Elevated peripheral inflammatory markers are related with the recurrence and canceration of vocal fold leukoplakia

To evaluate the predictive value of preoperative peripheral inflammatory markers in patients with vocal fold leukoplakia. A retrospective study was performed of the patients diagnosed with vocal fold leukoplakia and who accepted carbon dioxide (CO2) laser resection in our center in the last 10 years. We calculated the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio (MLR) after collecting...