AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Brain tumor, Skull base tumor and Spinal cord tumor surgeries in Adults and Pediatrics:  

  • Tailored surgical treatment planning for brain, skull base and spinal cord tumors
  • Stereotactic biopsy
  • LITT (Laser Induced Thermal Therapy)
  • SRS (Stereotactic Radiosurgery): A minimally invasive technique using highly focused radiation beams to treat brain, skull base, and spinal cord tumors with precision. GammaKnife 
  • Decision making for adjuvant treatment of patient who is in postoperative period on the Neurooncology Study Group
  • All life long follow-up planning of patient 

Using microsurgery and/or endoscopic surgery methods combined with a high-level technological infrastructures such as:

Neuromonitoring
Neuronavigation
Neuro-ultrasonography
Microsurgical Tumor Staining Techniques
Awake Craniotomy

Pituitary Adenoma and Anterior skull base tumor surgeries in Adults and Pediatrics: 

  • Pituitary adenomas and Anterior skull base tumors are operated on by Prof. İlhan Elmacı and the ENT physicians, who is a member of the Skull Base Study Group of us. 

Using endoscopic surgery methods combined with a high-level technological infrastructures such as:

Neuromonitoring
Neuronavigation
Neuro-Doppler Ultrasonography

 

Cerebrovascular Diseases medical and microsurgical treatments in Adults and Pediatrics:

  • Treatment of Brain Hemorrhage with microsurgery or minimally invasive procedures 
  • Multidisciplinary planning and microsurgical treatment of Brain Aneurysms
  • Multidisciplinary planning and microsurgical treatment of Brain and Spinal Cord Arteriovenous Malformations 
  • Microsurgical treatment of Brainstem and Spinal Cord Cavernous Malformations
  • Multidisciplinary planning and microsurgical treatment of Moya-Moya disease and Ischemic Brain Disease by using direct and indirect re-vascularization methods.
  • Decision-making for the best treatment of patient in the Cerebrovascular Study Group

Using microsurgery combined with a high-level technological infrastructures such as:

Neuromonitoring
Neuronavigation
Neuro-ultrasonography
Per-operative Angiography Techniques

Spinal Disease medical and surgical treatments in Adults and Pediatrics:

  • Tailored treatment planning for spinal diseases
  • Non-surgical treatment planning for low back pain, dorsalgia and neck pain
  • Microsurgical and Endoscopic treatment of lumbar, thoracic and cervical herniations 
  • Microsurgical treatment of Degenerative Spine Diseases 
  • Microsurgical treatment of Spinal Stenosis Disease 
  • Minimally invasive treatment of Spinal Collapse Fractures using vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty
  • Tailored stabilization planning for spinal diseases by using instrumentation 

Using microsurgery methods combined with a high-level technological infrastructures for spinal surgery such as:

O-Arm CT Navigation
Neuronavigation
Neuromonitoring

Hydrocephalus/Accumulation of Brain Fluid in the Head in Adults and Pediatrics:

  • Treatment with Ventriculo-Peritoneal shunt or ETV (endoscopic third ventriculostomy)

Trigeminal Neuralgia and Hemifacial Spasm:

  • Treatment with Microvascular Decompression Surgery 

Chiari Malformation in Adults and Pediatrics:

  • Microsurgical decompression and/or Syringo-Pleural shunt treatment for syringomyelia or cyst located in the spinal cord

Severe Head Traumas in Adults and Pediatrics:

  • Combined treatments with microsurgical decompression, reconstructive methods and management intensive care unit treatments. 

Peripheral Nerve Diseases in Adults and Pediatrics:

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Ulnar Nerve Compression (Cubital Tunnel Syndrome), Peroneal Nerve Compression, Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome, Radial Nerve Compression,  Neuroma, Traumatic Nerve Injuries

  • Treatment with microsurgery

Spasticity

  • Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy by using microsurgery 
  • Treatment with Baclofen Pump

Epilepsy in Adult and Pediatrics:

  • Microsurgical removing of epileptic zone 
  • LITT (Laser Induced Thermal Therapy) for epileptic zone as a minimally invasive treatment modality 
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) therapy

Craniosynostosis:

  • Treatment with reconstructive surgery

Arachnoid Cysts:

  • Treatment with microsurgery or cystoperitoneal shunt

Congenital spinal diseases:

Dermal Sinus, Split Cord Malformation, Tethered Cord, Diastematomyelia, Lipomyelomeningocele, Meningomyelocele/Spina Bifida, Spinal Dysraphism, Basilar Invagination

  • Treatment with microsurgery