TABLE 4.
Surgical Consistency | Mean kPa Ratio (SE) | p Value |
---|---|---|
Relative MRE stiffness value | 0.007 | |
Soft | 0.61 (0.04) | |
Intermediate | 0.77 (0.11) | |
Firm | 1.13 (0.16) | |
Post hoc Tukey pairwise comparison | ||
Soft–firm | 0.008 | |
Soft–intermediate | 0.382 | |
Intermediate–firm | 0.168 |
Boldface type indicates statistical significance.