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Autologous Microfractured and Purified Adipose Tissue for Arthroscopic Management of Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus
Published on: January 23, 2018
YouTube provides low-quality videos about talus osteochondral lesions and their arthroscopic treatment
Ali Yuce1, Onur Oto2, Abdurrahman Vural2
1Prof. Dr. Cemil Tascıoglu City Training and Research Hospital, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Background:
Medical professionals and patients commonly use the YouTubeTM platform in their research on health information. The quality of videos about talus osteochondral defect (OCD) and arthroscopic surgery has not been evaluated previously. The aim of this study was to interpret the quality and sufficiency of YouTubeTM videos about talus OCD and arthroscopic surgery.
Methods:
The present study is a quality control study of videos on OCD and their arthroscopic treatment. The videos were interpreted in terms of Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), DISCERN (Quality Criteria for Consumer Health Information), The Global Quality Score (GQS) and Talus OCD - Specific Score (TOCDSS) by two blinded observers to assess the accuracy of these methods.
Results:
Inter-observer agreement was "very high" for JAMA, DISCERN, and TOCDSS, while "high" for GQS. There was a statistical relationship and a positive correlation between the scoring systems.
Conclusion:
The content and quality of YouTubeTM videos about talus OCD and arthroscopic treatment are insufficient.
