TABLE 2.
Clinical data of 24 otosclerotic patients with moderate to profound mixed hearing loss (18) undergoing either modified-power-piston-surgery or conventional-stapedotomy
| Modified-Power-Pistonb | Conventional-Stapedotomy | χ2 | |
| sex | |||
| Male | 7 | 6 | p = 1.0 |
| Female | 7 | 8 | |
| Age (yr)a | 54 (±9; 40–69) | 56 (±11; 37–78) | |
| Number of previous ear surgeriesa | 1 (±1.3; 0–3) | 0 (0.4; 0–1) | p = 1.0 |
| Site of surgerya | |||
| Right ear | 9 | 9 | p = 1.0 |
| Left ear | 5 | 5 | |
| Department at which surgery was performed | |||
| Innsbruck | 5 | 14 | p = 0.003 |
| Wels-Grieskirchen | 9 | 0 | |
aFor continuous data means, standard deviations (SD), minimums, and maximums were provided.
bNumbers of patients were provided.