Resumen

MENDEZ SANCHEZ, Teresita de J.; NARANJO FERNANDEZ, Rosa M.; HERNANDEZ SANTOS, Lourdes R.  y  PEDROSO LLANES, Alina. Effectiveness of telemedicine in strabismus. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2003, vol.16, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3070.

A telemedicine program was made in the specialty of Ophthalmology in Cuba and in the world, in March, 1999, between "Ramón Pando Ferrer Ophthalmological Teaching Hospital and the University of Indiana. In spite of the distance separating both countries, the digital consultation allowed the scientific exchange, whose objectives established accurate diagnoses and therapeutic conduct by images of patients with different types of strabismus.

Palabras clave : TELEMEDICINE [utilization]; STRABISMUS; REMOTE CONSULTATION.