Fertility and Sterility top videos from 2017 to 2019

Abstract

Objective: To objectively grade all video publications in Fertility and Sterility during the years 2017-2019 and compile a list of the top 10 surgical videos.

Design: Descriptive presentation of the 10 highest-scoring video publications from Fertility and Sterility in the years 2017-2019.

Setting: Not applicable.

Patient(s)/animal(s): Not applicable.

Intervention(s): All 4 authors acted as independent reviewers of all video publications. A standardized scoring method was used to score all videos.

Main outcome measure(s): Up to 5 points were awarded for each of the following categories: Scientific merit or clinical relevance of the topic; clarity of video; use of innovative surgical technique; and video editing or use of marking tools on the video to highlight important features or surgical landmarks. This allowed a maximum score of 20 for each video. The number of YouTube views and likes were used as a tiebreaker if ≥2 videos scored similarly. The interclass coefficient from a 2-way random effects model was calculated to assess for agreement between the 4 independent reviewers.

Result(s): A total of 40 videos were published in Fertility and Sterility during the years 2017-2019. After averaging scores from all 4 reviewers, a top 10 list was created (Table). Only 2 videos (number 6 and 7 spots) had the same average score, and the number of YouTube views and likes were used as a tiebreaker. The overall interclass coefficient for the 4 reviewers was 0.68 (95% confidence interval, 0.52-0.76).

Conclusion(s): An overall substantial agreement was noted between the 4 reviewers. Ten videos reigned supreme from a list of very competitive publications that had already undergone the peer review process. The subject matter of these videos ranged from complex surgical procedures, including uterus transplantation and use of a biologic graft for neovaginoplasty, to common procedures like hysteroscopic removal of intrauterine devices during pregnancy and approaches to the stenotic cervix.

Keywords: Fertility and Sterility; Reproductive surgery; Top 10; Video publications.