Open AccessHow Satisfied Are Patients and Surgeons with Telemedicine in Orthopaedic Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Harman Chaudhry,
Shaheer Nadeem,
Raman Mundi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000001494
Subject(s) - telemedicine , medicine , randomized controlled trial , medline , systematic review , pandemic , telehealth , cochrane library , meta analysis , patient satisfaction , health care , family medicine , covid-19 , medical emergency , physical therapy , nursing , surgery , disease , political science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , economics , economic growth
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has resulted in a rapid pivot toward telemedicine owing to closure of in-person elective clinics and sustained efforts at physical distancing worldwide. Throughout this period, there has been revived enthusiasm for delivering and receiving orthopaedic care remotely. Unfortunately, rapidly published editorials and commentaries during the pandemic have not adequately conveyed findings of published randomized trials on this topic.