Fertility and Sterility top videos from 2021

Objective: To objectively grade all video publications in Fertility and Sterility during the year 2021 and compile a list of the top 10 surgical videos.

Design: A descriptive presentation of the 10 highest-scoring video publications from Fertility and Sterility in the year 2021.

Setting: Not applicable.

Patient/animals: Not applicable.

Interventions: J.F., Z.K., J.P.P., and S.R.L. acted as independent reviewers of all video publications. A standardized scoring method was used to score all videos.

Main outcome measures: Up to 5 points were awarded for each of the following categories: scientific merit or clinical relevance of the topic; clarity of the video; use of an innovative surgical technique; and video editing or the 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 was used as a tiebreaker if ≥2 videos scored similarly. The interclass coefficient from a 2-way random effects model was calculated to assess the agreement among the 4 independent reviewers.

Result(s): A total of 36 videos were published in Fertility and Sterility during the year 2021. After averaging scores from all 4 reviewers, a top-10 list was created. The overall interclass correlation coefficient for the 4 reviews was 0.89 (95% confidence interval, 0.89-0.94).

Conclusion(s): An overall substantial agreement was noted among the 4 reviewers. A total of 10 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 uterine transplantation, to common procedures, such as GYN ultrasound.