It is aimed to determine the utility, reliability and quality of the lid loading videos on YouTube, a video sharing platform.
Methods:A YouTube searches were made with the keywords 'Eyelid Loading', 'Gold Weight Implantation', 'Lid Loading for Lagophthalmos' (without user login, cleared search history, in incognito tab). A total of 75 videos were recorded. Length of videos (seconds), number of views, uploaded source (doctor/health institution/medical channel), number of subscribers, number of likes, time since uploading (days), video content (surgical/theoretical information), type of narration (verbal narration/subtitle) recorded. DISCERN, The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), and Global Quality scores of the videos were evaluated and recorded by two experienced oculoplastic surgeons (KSC, HT).
Results:After the exclusion criteria, the remaining 46 videos were included in the study. The mean DISCERN score was 25.17 ± 6.88 (very poor quality), the JAMA score was 0.79 0.63 (very poor quality), GQS was 2.84 ±1.03 (medium quality). Thirty videos (65.2%) had verbal narration and 16 videos (34.8%) had subtitled narration. The DISCERN score and GQS were signi cantly higher in the videos with verbal narration compared to the narration with subtitles (p<0.05). All 3 scores were positively correlated with each other. There was also a positive correlation between video length, number of subscribers, and DISCERN score.
Conclusions:The videos about lid loading on YouTube are of poor reliability, accuracy, and educational quality. The duration of the video and the type of narration can be kept in the foreground when choosing the video.Experts must review the content that is uploaded to websites like YouTube.
Purpose: To assess the role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of idiopathic epiretinal membrane (iERM) using the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and mean platelet volume (MPV) as indicators of inflammation and to compare these parameter levels between iERM and control subjects. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 36 patients who underwent vitrectomy-ERM peeling and 39 patients who had cataract surgery. We obtained blood samples from all individuals who participated in the study to investigate these parameters. Results: Seventy-five subjects were included in this study: 36 in the iERM group and 39 in the control group. The mean neutrophil and MPV levels were significantly higher in iERM subjects than in control subjects. The mean lymphocyte level was lower in the iERM group. The mean NLR, PLR, and MPV levels were higher in iERM subjects than in control subjects. Conclusion: The higher NLR, PLR, and MPV levels found in patients with iERM may indicate that subclinical systemic inflammation may associate with iERM.
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