Feasibility of the Epiduroscopy Simulator as a Training Tool: A Pilot Study

Table 3

Participant characteristics.

	All participants (n = 20)	Beginner group (n = 7)	Expert group (n = 13)	value
Mean age (years) (median, IQR)	41.00 (12)	35.00 (11)	44.00 (10)	<0.01
Sex, male (%)	20 (100)	7 (100)	13 (100)	—
Dominant hand, right-handed (%)	20 (100)	7 (100)	13 (100)	—
Clinical experience regardless of epiduroscopy (%)
0–2 years	7 (35.0)	2 (28.6)	5 (38.5)	<0.01
3–5 years	4 (20.0)	0 (0)	4 (30.8)
5–9 years	6 (30.0)	4 (57.1)	2 (15.4)
10 years	3 (15.0)	1 (14.3)	2 (15.4)

Mann–Whitney test, chi-square test.