Assessment of the logistics, economic feasibility, and accuracy of presurgical and postsurgical telemedicine consultations is reported. Virtual patient-surgeon consults were achieved through the use of desktop and laptop computers, digital video, and still cameras using two communications modalities. Patients were selected from rural clinics in the southern Oriente region and from communities located in the Andes Mountain range outside of Cuenca, Ecuador. Patients were evaluated preoperatively and postoperatively by general surgeons working with the Cinterandes Foundation, a not-for-profit organization providing surgical care in remote regions of Ecuador in cooperation with the Ministry of Health's primary care program. Preoperative and postoperative telemedicine consultations had a high measure of clinical accuracy and some economic value. Data were collected from several sites throughout the country during the course of the project. Formidable challenges were encountered and are reported here.
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