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Table 1 Baseline clinical and demographic parameters

From: A retrospective comparative study of endoscopic and microscopic Tympanoplasty

 

TEES Group (n = 53 ears)

MES Group (n = 100 ears)

p-value

Sex

  

0.221

 Male

22 (41.5%)

34 (34.0%)

 

 Female

31 (58.5%)

66 (66.0%)

 

Lesion side

  

0.314

 Left ear

30 (56.6%)

49 (49.0%)

 

 Right ear

23 (43.4%)

51 (51.0%)

 

Average age ± SD (years)

48.9 ± 14.7

45.7 ± 14.2

0.1946

Average perforation size of tympanic membrane ± SD (%)a

51.6 ± 23.5

49.4 ± 21.1

0.5665

Comorbidity

7 (13.2%)

7 (7.0%)

0.2051

 DM

4 (7.5%)

2 (2.0%)

 

 Hypertension

5 (9.4%)

4 (4.0%)

 

 Asthma

0

1 (1.0%)

 

 Hepatitis B

0

1 (1.0%)

 

Average follow-up period ± SD (months)

3.5 ± 2.6

7.0 ± 10.4

0.016

  1. aPerforation size was estimated through visual inspection of the percentage of perforation relative to the tympanic membrane area by the senior otologist (corresponding author)