Effective Smartphone Application Use for Postoperative Management of Moyamoya Disease.

ABSTRACT: Continuous and careful management is necessary after revascularization surgery for moyamoya disease (MMD). The postoperative information has been shared in person or by telephone and emails among doctors; however, this is not always efficient. We aimed to describe the feasibility of remote diagnosis and text chats using a smartphone application on postoperative MMD management. Twenty consecutive patients who underwent combined direct and indirect revascularization for MMD were prospectively investigated in this study. In ten patients, the operator viewed postoperative images uploaded on a smartphone screen using the Join application (Allm Inc., Tokyo, Japan). The doctors shared the radiological findings and treatment plans using the group text chat function and performed postoperative mana

SUBMITTER: Uchino H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11304447 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature