96 Chapter 3 Needle handling Percentage of stitches within optimal depth (%) * 66 54.5 (40.5) 63.6 (43.4) -6.2 (46.0) -1.035 .304 Number of unnecessary needle piercing points (n)$ 66 69.0 (48.5) 53.0 (28.5) 11.0 (54.0) -2.932 .003 The total number of entrance and exit points through which the needle has passed (n)$ 66 22.0 (18.0) 28.0 (16.0) -6.0 (15.0) -2.793 .005 Suture handling Excessive force - Suture breakage (n) $ 66 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0) -0.6113 Tissue handling Number of times the tissue was grasped (n)$ 66 13.0 (17.0) 11.0 (15.5) 2.0 (17.0) -1.254 .210 Variable Number of participants of which data was available Pre-intervention score, Median (IQR) Post-intervention score, Median (IQR) Difference in score, Median (IQR) Z-value$ / T-value* p-value *two-sided t-test for paired samples, $Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test
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