Table 1.

Baseline clinical and demographics of patients in two groups

	TEES (n = 224)	MES (n = 121)
Average age ± SD (years)	40.87 ± 11.3	38.56 ± 11.5
Sex
Male	124	65
Female	100	56
Lesion side
Left ear	102	67
Right ear	122	54
Average follow-up period ± SD (months)	12.74 ± 7.56	14.08 ± 6.36
Approach
Transcanal	224	0
Endaural	0	0
Post-auricular	0	121
Graft material
Tragal cartilage perichondrium graft	224	0
Temporalis muscle facia	0	121