Endoscopic surgery suturing techniques: a randomized study on learning

BMC Surgery

Table 2 Total median checklist scores (GOALS) of the suturing videos

	Laparoscopic needle driver	FlexDex	DaVinci Si	p value^(a)	Post hoc analysis^(b)
	Laparoscopic needle driver	FlexDex	DaVinci Si	p value^(a)	Lap vs FlexDex	FlexDex vs DaVinci Si	Lap vs Da Vinci Si
Session 1–5	17.5 (15.3, 19)	13 (11, 16)	19 (16, 21)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.17
Session 6–10	18 (16.8, 19.3)	17 (14.5, 19)	18 (16, 20)	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.77
p value^(c)	0.29	0.00	0.81

Values are expressed in median and interquartile range. A higher score indicates a better result, maximum score of 29
^(a)Kruskal Wallis Test
^(b)Mann–Whitney U test
^(c)Wilcoxon signed rank test

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