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Telemedicine platforms can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of surgical care. The purpose of this study is to determine whether remote digital video evaluations are reliable in the context of a short-term plastic surgical intervention.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The setting for this study was a district hospital located in Latacunga, Ecuador.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Patients<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Participants were 27 consecutive patients who presented for operative repair of cleft lip and palate.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main Outcome Measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We calculated kappa coefficients for reliability between in-person and remote digital video assessments for the classification of cleft lip and palate between two separate craniofacial surgeons. We hypothesized that the technology would be a reliable method of preoperative assessment for cleft disease.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of the 27 (81.4%) participants, 22 received operative treatment for their cleft disorder. Mean age was 11.1 \u00b1 8.3 years. Patients presented with a spectrum of disorders, including cleft lip (24 of 27, 88.9%), cleft palate (19 of 27, 70.4%), and alveolar cleft (19 of 27, 70.4%). We found a 95.7% agreement between observers for cleft lip with substantial reliability (\u03ba = .78, P .01). There was an 82.6% agreement between observers for cleft palate, with a moderate interrater reliability (\u03ba = .55, P = .01). We found only a 47.8% agreement between observers for alveolar cleft with a nonsignificant, weak kappa agreement (\u03ba = .06, P .74).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Remote digital assessments are a reliable way to preoperatively diagnose cleft lip and palate in the context of short-term plastic surgical interventions in low- and middle-income countries. Future work will evaluate the potential for real-time, telemedicine assessments to reduce cost and improve clinical effectiveness in global plastic surgery.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1597\/15-305","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,7,18]],"date-time":"2016-07-18T12:38:59Z","timestamp":1468845539000},"page":"535-539","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Remote Digital Preoperative Assessments for Cleft Lip and Palate May Improve Clinical and Economic Impact in Global Plastic Surgery"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"54","author":[{"given":"Christopher","family":"Hughes","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Harvard University, Boston"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jacob","family":"Campbell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut, Farmington"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Swagoto","family":"Mukhopadhyay","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Susan","family":"Mccormack","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Senior Speech-Language Pathologist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Richard","family":"Silverman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Brighton"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Janice","family":"Lalikos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alan","family":"Babigian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut; and Center for Global Health, Hartford Hospital, Hartford"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Castiglione","family":"Charles","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut; and Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,9,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-15-305","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00268-011-1055-1"},{"key":"bibr2-15-305","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S2214-109X(15)70115-4"},{"key":"bibr3-15-305","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.fsc.2010.01.005"},{"key":"bibr4-15-305","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMp1014255"},{"key":"bibr5-15-305","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMc1315971"},{"key":"bibr6-15-305","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jcms.2005.11.002"},{"key":"bibr7-15-305","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1089\/tmj.2005.11.291"},{"key":"bibr8-15-305","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.joms.2010.06.214"},{"key":"bibr9-15-305","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archfacial.2011.72"},{"key":"bibr10-15-305","first-page":"19","volume":"76","author":"Hughes C","year":"2012","journal-title":"Conn Med"},{"key":"bibr11-15-305","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/PRS.0b013e318254b2a2"},{"key":"bibr12-15-305","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s003830000528"},{"key":"bibr13-15-305","unstructured":"International Telecommunications Union. 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