11 July 2025 : Clinical Research
Audiological and Middle Ear Outcomes in Ukrainian Soldiers with Traumatic Tympanic Membrane Perforation
Roman Barylyak
ABDEF 1, Piotr H. Skarżyński ABDE 2,3*, Paulina Deja ACEF 4, Aleksandra Kołodziejak CEF 4, Dmytro O. Horoliuk AB 5, Henryk Skarżyński AB 1
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.948326
Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e948326
Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical data of the patients*.
| n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sex | Men | 70 (100) |
| Women | 0 (0) | |
| Age on the day of injury | Range | 19–59 |
| M | 37.2 | |
| SD | 10.2 | |
| Days from injury to surgery | Range | 34–739 |
| M | 170.2 | |
| SD | 128.9 | |
| Operated ear | Right | 36 (51) |
| Left | 34 (49) | |
| Size of perforation | 2 mm | 4 (6) |
| 3 mm | 18 (26) | |
| 4 mm | 26 (37) | |
| 5 mm | 22 (31) | |
| Location of perforation (quadrants) | AS | 25 (36) |
| AI | 48 (69) | |
| PS | 6 (9) | |
| PI | 34 (49) | |
| Type of surgery | Tympanoplasty | 67 (96) |
| Tympanoplasty combined with ossiculoplasty | 3 (4) | |
| Tympanotomy with removal of inflammatory lesions without reconstruction | 3 (4) | |
| n – number of observations; M – mean; SD – standard deviation; AS – anterior-superior; AI – anterior-inferior; PS – posterior-superior; PI – posterior–inferior. * In some cases, the percentage exceeded 100% given the possibility of co-occurring conditions. | ||