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Retina-Vitreus, vol.32, no.2, pp.117-125, 2023 (Scopus)
Purpose: Social media plays a growing role in the health system. Due to the presence of many videos with surgical content, the use of YouTube to obtain information is becoming more and more common among surgeons. This study aimed to evaluate the sufficiency and quality of YouTube videos on posterior capsular rupture (PC) management during phacoemulsification surgery according to a novel scoring system suggested by the authors. Materials and Methods: A YouTube search was performed phrases “posterior capsule rupture”, “posterior capsule tear” and “posterior capsule rent”. Ninety-six videos were included in this study and evaluated. The contents of the videos were scored by the authors according to their novel scoring criteria. Results: The mean score of the videos according to the novel scoring criteria was 8.67±2.43, with a range of 1-14. There was a moderate correlation between the total score and views, and the total score and likes (p<0.05). In 77 (80%) of the videos, the surgeons did what was initially expected according to scoring criteria when the PC rupture occurred. When the videos were filtered according to the minimum surgical requirements defined by the authors’ scoring system, 10 videos (10.4%) were found to meet the requirements. Conclusions: PC rupture management videos are not fully sufficient to be used in surgical training. Some of these videos can be used in surgical training, but they should be used after necessary evaluations are performed.