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Table 2 Preoperative audiometry and 2 and 6 months follow-up PTA

From: Comparative study of tympanoplasty type I using periosteum versus tragal cartilage with perichondrium

AIR

Group A

Periosteum

Group B

Cartilage

P value

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Preoperative

 

250

57±8.53

47.63±9.87

0.000**

500

50.88±6.97

44.75±9.87

0.003**

1000

45.63±9.82

42.63±10.86

0.276

2000

40.38±9.36

39.75±10.12

0.770

4000

43.75±7.99

42.25±8.62

0.418

8000

47.63±10.44

42.5±11.09

0.031*

Postoperative after 2 months

 

250

33.13±8.06

33.25±10.16

0.884

500

26.5±6.62

24.5±8.38

0.065

1000

23.75±6.77

21.75±7.56

0.046

2000

23.38±8.43

21.5±7.18

0.160

4000

22.13±8.46

24±7.7

0.421

8000

22.63±8.99

25.63±8.02

0.220

Postoperative after 6 months

 

250

27.13±9.53

32.13±10.12

0.012*

500

20.75±7.64

24.13±10.55

0.211

1000

20±7.84

22.38±10.62

0.491

2000

20.38±8.2

21.75±8.59

0.620

4000

18.63±8.24

23.75±8.6

0.002**

8000

18.75±9.04

25.13±9.77

0.001**

  1. Used Mann-Whitney test
  2. *Statistically significant: (p < 0.05), **High statistically significant: (p < 0.01)