Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Bucket Handle and Cartilage Tympanoplasty Techniques for the Reconstruction of Subtotal or Anterior Tympanic Membrane Perforation

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of study population.

Item	Cartilage Tympanoplasty	Bucket Handle Tympanoplasty	value
Gender			0.436
Male	15 (50.0%)	12 (40.0%)
Female	15 (50.0%)	18 (60.0%)
Mean age	43.6 ± 3.3	44.7 ± 4.1	0.884
Ear under operation			0.426
Right	10 (33.3%)	13 (43.3%)
Left	20 (66.7%)	17 (56.7%)
Site of membrane perforation			1.000
Anterior	25 (83.3%)	25 (83.3%)
Subtotal	5 (16.7%)	5 (16.7%)