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Does YouTube include high-quality resources for training on laparoscopic and robotic radical prostatectomy?
Burak Arslan1, Serkan Gönültaş2, Ersin Gökmen2
1Department of Urology, Istanbul Gaziosmanpasa Taksim Training and Research Hospital, Karayolları Str. No: 621 Gaziosmanpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey. drbarslan@yahoo.com.
YouTube videos on radical prostatectomy (RP) show good educational quality, but there
Area of Science:
- Urology
- Surgical Education
- Medical Informatics
Background:
- YouTube is a popular platform for medical education.
- Assessing the quality of surgical procedure videos is crucial for training.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the educational quality of YouTube videos detailing laparoscopic and robotic radical prostatectomy (RP).
Main Methods:
- Utilized the Prostatectomy Assessment and Competency Evaluation (PACE) score to assess seven critical steps in RP.
- Analyzed video length, view count, likes, and dislikes for 226 selected videos.
- Compared scores between laparoscopic and robotic/robot-assisted RP videos.
Main Results:
- Robotic/robot-assisted RP videos were longer and had higher urethro-vesical anastomosis scores than laparoscopic RP videos.
- Found a positive correlation between video length and total PACE score for both techniques.
- A positive correlation was observed between likes and total PACE score for robotic/robot-assisted RP videos.
Conclusions:
- YouTube offers high-quality educational content for both laparoscopic and robotic/robot-assisted RP.
- Currently, no objective metric reliably predicts the educational quality of these surgical videos.
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