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. 2013 Feb 15;54(2):1316–1324. doi: 10.1167/iovs.12-11136

Table 2. .

Peeling Performance with AFF by Surgeon Experience

Variable
Medical Students
Residents
Fellows and Attendings
AFF Off #1,
n = 10
AFF Off #2,
n = 10
P Value
AFF Off #1, n = 30
AFF Off #2,
n = 30
P Value
AFF Off #1,
n = 40
AFF Off #2,
n = 40
P Value
Peeling completion time, s 24.9 (14.9, 35.0) 40.5 (30.4, 50.5) <0.001 24.1 (18.3, 29.9) 41.3 (35.5, 47.1) <0.001 25.3 (20.2, 30.3) 36.9 (31.9, 41.9) <0.001
Average force, mN 8.9 (7.0, 10.8) 4.3 (2.4, 6.2) <0.001 9.7 (8.6, 10.8) 5.4 (4.3, 6.5) <0.001 8.2 (7.2, 9.1) 5.2 (4.3, 6.2) <0.001
SD of force, mN 2.5 (1.5, 3.6) 0.9 (0.0, 1.9) 0.012 3.3 (2.7, 3.9) 1.2 (0.6, 1.8) <0.001 2.1 (1.6, 2.7) 1.1 (0.6, 1.7) 0.002
Maximum force, mN 18.5 (13.2, 23.9) 7.9 (2.5, 13.3) <0.001 21.7 (18.6, 24.8) 11.4 (8.3, 14.5) <0.001 15.5 (12.8, 18.2) 9.6 (6.9, 12.3) <0.001
Percentage of time spent peeling above 9 mN 35.1 (14.5, 55.7) 0.0 (0.0, 20.6) <0.001 42.3 (30.4, 54.2) 1.7 (0.0, 13.6) <0.001 35.9 (25.6, 46.2) 3.4 (0.0, 13.7) <0.001
Force × time above 9 mN, mN·s 72.6 (25.3, 120.0) 0.0 (0.0, 47.4) 0.007 115.3 (88.0, 142.6) 7.8 (0.0, 35.1) <0.001 72.7 (49.1, 96.4) 10.4 (0.0, 34.1) <0.001

For peels with AFF turned off, comparisons of peeling completion time, average force, SD of force, maximum force, percentage of peeling spent peeling while above 9 mN, and force × time above 9 mN between the first five peels performed at the beginning of the session (AFF off #1) and the last five peels at the end of the session (AFF off #2). Stratified by participant's surgical skill level. 95% confidence intervals from regression models are shown in parentheses.