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On January 19, 2022, a search was performed on YouTube (\n                    <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\" ext-link-type=\"uri\">www.youtube.com<\/jats:ext-link>\n                    ) with the keywords \u2018small incision lenticule extraction\u2019, \u2018SMILE refractive surgery\u2019, and \u2018ReLex SMILE Surgery\u2019. The default search option was \u201csort videos by relevance\u201d. The duration of videos (seconds), the number of views, the source of videos (surgeons\/medical organizations-health channels\/patients-others), the number of subscribers, the number of likes and dislikes, like ratio (like \u00d7 100\/[like +\u2009dislike]), the number of comments, the time since upload date (days), the video content (surgery\/theoretical information), the content of surgical videos (real surgery\/animation), mode of expression (verbal narration\/subtitle), and the presence of a conflict of interest (yes\/no) were recorded. The videos were blindly evaluated by two refractive surgeons (SA and AK) using DISCERN, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), and the Global Quality Score (GQS). A total of 101 videos were analyzed, 38 (37.6%) of which were uploaded by surgeons. The mean DISCERN, JAMA, and GQS were 37.73\u2009\u00b1\u20097.49; 1.90\u2009\u00b1\u20090.57; and 2.20\u2009\u00b1\u20090.73, respectively. The JAMA score, GQS, and video duration were all significantly correlated with the DISCERN score. The GQS was significantly correlated with all parameters except the JAMA score. Overall, SMILE surgery videos on the YouTube platform may provide cursory information to non-ophthalmologists; however, when the videos are evaluated using tools such as DISCERN, JAMA, and GQS, they are of low quality in terms of refractive surgery education for ophthalmologists. 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