Table 1 Number of lesions identified during clinical lesion detection (n = 65).

From: Evaluation of a polarization-enhanced laparoscopy prototype for improved intra-operative visualization of peritoneal metastases

 

SSL

PEL

p-value*

Seen in 1st round

53 (82%)

47 (72%)

0.298

Seen in 2nd round (in retrospect)

10 (15%)

7 (11%)

0.604

Not seen

2 (3%)

11 (17%)

0.016

  1. *p-value comparing both methods, Fisher’s exact test.
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