Telemedicine and plastic surgery: A review of its applications, limitations and legal pitfalls

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Gardiner, Sonya ^a   Hartzell, Tristan L ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Limitations; Medico legal; Plastic surgery; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARM SWELLING; BURN; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC WOUND; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PLASTIC SURGEON; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REIMPLANTATION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCALP; SMOKING; SURGICAL TRAINING; TELEMEDICINE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIME; ULCER; WOUND CARE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84857055768     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2011.11.048     Document Type: Review

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