Table 2 Comparison of surgical and audiological outcomes
From: Comparative study between fat plug and inlay butterfly cartilage grafts for myringoplasty in adults
Variable | Fat graft | IBCG | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Successful closure of TM | 6 | 19 | 0.188 Fisher’s exact test |
Non-successful closure of TM | 2 | 1 | |
Postoperative ABG (dB) | |||
 0–10 dB | 4 | 16 | 0.877 chi-squared |
 11–20 dB | 2 | 3 | |
Changes in ABG (dB)a | |||
 < 0 dB | 2 | 3 | 0.672 Fisher’s exact test |
 0–10 dB | 4 | 15 | |
 11–20 dB | ____ | 1 | |
Hearing improvement (number of patients) | |||
 Improved | 4 | 16 | 0.562 Fisher’s exact test |
 Non-improved | 2 | 3 | |