Table III.
Overall results and specific metrics for exercise 2 – Energy Dissection level 2. Bold values indicate statistically significant differences and in favor of which group
| Parameter | Group A (medical students) n = 15 Mean (95% CI) |
Group B (open surgeons) n = 10 Mean (95% CI) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 60 (58–62) | 68 (65–75) | 0.025 |
| Time to complete [s] | 115 (107–124) | 103 (91–115) | 0.018 |
| Economy of motion [cm] | 190 (180–195) | 161 (149–164) | 0.014 |
| Instrument collision | 0.5 (–0.03–0.7) | 0.1 (–0.01–0.3) | 0.03 |
| Excessive force | 1.2 (–0.98–2.3) | 0.32 (–0.79–1.01) | 0.018 |
| Instruments out of view | 1.1 (–0.1–1.9) | 0.2 (–0.1–0.8) | 0.01 |
| Misapplied energy time | 7.2 (6.9–8.4) | 6.7 (5.9–7.5) | 0.024 |
| Master workspace | 15 (13–18) | 16.3 (13–20) | 0.03 |