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. 2020 Apr 22;8(4):e2738. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000002738

Table 2.

Sutures Judged to Be Inadequate across the Study Cohort

Error Postcadaveric Presynthetic Postcadaveric Postsynthetic
Air knot 2 2 1 1
Different distance from left to right 2 2 1 2
Incorrect distance from previous suture 6 4 9 11
Incorrect stitch 1 0 0 0
Knot was not square 4 10 7 3
Knot was not perpendicular 1 0 0 0
Tissue was not approximated 0 0 1 0
Multiple above errors in one attempt 5 8 5 1
Total 21 26 24 18