Table 5. Differences in average SDS (mm 2 /min) between the M-loop and non-traction groups in experts and non-experts.
Operator | M-loop (n = 10) | Non-traction (n = 31) | P value | |
Expert | mean | 38.9 ± 6.9 | 29.1 ± 3.2 | 0.099 |
median | 33.8 | 21.8 | ||
Multiloop (n = 40) | Non-traction (n = 84) | |||
Non-expert | mean | 25.3 ± 3.1 | 16.5 ± 2.4 | 0.001 |
median | 19.5 | 13.3 |
M-loop, multi-loop