Telemedicine Follow-up for Routine, Low-Risk Oculoplastic Surgery
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Eyelid Diseases
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
- Enrollment
- 100
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- FACE-Q 'Satisfaction with Outcome'
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The investigators propose utilizing a simple telemedical protocol to allow patients to substitute the first post-operative visit with a remote survey that includes essential post-operative history, vision measurement, and photographs, all of which can be provided using a personal computer, tablet, or smart phone. The investigators have selected for this purpose a subset of oculoplastic procedures involving the eyelid and lacrimal system that have well-reported low rates of serious complications, since high-risk procedures will likely always require close, in-person care. The investigators hypothesize that telemedicine follow-up for the first post-operative week after low-risk oculoplastic surgery will decrease the time burden on patients without compromising their satisfaction or increase the risk of late post-operative complications.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Are age 18 years or older
- •Are fluent in English
- •Own or have ready access to a smart phone, tablet, or personal computer with high speed internet
- •Participate in an informed consent process with the surgeon(s) including documentation of written informed consent
- •Are undergoing a low-risk\* eyelid procedure in a clinic, ambulatory surgery center, or hospital operating room setting, including but not limited to:
- •upper eyelid blepharoplasty repair
- •ectropion repair
- •entropion repair
- •external levator resection
- •internal levator resection
Exclusion Criteria
- •Are under the age of 18 years
- •Are incarcerated
- •Are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during the period of surgery and 3 month recovery (however these patients are not eligible for elective eyelid surgery)
- •Are not fluent in English
- •Do not have access to or do not feel comfortable using a smart phone, tablet, or personal computer
- •Lack personal capacity for consent (i.e. those patients requiring consent for the surgery by a legal representative are excluded)
- •Experience a serious intra-operative complication (this criterion is assessed after initial consent)
- •Are undergoing eyelid or other oculoplastic procedures that are deemed greater than low-risk for serious complications, including but not limited to:
- •orbital surgery
- •lower eyelid blepharoplasty
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
FACE-Q 'Satisfaction with Outcome'
Time Frame: Approximately 3 months post-operatively
A patient-reported outcome measure assessing satisfaction with the surgical outcome.
Secondary Outcomes
- FACE-Q 'Early Life Impact'(Approximately 1 week post-operatively)
- FACE-Q 'Satisfaction with Doctor'(Approximately 3 months post-operatively)
- Late post-operative complications(Between the first and second post-operative visits (approximately 1 week to 3 months))
- Time burden(Approximately 1 week post-operatively)