Table 1

Mean pre and post values of surgical times and technique scores.

AT

SMR

C

pre

post

pre

post

pre

post

Overall time (min)

09:26

08:12

11:00

09:32

09:14

08:58

s.d.

03:14

02:11

06:26

08:18

01:39

04:14

Task time

07:16

06:24

08:41

06:24

07:12

07:04

s.d.

02:18

01:47

05:36

03:37

01:43

03:39

Pause time (min)

02:10

01:48

02:19

03:08

02:02

01:54

s.d.

01:36

00:30

01:11

04:48

00:33

00:46

Suture time (min)

03:33

02:57

04:45

03:00

03:20

03:48

s.d.

01:52

00:59

03:32

01:47

01:34

03:24

Overall technique (%)

82.2

84.0

79.6

83.7

81.8

81.6

s.d.

5.7

4.1

7.3

6.2

5.6

4.9

Suture technique (%)

78.1

79.4

75.0

81.5

77.8

77.7

s.d.

12.7

8.7

9.2

5.3

10.1

6.7

Alpha-Theta (AT), SMR-Theta (SMR), and control (C) groups and standard deviations (s.d.)

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