ArticleActa otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale2025
Evaluation of the pan-immune-inflammation value in patients with Bell's palsy.
Article in Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Objectives: Pan-immune-inflammation value is an inflammation index calculated using the parameters in a complete blood count (CBC) and has gained popularity in recent years. In this study, we aimed to examine its role in Bell's palsy. Methods: The study was designed as a retrospective case-control study. The study group consisted of 79 patients with Bell's palsy. There were 158 patients in the control group. Age, gender, grade, CBC parameters and pan-immune-inflammation value were compared statistically between the groups. Results: Leukocyte, neutrophil, platelet and pan-immune-inflammation values were significantly higher in the Bell's palsy group than in the control group (p values: < 0.001, < 0.001, 0.03, < 0.001, respectively). There was no correlation between grade of Bell's palsy and any study parameters. Conclusions: Our results support the theory that inflammation may be the main factor in pathogenesis, as the pan-immune-inflammation value is higher in patients with Bell's palsy. Our results suggest that the cell group that plays a major role in this inflammation is neutrophils.
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