| Author (Year) | Country | Type of Study | Number of Participants | Type of Surgery Investigated | Type of Telemedicine Intervention Utilized | Statistical Significance |
| Timmers (2019) | Netherlands | RCT | 213 | Orthopedic | Curated app | p = 0.001 (rest), p < 0.001 (during activity), p = 0.003 (at night) |
| Eichler (2019) | Germany | RCT | 111 | Orthopedic | Text messaging, video chat | p = 0.001 |
| Russell (2011) | Australia | RCT | 65 | Orthopedic | Video chat | p ≤ 0.01 |
| Piqueras (2013) | Spain | RCT | 142 | Orthopedic | Video chat | p = 0.284 |
| Moffet (2015) | Canada | RCT | 205 | Orthopedic | Video chat | Control: 82.8 ± 1.4 Exp: 84.0 ± 1.4 |
| Herrero (2021) | USA | RCT | 150 | Orthopedic | Video chat | p = 0.668 |
| Kane (2020) | USA | RCT | 58 | Orthopedic | Video chat | p = 0.638 (2 wks post-op), p = 0.124 (6 wks post-op), p = 0.951 (12 wks post-op) |
| Sandhu (2021) | India | Prospective observational | 50 | Orthopedic | Phone call | N/A* |
| Coronado (2020) | USA | RCT | 8 | Orthopedic | Phone call | N/A* |
| Anthony (2018) | USA | Multicenter study | 82 | Orthopedic | Text messaging | p = 0.04 (pain), p = 0.004 (# opioid tablets) |
| Iwanoff (2018) | USA | Controlled clinical trial | 459 | Urology/Gynecology | Phone call | p = 0.13 (pain), p = 0.04 (# of calls) |
| Thompson (2019) | USA | RCT | 100 | Urology/Gynecology | Phone call | p = 0.30 (rest), p = 0.47 (normal activity), p = 0.30 (exercise), p = 0.47 (worst pain today) |
| Vonk Noordegraaf (2014) | Netherlands | RCT | 215 | Urology/Gynecology | Curated program | p = 0.035 |
| Finkelstein (2020) | USA | Prospective cohort | N/A* | Urology/Gynecology | Video chat | p = 0.11 |
| McGillion (2021) | Canada | RCT | 905 | General, Non-Elective | Video chat | p < 0.001 (7 days), p < 0.001 (15 days), p < 0.008 (30 days) |
| Cleeland (2011) | USA | RCT | 100 | Oncology | | p = 0.02 |
| Lafaro (2020) | USA | Pilot study | 34 | Oncology | Video chat | p = 0.001 (GI cancer); p = 0.01 (lung cancer) |