Background It is known that many patients encounter a variety of problems in the first weeks
after they have been discharged from hospital to home. In recent years many projects have …

Objectives To determine if patient satisfaction of virtual clinical encounters is noninferior to
traditional in-office clinical encounters for postoperative follow-up after reconstructive …

Background Most outpatient orthopedic follow-up visits for patients who had total joint
arthroplasty are routine among those with well-functioning implants. The technology and …

Objectives The aim of this study was to assess willingness of women with pelvic floor
disorders to adopt nontraditional mobile communication methods with health care providers …

We examined the effect of telephone follow-up on surgical orthopedic patients'
postdischarge recovery. The sample consisted of 438 patients randomly assigned to receive …

Introduction. Currently, 175 000 people are on outpatient waiting lists in Irish hospitals. Many
clinic slots are taken by patients returning for routine review postoperatively. Methods. A …

Antecedents: the different vasectomy methods have received considerable attention in
recent years; no-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) is a new and refined technique with advantages …

Objectives The overburdening of colorectal out‐patient clinics necessarily leads to delays in
time from referral to consultation and subsequent clinic attendance. This study aimed to …

Vasectomy is one of the most reliable and cost-effective permanent methods of
contraception. Despite its popularity, certain issues pertaining to the procedure remain …

Antecedents: different vasectomy methods have received considerable attention in recent
years; no-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) is a new and refined technique with advantages over …