Table 1, abstract 35

Pearson correlation between 8 LapMentor (LM) tasks and total FLS score

LapMentor taskTotal timeNo. of instrument movementsTotal path length
Ball touching task−0.575*−0.592*−0.715
Duct clipping−0.071−0.143−0.029
Duct retraction & clipping−0.741−0.649−0.585
Ball transfer−0.553*−0.796−0.564
Circle cutting−0.833−0.789−0.745
Cautery of bands−0.233−0.789−0.745
3D object manipulation−0.643−0.711−0.751
Intracorporeal suturing−0.780
  • FLS = Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery.

  • * Significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)

  • Significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)