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. 2022 Sep 9;49(1):9–15. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2022.08.037

Table 2.

Clinical and safety outcomes for patients with virtual follow-up.

Author Year Re-admission In person review required Recurrence Morbidity and mortality
Beaver et al. 2012 2/25 control and 1/25 in TM.
Beaver et al. 2017 5/129 TM, 5/130 control
Cerfolio et al. 2019 No emergency readmissions. No in-person reviews required. No major morbidity.
Minor morbidity: 10/56.
No 30- or 90-day mortality.
Mole et al. 2019 13/142 patients. 5-year mortality: 4/142
Siddika et al. 2015 5-year mortality: 7.3%–21.2% based on tumor type.
Uppal et al. 2022 90-day readmission: 16.3% TM, 16.5% control 14/98 (14.2%) TM No difference in mortality.