Table 3.

Laparoscopic intra-corporeal knot tying (LICK). Parameters of the learning curves

Score	Groups
	G1	G2	G3
Y 0	615 ± 17	655 ± 29	622 ± 35
Y 3	143 ± 7*	246 ± 13	288 ± 17
Plateau	38 ± 5	39 ± 6	42 ± 6
PercentFast	88 ± 3*	62 ± 9	42 ± 9
KFast	0.79 ± 0.08	0.81 ± 0.22	1.26 ± 0.67
KSlow	0.06 ± 0.03	0.10 ± 0.03	0.11 ± 0.02

Mean ± SEM are presented

G1, G2, and G3 performed the same standard training program for LICK

*p < .05; G1 vs. G2 and G1 vs. G3