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. 2011 Nov 12;21(6):1151–1156. doi: 10.1007/s00586-011-2065-2

Table 4.

Breach rates of the TPS inserted by the apprentice

Subgroup
1 2 3 4 5
Breach rate of medial wall%
26.7 40.0* (P = 0.033) 23.3 23.3 26.5
Breach rate of lateral wall%
26.7* (P = 0.047) 10 10 6.7 5.9
Total breach rate%
46.6* (P = 0.05) 50.0* (P = 0.027) 33.3 31.0 32.4

* Significant difference was found between the subgroups 1, 2 of the apprentice and the rates of the chief surgeon using the Chi-square test