O Kemal1, T Müderris2, F Başar1, G Kutlar1, F Gül2. 1. Otolaryngology Department,Faculty of Medicine,Ondokuz Mayıs University,Samsun,Turkey. 2. Otolaryngology Department,Ankara Atatürk Education and Research Hospital,Turkey.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine whether there was any relationship between tinnitus and mean platelet volume. METHODS: This retrospective study was conducted between January 2013 and January 2014 in Ankara Atatürk Hospital and Ondokuz Mayıs University Hospital, Turkey, on a study group of 86 patients with tinnitus and a control group of 84 healthy subjects. Mean platelet volume was recorded and comparisons were made between the two groups. RESULTS: Mean (± standard deviation) platelet volume was 7.67 ± 0.83 μm(3) in the study group and 7.28 ± 0.56 μm(3) in the control group. There was a statistically significant difference in mean platelet volume between the tinnitus patients and the healthy subjects (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: The clinical findings indicated that tinnitus patients had a higher mean platelet volume than the healthy control subjects; however, the pathophysiological mechanism remains unclear.
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine whether there was any relationship between tinnitus and mean platelet volume. METHODS: This retrospective study was conducted between January 2013 and January 2014 in Ankara Atatürk Hospital and Ondokuz Mayıs University Hospital, Turkey, on a study group of 86 patients with tinnitus and a control group of 84 healthy subjects. Mean platelet volume was recorded and comparisons were made between the two groups. RESULTS: Mean (± standard deviation) platelet volume was 7.67 ± 0.83 μm(3) in the study group and 7.28 ± 0.56 μm(3) in the control group. There was a statistically significant difference in mean platelet volume between the tinnituspatients and the healthy subjects (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: The clinical findings indicated that tinnituspatients had a higher mean platelet volume than the healthy control subjects; however, the pathophysiological mechanism remains unclear.
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Keywords:
Inner Ear; Mean Platelet Volume; Tinnitus