Robotic colorectal surgery: quality assessment of patient information available on the internet using webscraping
Taha A, Taha-Mehlitz S, Bach L, Ochs V, Bardakcioglu O, Honaker MD, Cattin PC (2023)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2023
Journal
Book Volume: 28
Article Number: 2187275
Journal Issue: 1
DOI: 10.1080/24699322.2023.2187275
Abstract
The primary goal of this study is to assess current patient information available on the internet concerning robotic colorectal surgery. Acquiring this information will aid in patients understanding of robotic colorectal surgery. Data was acquired through a web-scraping algorithm. The algorithm used two Python packages: Beautiful Soup and Selenium. The long-chain keywords incorporated into Google, Bing and Yahoo search engines were ‘Da Vinci Colon-Rectal Surgery’, ‘Colorectal Robotic Surgery’ and ‘Robotic Bowel Surgery’. 207 websites resulted, were sorted and evaluated according to the ensuring quality information for patients (EQIP) score. Of the 207 websites visited, 49 belonged to the subgroup of hospital websites (23.6%), 46 to medical centers (22.2%), 45 to practitioners (21.7%), 42 to health care systems (20,2%), 11 to news services (5.3%), 7 to web portals (3.3%), 5 to industry (2.4%), and 2 to patient groups (0.9%). Only 52 of the 207 websites received a high rating. The quality of available information on the internet concerning robotic colorectal surgery is low. The majority of information was inaccurate. Medical facilities involved in robotic colorectal surgery, robotic bowel surgery and related robotic procedures should develop websites with credible information to guide patient decisions.
Involved external institutions
University of Nevada Las Vegas
United States (USA) (US)
East Carolina University
United States (USA) (US)
Universitätsklinikum Essen
Germany (DE)
St. Claraspital AG
Switzerland (CH)
United States (USA) (US)
East Carolina University
United States (USA) (US)
Universitätsklinikum Essen
Germany (DE)
St. Claraspital AG
Switzerland (CH)
How to cite
APA:
Taha, A., Taha-Mehlitz, S., Bach, L., Ochs, V., Bardakcioglu, O., Honaker, M.D., & Cattin, P.C. (2023). Robotic colorectal surgery: quality assessment of patient information available on the internet using webscraping. Computer Assisted Surgery, 28(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24699322.2023.2187275
MLA:
Taha, Anas, et al. "Robotic colorectal surgery: quality assessment of patient information available on the internet using webscraping." Computer Assisted Surgery 28.1 (2023).
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