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The aim of this study was to investigate the utility of the platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) value as a biomedical marker in the prediction of acute appendicitis and perforated appendix.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Patients and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The data were retrieved from the hospital records related to age, gender, length of stay in hospital, MPV, leukocyte, neutrophil, lymphocyte, and thrombocyte counts measured in the peripheral venous blood sample on presentation, NLR and PLR values, and the pathology results. The patients were grouped according to the pathology results as follows: group 1 (normal appendix, n\u2009=\u200986); group 2 (acute appendicitis, n\u2009=\u2009458); group 3 (perforated appendicitis, n\u2009=\u200914).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study included a total of 558 patients (308 males; 250 females) with a mean age of 34.24\u2009\u00b1\u200914.27 years. The mean length of stay in hospital was 2.12 days. The leukocyte and neutrophil count values of group 1 were lower than group 2 and group 3 values (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). The lymphocyte count values of group 1 were higher than those of the other groups (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). The NLR and PLR values of group 1 were lower than group 2 and group 3 values (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). The length of stay in hospital was shorter in group 1 than in group 2 and group 3 (p\u2009=\u20090.42). The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve test results showed that PLR and NLR values were sensitive and specific to differentiate normal appendix, acute appendicitis, and perforated appendicitis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The results of this study demonstrated that PLR value, such as NLR, could be evaluated as a new biomarker that could be valuable in the differentiation of normal appendix from acute appendicitis and in the differentiation of acute appendicitis from perforated appendicitis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1089\/sur.2019.042","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,5,23]],"date-time":"2019-05-23T10:39:22Z","timestamp":1558607962000},"page":"631-636","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":25,"title":["Role of Platelet to Lymphocyte Ratio as a Biomedical Marker for the Pre-Operative Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Faruk","family":"Pehlivanl\u0131","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Surgery, Kirikkale University School of Medicine, Kirikkale, Turkey."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Oktay","family":"Aydin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Surgery, Kirikkale University School of Medicine, Kirikkale, Turkey."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_2_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5505\/tjtes.2014.20688"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-9610(02)01390-9"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_4_2","first-page":"40","article-title":"Increased morbidity of appendicitis with advancing age","volume":"61","author":"Franz MG","year":"1995","unstructured":"Franz MG, , Norman J, , Fabri PJ. 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