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Telemedicine trends in orthopaedics and trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic: A bibliometric analysis and review
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OBJECTIVES: In the wake of recent widespread interest in telemedicine during the COVID-19 era, many orthopaedic surgeons may be unfamiliar with clinical examination skills, patients' safety, data security, and implementation-related concerns in telemedicine. We present a bibliometric analysis and review of the telemedicine-related publications concerning orthopaedics care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Such analysis can help orthopaedic surgeons become acquainted with the recent developments in telemedicine and its usage in regular orthopaedics practice. METHODS: We systematically searched the database of Thomson Reuters Web of Science for telemedicine-related articles in orthopaedics published during the COVID-19 pandemic. The selected articles were analysed for their source journals, corresponding authors, investigating institutions, countries of the corresponding authors, number of citations, study types, levels of evidence, and a qualitative review. RESULTS: Fifty-nine articles meeting the inclusion criteria were published in 28 journals. Three hundred forty-two authors contributed to these research papers. The United States (US) contributed the most number of articles to the telemedicine-related orthopaedics research during the COVID-19 era. All articles combined had a total of 383 citations and 66.1% were related to the Economic and Decision-making Analyses of telemedicine implementation. By and large, level IV evidence was predominant in our review. CONCLUSION: Telemedicine can satisfactorily cover a major proportion of patients' visits to outpatient departments, thus limiting hospitals' physical workload. Telemedicine has a potential future role in emergency orthopaedics and inpatient care through virtual aids. The issues related to patient privacy, data security, medicolegal, and reimbursement-related aspects need to be addressed through precise national or regional guidelines. Lastly, the orthopaedic physical examination is a weak link in telemedicine and needs to be strengthened.
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“Previous studies already demonstrated the predominant role of the United States, with Lan et al [55] providing a general overview, and Kumar et al [56] analyzing the trends in orthopedics and trauma-related telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
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- Kumar, A., Sinha, S., Jameel, J., & Kumar, S.
- Affiliations
- Jamia Hamdard (IN)
- Corresponding author
- Kumar, Sandeep
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- Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences
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- 2022-04
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- 17
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- 2
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- 203-213
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- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2
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- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Health Sciences › Dentistry › General Dentistry › Dental Research and COVID-19
- Keywords
- telemedicine, orthopedics, trauma care, COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth implementation, economic analysis, data security, patient privacy, medicolegal issues, reimbursement, outpatient visits
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