Table 3 Mean air bone gap (ABG) gain after stapedotomy in different studies
From: Experience in endoscopic stapedotomy technique and its audiological outcome: a case series
Author | Country-year | Number of stapes surgeries studied and technique: microscopic or endoscopic | Average ABG gain in dB |
|---|---|---|---|
Sarkar et al. [17] | India, 2013 | 32, endoscopic | 31.4 |
Lin and Selesnick [18] | USA, 2016 | 79, microscopic | 21.21 |
Alzharani et al. [19] | KSA, 2017 | 45, microscopic | 17 |
Elzayat et al. [20] | Egypt, 2017 | 80, microscopic | 23.48 |
Xie et al. [21] | China, 2019 | 28, microscopic | 23.4 |
Current study | Sudan, 2021 | 74, endoscopic | 23.3 |