Telemedicine is a useful tool in wound management and can be used to provide an optimal health care service with no inferior results to standard care. |
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spelling | pubmed-102197402023-05-27 Telemonitoring Wound Recovery with Smartphone: An Italian Experience during Pandemic Period Gesuete, Francesco Paolo Molle, Marcello Gubitosi, Adelmo Izzo, Sara Todde, Salvatore Nicoletti, Giovanni Francesco Ferraro, Giuseppe Andrea Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open Technology An important problem of plastic surgeons is monitoring wound healing, loss of substance, and postsurgical scar in different pathologies of the skin. Face to face monitoring is expensive and cannot be performed in periods of social crisis such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic. The use of telemedicine techniques is rising in this field of healthcare, promising the same results as the standard follow-up with more flexibility and savings. The purpose of this case study was to evaluate the effectiveness of remote monitoring and treatment through remote follow-up using digital applications. We followed up 25 patients with postoperative or diabetic ulcers for a period of 6 months (ranging from 2 to 6 months). We have performed clinical assessments using the Scar Cosmesis Assessment and Rating scale, and we have measured patient satisfaction using questionnaires. We chose to use the application for smartphone, describing the types of ulcers, number and average consultations, and the type of recovery, whether partial or complete. Monitoring wound recovery was very easy, and the patients found the experience very satisfactory. The total number of consultations was 255 with a significant reduction in outpatient visits during the pandemic period. Telemedicine is a useful tool in wound management and can be used to provide an optimal health care service with no inferior results to standard care. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2023-05-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10219740/ /pubmed/37250826 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000005076 Text en Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. |
spellingShingle | Technology Gesuete, Francesco Paolo Molle, Marcello Gubitosi, Adelmo Izzo, Sara Todde, Salvatore Nicoletti, Giovanni Francesco Ferraro, Giuseppe Andrea Telemonitoring Wound Recovery with Smartphone: An Italian Experience during Pandemic Period |
title | Telemonitoring Wound Recovery with Smartphone: An Italian Experience during Pandemic Period |
title_full | Telemonitoring Wound Recovery with Smartphone: An Italian Experience during Pandemic Period |
title_fullStr | Telemonitoring Wound Recovery with Smartphone: An Italian Experience during Pandemic Period |
title_full_unstemmed | Telemonitoring Wound Recovery with Smartphone: An Italian Experience during Pandemic Period |
title_short | Telemonitoring Wound Recovery with Smartphone: An Italian Experience during Pandemic Period |
title_sort | telemonitoring wound recovery with smartphone: an italian experience during pandemic period |
topic | Technology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10219740/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37250826 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000005076 |
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