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Review
. 2020 Dec 1:7:596970.
doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2020.596970. eCollection 2020.

Novel Pre- and Postoperative Care Using Telemedicine

Dana Ferrari-Light  1 , Travis C Geraci  2 , Stephanie H Chang  2 , Robert J Cerfolio  2
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Review

Novel Pre- and Postoperative Care Using Telemedicine

Dana Ferrari-Light et al. Front Surg. .

Abstract

The use of telemedicine and telehealth services has grown exponentially over the past decade and has become increasingly relevant and necessary during the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. There remains ample opportunity to electronically connect cardiothoracic surgeons with their patients during both preoperative and postoperative visits. In this review, we examine the various implementations of telemedicine within thoracic surgery and explore future applications in this quickly developing field.

Keywords: enhanced recovery; outcomes; outpatient activity; telehealth; telemedicine; thoracic surgery.

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Conflict of interest statement

DF-L discloses compensation for database entry for an unrelated project from Intuitive Surgical. RC discloses relationships with AstraZeneca, Bard Davol, Bovie Medical Corporation, C-SATS, ConMed, Covidien/Medtronic, Ethicon, Fruit Street Health, Google/Verb Surgical, Intuitive Surgical, KCI/Acelity, Myriad Genetics, Neomend, Pinnacle Biologics, ROLO-7, Tego, and TransEnterix. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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