[Retracted] Balloon Eustachian Tuboplasty and Grommet Insertion: A Combined Surgical Treatment for Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media with Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
Table 4
Improvement of ETDQ-7, Eustachian tube inflammation scale, and COMOT-15 after the treatment with the combination of BET and Grommet insertion.
Preoperative
Postoperative
6 months
12 months
ETDQ-7 scores
BET group
26.4 ± 5.56
24.75 ± 5.88
22.23 ± 6.34
BET + Grommet group
27.19 ± 6.11
21.77 ± 6.34
18.04 ± 6.38#
P
0.509
0.019
0.002
Eustachian tube inflammation scale
BET group
3.08 ± 0.74
2.56 ± 1.17
2.04 ± 0.82#
BET + Grommet group
2.98 ± 0.81
1.92 ± 0.87
1.48 ± 0.50#
P
0.513
0.003
<0.001
COMOT-15 scores
BET group
40.79 ± 15.49
39.98 ± 15.03
38.38 ± 15.54#
BET + Grommet group
40.60 ± 15.92
33.42 ± 15.58
30.60 ± 15.89#
P
0.954
0.038
0.0173
Note: , the intragroup comparison with preoperative data; #, intragroup comparison with the postoperative data at 6 months.
