Time Savings and Surgery Task Load Reduction in Open Intraperitoneal Onlay Mesh Fixation Procedure

Table 1

Fixation time difference between suture and mechanical fixation groups.

Paired observation no.	Fixation time in suture group (minutes)	Fixation time in ETHICON SECURESTRAP^TM Open group (minutes)	Time difference (minutes)
1	21.00	4.45	16.55
2	30.22	2.57	27.65
3	34.63	5.72	28.92
4	36.63	3.42	33.22
5	43.00	6.93	36.07
6	39.00	5.17	33.83
7	35.72	4.48	31.23
8	30.20	2.77	27.43
9	90.95	3.30	87.65
10	44.37	2.33	42.03
11	44.92	2.37	42.55
12	29.40	2.88	26.52
13	72.40	3.35	69.05
14	42.13	2.88	39.25
15	33.42	5.00	28.42
16	21.95	3.63	18.32
17	37.00	10.47	26.53
18	18.47	5.10	13.37