%0 Journal Article %T Impact of smartphone digital photography, email, and media communication on emergency room visits post-hypospadias repair %A Jessica M. Ming %A Joana Dos Santos %A Megan A. Saunders %A Michael E. Chua %A Paul R. Bowlin %A Roberto Iglesias Lopes %A Walid A. Farhat %J Archive of "Canadian Urological Association Journal". %D 2017 %R 10.5489/cuaj.4170 %X Advances in communication technology are shaping our medical practice. To date, there is no clear evidence that this mode of communication will have any effect on unnecessary postoperative emergency room (ER) visits. We aim to evaluate the effect of email and media communication with application of smartphone digital photography on post-hypospadias repair ER visit rates %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5434504/