Ferrari-Light Dana, Geraci Travis C, Chang Stephanie H, Cerfolio Robert J
Department of Surgery, New York Presbyterian-Queens, Flushing, NY, United States.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, United States.
Front Surg. 2020 Dec 1;7:596970. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2020.596970. eCollection 2020.
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.
在过去十年中,远程医疗和远程健康服务的使用呈指数级增长,并且在2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行期间变得越来越重要和必要。在术前和术后访视期间,通过电子方式将心胸外科医生与患者联系起来仍有很大的机会。在这篇综述中,我们研究了远程医疗在胸外科中的各种应用,并探索了这个快速发展领域的未来应用。