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dc.contributor.authorKumar, Arvind-
dc.contributor.authorSinha, Siddhartha-
dc.contributor.authorJameel, Javed-
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Sandeep-
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-01T02:02:19Z-
dc.date.available2024-11-01T02:02:19Z-
dc.date.issued2022-
dc.identifier.issn1658-3612-
dc.identifier.urihttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/7153-
dc.description.abstractObjectives: 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 implementationrelated 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 telemedicinerelated 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.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Taibah University Medical Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesOriginal Article;203-213-
dc.subjectBibliometric analysisen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectOrthopaedicsen_US
dc.subjectTelemedicineen_US
dc.subjectTrendsen_US
dc.titleTelemedicine trends in orthopaedics and trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic: A bibliometric analysis and reviewen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
Appears in Collections:Vol 17 No 2 (2022)

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