Table 2 Laparoscopic intra-corporeal knot tying scores at the evaluation points (T ₁, T ₂, and T ₃) and learning curve parameters

T ₁

600 (600–600)

600 (348–600)

600 (277–600)

600 (238–600)

600 (420 – 600)

T ₂

425 (165–600)^a#

289 (188–600)^a#

213 (90–525)^a

163 (82–294)^a

156 (101 – 186)^a

T ₃

49 (40–57)^a

55 (48–62)^a

65 (53–80)^a#

49 (38–59)^a

47 (35 – 57)^a

Y0

503.2 ± 23.3⁺

459.9 ± 22.7

467.9 ± 27.1⁺

381.7 ± 21.0

503.0 ± 10.9⁺

Y1

416.0 ± 15.1^a#+o

402.4 ± 16.1^a#+o

289.5 ± 16.8^a#

342.3 ± 15.6^#

196.6 ± 9.2^a

Plateau

70.3 ± 7.6

70.3 ± 10.3

92.9 ± 5.5

63.7 ± 12.1

63.0 ± 2.0

K

0.22 ± 0.02^#o

0.16 ± 0.02^#o

0.65 ± 0.09^#

0.13 ± 0.02^#o

1.19 ± 0.07