Educational value assessment of YouTube surgical videos of tension-free vaginal tape obturator (TVT-O) and trans-obturator vaginal tape (TOT).

ABSTRACT:

Background

YouTube, as a widely used video website around the world, contains a large number of surgical teaching videos, providing a good platform for doctors to learn surgery, but its content and quality are uneven. Tension-free vaginal tape obturator (TVT-O) and trans-obturator vaginal tape (TOT) are common surgical methods for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI), and there are many videos on YouTube teaching these procedures. We aimed to assess the educational value of surgical videos of TVT-O and TOT on YouTube.

Methods

A comprehensive search was conducted for "tension-free vaginal tape obturator" and "trans-obturator vaginal tape" on YouTube on August 22. After referring to LAParoscopic surgery Video Educational GuidelineS (LAP-VEGaS) and previous studie

SUBMITTER: Chen YZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8824822 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature