22 July 2023 : Clinical Research
Use of a Flexible Ruler in Measuring the Length of Artificial Stapes During Stapedotomy Under Otoendoscopy
Nan Zeng12ABCDEF, Shang Yan1ABCDEF, Qiong Yang2ABCDEF, Chaobing Gao1ABCDEFG*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.940337
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e940337
Table 2 Comparison of the success rate of surgery and the proportion of functional hearing.
| Success rate | Functional hearing | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | 22 (73.33%) | 8 (26.67%) | 23 (76.67%) | 7 (23.33%) |
| Group B | 21 (80.77) | 5 (19.23) | 23 (88.46%) | 3 (11.54%) |
| P | 0.1017 | 0.0322 | ||
| Group A: metal stick, n=30; Group B: flexible ruler, n=26. | ||||