Telephonic Postoperative Follow-up During a Pandemic: Cohort Study

According to the available scientific evidence It is unknown whether replacing clinic follow-up visits with telephone follow-up for low-risk elective and non-elective surgeries is safe. Nonetheless; using telemedicine has become one of the most needed and used methods during this pandemic to avoid COVID-19 disease spreading among surgical teams and patients.

Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - October 22, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Yuhamy Curbelo-Pe ña, Pamela Vivas, Jessica Gonzales, Ozlem Uyanik, David Saavedra-Pérez, Sandra Lopez, Luis Ibañez, Alejandro Serrano, Xavier Errando Tags: Health Services Research Source Type: research