telemedicine and plastic surgery in india

Telemedicine and Plastic Surgery in India

Telemedicine and Plastic Surgery in India

I read with great interest the article of ‘Telemedicine in Iran: Chances and challenges’ while the article reviewed the evolution of telemedicine and studied the perception of telemedicine in the medical fraternity in Iran.1 Even though the concept of telemedicine is old, it has recently started to gain widespread publicity within the field of plastic surgery, where visual examination contribut...

Telemedicine and Plastic Surgery: A Pilot Study

Background. Telemedicine can be defined as the use of electronic media for transmission of information and medical data from one site to another. The objective of this study is to demonstrate an experience of telemedicine in plastic surgery. Methods. 32 plastic surgeons received a link with password for real-time streaming of a surgery. At the end of the procedure, the surgeons attending the pr...

Telemedicine and Trauma Referrals — a Plastic Surgery Pilot Project

A pilot study of the use of digital images as an adjunct to telephone referral was undertaken. Hand trauma represented the majority of the twenty patients included in the study, and the system was found to be an effective aid to delivering appropriate management. We have found image analysis to be a useful addition to the telephone referral process already in use in our unit, but it is unlikely...

Hypotension in Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery

to 60m.m.Hg. and with no ill effects at the end of the anaesthesia and the tremination of the operation the drops of the serum which contains 15mg. Wyamin will be in­creased to rise the blood pressure, now if the anaesthetic drug is Halothane recovery is quick and if Ether is used it is a little pro­longed. If while operating there is need for further injection of Adrenaline solution in the ope...

Telemedicine in Rural India

I n a developing country such as India, there is huge inequality in health-care distribution. Although nearly 75% of Indians live in rural villages, more than 75% of Indian doctors are based in cities [1]. Most of the 620 million rural Indians lack access to basic health care facilities [2]. The Indian government spends just 0.9% of the country's annual gross domestic product on health, and lit...