Feasibility of tele-visits after elective ventral hernia surgery: Experience from an Indian tertiary care center

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted traditional postoperative follow-up for elective surgeries, prompting a rapid shift to telehealthcare, as evidenced in high-income countries with robust electronic medical record linkage and ancillary support teams.1,2 However, adoption in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is scarce, particularly with challenges faced by a considerable rural patient population. In our early experience at an Indian tertiary care center, we closely followed up with patients who underwent elective ventral hernia repair (VHR), employing both in-person and telephonic approaches.

Source: Surgery - March 18, 2024 Category: Surgery Authors: Varun V. Bansal, Yash Kamath, Sahil Waghmare, Monty U. Khajanchi, Nobhojit Roy Source Type: research