Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research (Feb 2020)

Is quality of YouTube content on Bankart lesion and its surgical treatment adequate?

  • Ahmet Onur Akpolat,
  • Demet Pepele Kurdal

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-020-01590-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

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Abstract Background The Internet has developed into a fast and easy to access source of information. The second most popular social media network is YouTube. We aimed to evaluate the accuracy and quality of videos uploaded to YouTube about Bankart lesion without diagnostic or treatment-related criteria. Methods Various keywords were searched for on YouTube. Videos were evaluated with the DISCERN and JAMA Benchmark scoring systems by two independent reviewers. Results A total of 48 videos were taken into evaluation as a result of the search. The mean view count was 28909.68 ± 30264.3. Mean length of the videos was 313,06 ± 344.65. The average DISCERN score of both reviewers was 2.35 ± 0.91. The average JAMA Benchmark score of both reviewers was 2.11 ± 0.77. Conclusion We concluded that the accuracy and reliability of the videos obtained from YouTube by searching for the words Bankart and labrum lesion/injury/treatment are low.

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