Patient Demographics
Overall, forty-nine patients encompassing 65.3 % (32/49) endoscopic and
34.7% (17/49) microscopic procedures from a single surgeon experience
were audited (Table 1). Of these, 61.2% (30/49) were categorised into
the reconstructive group and 38.8 % (19/49) into the non-reconstructive
group (Table 1). Most endoscopic procedures were performed for
reconstructive purposes (84.4%; 27/32, p<0.001), and the
majority of procedures in the microscopic group were performed for
non-reconstructive purposes (82.4 %; 14/17, p<0.001; Table
1). Of the microscopic group, the post-auricular incision was most used
(70.6%,12/17) followed by the endaural (23.5, 4/17) incision for
access. (Table 1). Of the endoscopic group, all patients had their
procedure conducted via the trans-canal route.