The Utility of Telemedicine to Manage Post-Operative Pain

Telemedicine is defined as practicing medicine via a virtual interface, including email, telephone calls, text messages, video chatting, and personalized online programs. has increased over the past few decades, mainly in psychology primary care. Recently, surgical specialties have also begun to utilize telemedicine for post-operative There are many studies examining telemedicine’s use managing pain. This review paper focuses on 17 postoperative pain management. They found that can assist physicians remotely by increasing adherence regimens (p < 0.001), providing greater individualized care = 0.01), decreasing medication dependence 0.04).