Usefulness of Surgical Media Center as a Cataract Surgery Educational Tool

Table 1

Time to maximum vacuum (time), maximum vacuum level (vacuum), and speed of increase in vacuum level (speed).

(a)

	Time (sec)	Vacuum (mmHg)	Speed (mmHg/sec)
Experienced	1.49 ± 0.45	314 ± 70	225 ± 76
Operator 1	1.54 ± 0.38	367 ± 41	257 ± 90
Operator 2	1.32 ± 0.47	242 ± 50	199 ± 62
Operator 3	1.62 ± 0.45	334 ± 47	222 ± 63
Trainee	2.80 ± 0.98	300 ± 65	115 ± 35
Operator 1	2.64 ± 0.68	321 ± 52	126 ± 28
Operator 2	3.42 ± 1.18	311 ± 57	99 ± 30
Operator 3	2.15 ± 1.00	268 ± 74	120 ± 40

, Kruskal-Wallis test. for each operator. The same superscripted letters indicate that they are compared to each other.

(b)

	Time (sec)	Vacuum (mmHg)	Speed (mmHg/sec)
Trainee Operator 1
1–20 (operations)	2.64 ± 0.68	321 ± 52	126 ± 28
21–40 (operations)	1.54 ± 0.39	306 ± 29	208 ± 44
41–60 (operations)	1.50 ± 0.26	297 ± 32	202 ± 36

, Kruskal-Wallis test. The same superscripted letters indicate that they are compared to each other.