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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 14, 2014; 20(14): 4066-4070
Published online Apr 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i14.4066
Published online Apr 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i14.4066
YouTube as a source of patient information on gallstone disease
Jun Suh Lee, Ho Seok Seo, Department of Surgery, Armed Forces Capital Hospital, Seongnam 463-040, South Korea
Tae Ho Hong, Department of Surgery, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 137-701, South Korea
Author contributions: Lee JS and Hong TH designed the study; Lee JS and Seo HS performed the research; Seo HS and Hong TH analysed the data; Lee JS, Seo HS and Hong TH wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Tae Ho Hong, MD, Department of Surgery, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of South Korea, Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-701, South Korea. gshth@catholic.ac.kr
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Received: October 28, 2013
Revised: December 11, 2013
Accepted: January 3, 2014
Published online: April 14, 2014
Revised: December 11, 2013
Accepted: January 3, 2014
Published online: April 14, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: Many people now use the Internet for medical information. There have been many studies evaluating the available information on YouTube, which is one of the most popular sources of medical information. In this paper, we present the first report of an evaluation of YouTube videos on gallstone disease. More than half of the videos were misleading, and there was no correlation between video quality and the number of views or number of likes. Credible videos uploaded by medical professionals, and a filtering process appear to be necessary.