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