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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Urol Pract. 2021 Sep;8(5):596–604. doi: 10.1097/upj.0000000000000246

Table 3:

DART score broken down by domain

3-point scale Expert (24 cases)
Median (IQR)
Trainee (12 cases)
Median (IQR)
p value
Gesture Selection and Efficacy 2.9 (2.9-3.0) 2.7 (2.5-2.8) <0.001
Instrument Visualization and Awareness 3.0 (3.0-3.0) 3.0 (3.0-3.0) 1.00
Respect of Tissue Planes 2.9 (2.8-3.0) 2.8 (2.4-3.0) 0.078
Tissue Handling 2.7 (2.4-2.9) 2.5 (2.3-2.9) 0.728
Tissue Retraction 2.9 (2.8-3.0) 2.5 (2.3-2.7) <0.001
Efficiency 2.9 (2.7-3.0) 2.3 (2.1-2.5) <0.001
5-point scale Expert (24 cases)
Median (IQR)
Trainee (12 cases)
Median (IQR)
p value
Gesture Selection and Efficacy 4.9 (4.8-5.0) 4.4 (4.1-4.6) <0.001
Instrument Visualization and Awareness 5.0 (5.0-5.0) 5.0 (5.0-5.0) 0.679
Respect of Tissue Planes 4.8 (4.6-5.0) 4.6 (4.1-4.8) 0.010
Tissue Handling 4.4 (3.8-4.9) 4.0 (3.8-4.8) 0.779
Tissue Retraction 4.8 (4.5-5.0) 4.2 (3.6-4.4) <0.001
Efficiency 4.8 (4.6-4.9) 3.5 (3.2-3.9) <0.001