From: Full-thickness versus sliced cartilage in type I tympanoplasty, comparative study
Group A | Group B | P value | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age range | 17–36 | 13–49 | 0.052 | |||
Sex | Male | 9 | 26.5% | 11 | 33.3% | 0.539 |
Female | 25 | 73.5% | 22 | 66.7% | ||
Cause | Trauma | 5 | 14.7% | 5 | 15.2% | 1 |
Infection | 29 | 85.3% | 28 | 84.8% | ||
Side | RT | 16 | 47.1% | 16 | 48.5% | 0.907 |
LT | 18 | 52.9% | 17 | 51.5% | ||
Perforation site | Posterior | 10 | 29.4% | 11 | 33.3% | 0.729 |
Center | 24 | 70.6% | 22 | 66.7% | ||
Perforation size | Small | 12 | 35.3% | 12 | 36.4% | 0.927 |
Medium | 22 | 64.7% | 21 | 63.6% |