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Telemedicine and Plastic Surgery: A Pilot Study

Background. Telemedicine can be defined as the use of electronic media for transmission of information and medical data from one site to another. The objective of this study is to demonstrate an experience of telemedicine in plastic surgery. Methods. 32 plastic surgeons received a link with password...

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Autores principales: Valente, Denis Souto, Silveira Eifler, Luciano, Carvalho, Lauro Aita, Filho, Gustavo Azambuja Pereira, Ribeiro, Vinicius Weissheimer, Padoin, Alexandre Vontobel
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4644836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26609429
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/187505
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author Valente, Denis Souto
Silveira Eifler, Luciano
Carvalho, Lauro Aita
Filho, Gustavo Azambuja Pereira
Ribeiro, Vinicius Weissheimer
Padoin, Alexandre Vontobel
author_facet Valente, Denis Souto
Silveira Eifler, Luciano
Carvalho, Lauro Aita
Filho, Gustavo Azambuja Pereira
Ribeiro, Vinicius Weissheimer
Padoin, Alexandre Vontobel
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description Background. Telemedicine can be defined as the use of electronic media for transmission of information and medical data from one site to another. The objective of this study is to demonstrate an experience of telemedicine in plastic surgery. Methods. 32 plastic surgeons received a link with password for real-time streaming of a surgery. At the end of the procedure, the surgeons attending the procedure by the Internet answered five questions. The results were analyzed with descriptive statistics. Results. 27 plastic surgeons attended the online procedure in real-time. 96.3% considered the access to the website as good or excellent and 3.7% considered it bad. 14.8% reported that the transmission was bad and 85.2% considered the quality of transmission as good or excellent. 96.3% classified the live broadcasting as a good or excellent learning experience and 3.7% considered it a bad experience. 92.6% reported feeling able to perform this surgery after watching the demo and 7.4% did not feel able. 100% of participants said they would like to participate in other surgical demonstrations over the Internet. Conclusion. We conclude that the use of telemedicine can provide more access to education and medical research, for plastic surgeons looking for medical education from distant regions.
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spelling pubmed-46448362015-11-25 Telemedicine and Plastic Surgery: A Pilot Study Valente, Denis Souto Silveira Eifler, Luciano Carvalho, Lauro Aita Filho, Gustavo Azambuja Pereira Ribeiro, Vinicius Weissheimer Padoin, Alexandre Vontobel Plast Surg Int Research Article Background. Telemedicine can be defined as the use of electronic media for transmission of information and medical data from one site to another. The objective of this study is to demonstrate an experience of telemedicine in plastic surgery. Methods. 32 plastic surgeons received a link with password for real-time streaming of a surgery. At the end of the procedure, the surgeons attending the procedure by the Internet answered five questions. The results were analyzed with descriptive statistics. Results. 27 plastic surgeons attended the online procedure in real-time. 96.3% considered the access to the website as good or excellent and 3.7% considered it bad. 14.8% reported that the transmission was bad and 85.2% considered the quality of transmission as good or excellent. 96.3% classified the live broadcasting as a good or excellent learning experience and 3.7% considered it a bad experience. 92.6% reported feeling able to perform this surgery after watching the demo and 7.4% did not feel able. 100% of participants said they would like to participate in other surgical demonstrations over the Internet. Conclusion. We conclude that the use of telemedicine can provide more access to education and medical research, for plastic surgeons looking for medical education from distant regions. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4644836/ /pubmed/26609429 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/187505 Text en Copyright © 2015 Denis Souto Valente et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ribeiro, Vinicius Weissheimer
Padoin, Alexandre Vontobel
Telemedicine and Plastic Surgery: A Pilot Study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4644836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26609429
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/187505
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