Table 1.

Scores of the separate items on the LS-CAT. The values are stated in means and standard deviations

	Instrument handling		Tissue handling		Errors
	A	B	A	B	A	B
Pickup needle in correct orientation	2.7 (0.8)	2.6 (0.8)	2.4 (0.6)	2.3 (0.7)	0.9 (2.0)	0.9 (2.3)
Pass needle through edges of tissue	2.5 (0.7)	2.5 (0.8)	2.3 (0.7)	2.3 (0.8)	0.5 (0.9)	0.5 (0.8)
Create first double throw	2.3 (0.8)	2.4 (0.9)	2.3 (0.7)	2.3 (0.6)	0.2 (0.4)	0.1 (0.3)
Knot tying	2.5 (0.9)	2.4 (0.8)	2.4 (0.7)	2.3 (0.7)	0.5 (0.6)	0.4 (0.5)
Total score	10.0 (2.8)	9.9 (3.0)	9.4 (2.3)	9.1 (2.4)	2.1 (3.2)	1.9 (3.2)

A observer A, B observer B