Research Article

Effect of Residents’ Previous Laparoscopic Surgery Experience on Initial Robotic Suturing Experience

Table 3

Comparison of mean suturing times in resident groups in laparoscopic versus robotic surgery (robot) with different levels of experience.

Group 1 ( 𝑛 = 6 )Group 2 ( 𝑛 = 7 ) 𝑃 value

Laparoscopy (mean sec)309.76417.880.009
Robot (mean sec)348.14291.280.5

𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 : statistically significant.