A study of outcome of ossiculoplasty using autologous cartilage, refashioned incus, and polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) prosthesis in patients of chronic suppurative otitis media

The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 4 Preoperative and postoperative air conduction thresholds (ACT). Mean at 3 months and 6 months (n = 60)

Material used	Preoperative AC		3 months AC		6 months AC		P-value
Material used	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	P-value
Cartilage	41.3	6.69	29.2	5.39	21	4.66	0.003*
Refashioned incus	40.4	5.43	28.4	6.73	20.8	4.33	< 0.001*
PORP	42.9	5.68	31.4	6.86	34.9	6.37	0.182
TORP	43.1	5.40	32.5	5.91	36.2	5.31	0.319