Table 3 Comparison of outcomes of puffed rice transfer and pig lung dissection tasks with and without the feedback system.

From: Impact of a pneumatic surgical robot with haptic feedback function on surgical manipulation

Task

Ā 

Puffed rice transfer

FB

Surgeon's mean Grasping Force (N)

P-value

Mean Variance

P-value

Mean integral force (N)

P-value

Mean time to task completion (s)

P-value

Ā 

Off

2.14

0.003

0.69

0.004

10,252.7

0.02

153

0.07

On

0.63

Ā 

0.19

Ā 

2648

Ā 

127.8

Ā 

Pig lung dissection

Ā Interlobar dissection

Off

2.98

0.01

0.07

0.11

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

On

1.58

Ā 

0.35

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Ā Vascular dissection

Off

2.86

0.004

0.14

0.16

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

On

1.42

Ā 

0.31

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Ā Bronchial dissection

Off

2.98

0.04

0.07

0.07

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

On

1.86

Ā 

0.39

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Ā Lymph node resection

Off

2.69

0.06

0.14

0.64

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

On

1.44

Ā 

0.23

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 
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