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Review
. 2015 Jul;16(7):43.
doi: 10.1007/s11934-015-0522-x.

Telemedicine in Surgery: What are the Opportunities and Hurdles to Realising the Potential?

Nicholas Raison  1 , Muhammad Shamim Khan, Ben Challacombe
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Review

Telemedicine in Surgery: What are the Opportunities and Hurdles to Realising the Potential?

Nicholas Raison et al. Curr Urol Rep. 2015 Jul.

Abstract

Since the first telegraphic transmission of an electrocardiogram in 1906, technological developments have allowed telemedicine to flourish. It has become a multi-billion pound industry encompassing many areas of medical practice and education. Telemedicine is now widely used in surgery from performing operations to teaching and can be divided into three main components; telesurgery, telementoring and teleconsultation. Developments across these fields have led to remarkable achievements such as intercontinental telesurgery and telementoring. However, barriers to the further implementation of telemedicine remain. In this review, the developments and recent advances of telemedicine across the three domains are discussed together with the challenges and limitations that need to be overcome.

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