Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung Medical College, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
J Reconstr Microsurg. 2020 Jul;36(6):412-419. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1702158. Epub 2020 Feb 28.
This study aimed to determine if International Microsurgery Club (IMC) is an effective online resource for microsurgeons worldwide, in providing an avenue for timely group discussions and advice regarding complicated cases, and an avenue for collaboration and information sharing.
All posts on the IMC Facebook group from member 1 to 8,000 were analyzed according to inclusion criteria and categorized into three categories-case discussion, question, and information sharing. Posts were retrospectively analyzed for number of responses, time of responses, number of "likes," number of treatment options, time of day, and demographics of authors and responders.
A retrospective analysis of 531 cases showed an average response rate of 75.7% within 1 hour and as membership grew. The response rate stabilized averaging between 72.5 and 78% across all times of the day. An average of 11.8 microsurgeons was involved per case discussion, and 5.7 treatment options were provided per case.
IMC is shown to be an effective resource to allow microsurgeons to access timely advice from other microsurgeons without time and distance limitation, and to have interactive group discussions on complicated cases.
本研究旨在确定国际显微外科学会（IMC）是否是一个有效的在线资源，为全球显微外科医生提供了一个及时的小组讨论和咨询复杂病例的途径，以及一个合作和信息共享的途径。
根据纳入标准，对 IMC Facebook 小组中从成员 1 到 8000 的所有帖子进行了分析，并分为三类——病例讨论、问题和信息共享。对帖子进行了回顾性分析，以了解回复数量、回复时间、点赞数量、治疗方案数量、一天中的时间以及作者和回复者的人口统计学特征。
对 531 例病例的回顾性分析显示，在 1 小时内的平均回复率为 75.7%，并且随着会员人数的增加而增加。回复率在一天中的所有时间都稳定在 72.5%至 78%之间。每个病例讨论平均有 11.8 名显微外科医生参与，每个病例提供 5.7 种治疗方案。
结果表明，IMC 是一个有效的资源，使显微外科医生能够在不受时间和距离限制的情况下，及时获得其他显微外科医生的建议，并就复杂病例进行互动式小组讨论。
