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An Anatomical Study of Nerves at Risk During Minimally Invasive Hallux Valgus Surgery
Published on: February 17, 2018
The videos on YouTube® related to hallux valgus surgery have insufficient information
Metin Uzun1, Tunca Cingoz1, Mehmet Emin Duran1
1Department of Orthopaedics, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Background:
Previous studies have determined the videos on YouTube® have misleading information in medicine, however the assessment of the information for hallux valgus surgery is lacking.
Methods:
YouTube® was analyzed using two keywords as 'hallux valgus surgery' and 'bunion surgery'. Once redundancies were eliminated, each video was evaluated for the characteristic as following: duration, number of views, likes and dislikes, days since upload, view and like ratios and video power index (VPI). The quality of the information was evaluated using DISCERN, JAMA and hallux valgus score (HVS).
Results:
A total of 49 videos included. Fair or poor results for DISCERN and HVS (90% and 69% of videos, respectively) were found. No difference was found between video source and quality scores. Number of likes and VPI negatively correlated with all scores (p < 0.001).
Conclusions:
YouTube® had poor quality of information for hallux valgus surgery.
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