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  • Medical Informatics
  • Surgical Technology
  • Mobile Health

Background:

  • A wide range of smartphone applications exist that can benefit surgeons and patients.
  • The proliferation of these tools necessitates a comprehensive review and categorization.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review and identify surgical smartphone applications available on iOS and Android platforms.
  • To categorize applications based on user group and surgical subspecialty.

Main Methods:

  • Searched literature databases (PubMed, Google Scholar) and app stores (Apple iTunes, Google Play).
  • Utilized keywords including "application", "smartphone", "surgery", "surgical", and specific surgical subspecialties.
  • Identified and counted applications across various surgical disciplines.

Main Results:

  • Identified 621 surgical applications on iOS and 97 on Android.
  • Observed a nine-fold increase in iOS surgical applications from 2009 to 2012.
  • Applications covered specialties like general surgery (180), plastic surgery (126), ophthalmology (121), and orthopedics (79).

Conclusions:

  • A significant number of surgical applications are available, offering diverse functionalities from revision tools to virtual surgery simulators.
  • There is a lack of a standardized taxonomy for medical applications.
  • Low affiliation (12%) with academic institutions suggests a need for increased regulation of surgical applications.