Table 2.

Comparison of different suturing techniques by time, knot strength, tension resistance, precision, and mistakes.

Parameter	Contrast	p-valuea
Time	Intracorporeal interrupted/Extracorporeal interrupted	0.04
	Intracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	< 0.001
	Extracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	< 0.001
Stitch precision	Intracorporeal interrupted/Extracorporeal interrupted	0.811
	Intracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	0.12
	Extracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	0.132
Tension resistance
0 Newton	Intracorporeal interrupted/Extracorporeal interrupted	0.832
	Intracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	0.002
	Extracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	0.003
10 Newton	Intracorporeal interrupted/Extracorporeal interrupted	0.099
	Intracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	< 0.001
	Extracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	0.003
Knot strength
Knot 1
5 Newton	Intracorporeal interrupted/Extracorporeal interrupted	0.034
	Intracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	0.003
	Extracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	< 0.001
10 Newton	Intracorporeal interrupted/Extracorporeal interrupted	0.032
	Intracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	< 0.001
	Extracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	< 0.001
15 Newton	Intracorporeal interrupted/Extracorporeal interrupted	0.093
	Intracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	< 0.001
	Extracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	< 0.001
Knot 2
5 Newton	Intracorporeal interrupted/Extracorporeal interrupted	0.53
	Intracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	0.017
	Extracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	0.599
10 Newton	Intracorporeal interrupted/Extracorporeal interrupted	0.083
	Intracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	0.018
	Extracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	0.348
15 Newton	Intracorporeal interrupted/Extracorporeal interrupted	0.135
	Intracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	0.003
	Extracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	0.03
Knot 3
5 Newton	Intracorporeal interrupted/Extracorporeal interrupted	0.599
	Intracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	0.026
	Extracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	0.058
10 Newton	Intracorporeal interrupted/Extracorporeal interrupted	0.94
	Intracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	0.083
	Extracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	0.045
15 Newton	Intracorporeal interrupted/Extracorporeal interrupted	0.523
	Intracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	0.109
	Extracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	0.006
Mistakes	Intracorporeal interrupted/Extracorporeal interrupted	0.773
	Intracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	1
	Extracorporeal interrupted/Barbed continuous	1

^aThe p-values were calculated using a mixed-effects model. A p-value < 0.05 was considered significant.