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. 2022 Dec 22;5:187. doi: 10.1038/s41746-022-00738-y

Table 3.

Gesture number comparison between super-experts and experts in nerve sparing.

Super-experts cases N = 53 Experts cases N = 27 p-value
Total gesture/case 317 (237–525) 530 (439–722) 0.01
 Peel/push 86 (61–137) 162 (117–278) 0.03
 Cold cut 64 (33–101) 100 (43–122) 0.20
 Spread 13 (6–23) 18 (6–35) 0.75
 Hook 9 (4–18) 13 (6–24) 0.70
 Hot cut 1 (0–5) 1 (0–11) 0.17
 Two-hand spread 1 (0–2) 1 (0–4) 0.37
 Coagulation then cut 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 0.45
 Pediclize 1 (0–4) 0 (0–5) 0.94
 Burn 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 0.35
 Camera move 45 (37–59) 92 (62–106) 0.02
 Retraction 36 (25–52) 83 (64–110) <0.01
 Coagulation 9 (3–29) 11 (7–22) 0.85
 Clip 7 (5–11) 8 (6–16) 0.38

Variables were compared by Mann–Whitney U test and reported as median (interquartile range).