Information on surgical treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia on YouTube is highly biased and misleading

• Published in: BJU international Vol. 125; no. 4; pp. 595 - 601
• Main Authors: Betschart, Patrick, Pratsinis, Manolis, Müllhaupt, Gautier, Rechner, Roman, Herrmann, Thomas RW, Gratzke, Christian, Schmid, Hans–Peter, Zumstein, Valentin, Abt, Dominik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.04.2020
• Subjects: Benign; benign prostatic syndrome; Bias; Conflicts of interest; Enucleation; False information; Genital diseases; Hyperplasia; lower urinary tract symptoms; patient information; Prostate; Quality; social media; Statistical analysis; Urinary tract; UroBPH; YouTube; patient information; lower urinary tract symptoms; UroBPH; social media; benign prostatic syndrome; YouTube

Objectives To assess the quality of videos on the surgical treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (LUTS/BPH) available on YouTube, given that such video‐sharing platforms are frequently used as sources of patient information and the therapeutic landsca...