There has been an increase in health care-focused smartphone apps, including those for encouraging healthy behaviours and managing chronic conditions, but app-assisted postsurgical care has yet to be fully explored. The authors attempted to compare the quality of recovery and patient satisfaction between conventional in-person follow-up and smartphone app-assisted follow-up for patients following ERAS protocols. […]

Dr. Alexandra Hatchell (MD, MSc, FRCSC) is an attending plastic surgeon at the Peter Lougheed Centre and Alberta Health Services and a Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Surgery at the University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta, Canada). Dr. Hatchell graduated from Queen’s University in 2010 after earning a Bachelor of Physical and Health Education and […]

Dr. Temple-Oberle is a University of Calgary Professor cross-appointed to the Departments of Oncology and Surgery, with a special interest in reconstructive plastic surgery. She completed her MD at Queen’s University, a plastic surgery residency at the University of Western Ontario, and fellowships at MD Anderson Cancer Center in reconstructive microsurgery and surgical oncology at […]