Conclusion
YouTube offers the opportunity of free and easy to access form of health
information for patients but also the potential for biased, unvalidated
misinformation potentially affecting patient decision making. At this
time, the educational quality of YouTube videos pertaining to
cholesteatoma is poor and content containing useful, evidence-based
patient advice about cholesteatoma is lacking. The authors advocate that
surgeons and surgical societies should upload evidence-based, unbiased
and educational YouTube content about common surgical presentations and
treatments to allow patients to make a more informed decision about
their treatment.