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Telementoring as a subset of telemedicine has evolved over the past few years, but it is yet to be utilized to its full potential. The technology holds promise in bridging divides of distance and enables far-flung areas to be mentored in operative advances. It thus has a special bearing in countries like India where health care is short staffed and many areas lack availability of quality care. We describe the setting up of a telementoring facility at our centre. As against a ‘routine’ facility with dedicated equipments which cost heavily, our facility was set up using mostly equipments commonly available in an operating room. The facility is presently functional and allows telementoring through an encrypted Web-based service. Our set-up design can be emulated in centres with financial constraint and can help raise the standard of surgical care.
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Singh, S., Sharma, V., Patel, P. et al. Telementoring: an Overview and Our Preliminary Experience in the Setting Up of a Cost-effective Telementoring Facility. Indian J Surg 78, 70–73 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-015-1429-y
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