Educational value of YouTube Surgical Videos of Thulium Laser Enucleation of The Prostate (ThuLEP): the quality assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To assess the educational value of YouTube surgical videos of thulium laser enucleation of the prostate (ThuLEP).

Methods

A comprehensive search of "ThuLEP" or "thulium laser enucleation of the prostate" was performed on YouTube on October 31, 2020. According to the LAParoscopic surgery Video Educational GuidelineS, we created a checklist to assess the educational value of these videos. The checklist included 20 options. Each option represented one point. The total score was the sum of all the points. The higher score represents the higher educational value.

Results

A total of 70 videos were included. The average number of views were 1,366 (range, 11-30,884). The mean video length was 16.59 mins (range, 1.20-70.35 mins). Only 22.9% (16/70) videos had audio

SUBMITTER: Yang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8350234 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature