Table 3.
Gesture number comparison between super-experts and experts in nerve sparing.
Super-experts cases N = 53 | Experts cases N = 27 | p-value | |
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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).