Medical School
Hacettepe University (ENGLISH Medicine) Ankara, Türkiye, 2000
Post-Graduate Training
Dışkapı Education & Research Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye, 2007
American Diploma Registered (ECFMG-certified) 2012
Professional Experience
Neurosurgery Assoc. Prof.
2013- Polatlı State Hospital, Neurosurgery Clinic, Ankara, Turkiye
Academician
2011-2013 Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Academician
2009- 2011 Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, MA, USA
Obligation
2007-2009 Polatlı State Hospital, Neurosurgery Clinic, Ankara, Turkiye
Medical Interests
Vertebral and Spinal Surgery,
Pain Surgery,
Craniocervical Junction Anomalies,
Vertebral and Spinal Damages
Scientific Publications
INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Yigitkanli K, Simsek S. Occipital Condyle-C1 Complex Screw for Fixation of Basilar Invagination Patients with Atlas Assimilation. Turk Neurosurg. 2016 Oct 10. doi: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.19227-16.0. [Epub ahead of print]
Simsek S, Yigitkanli K. Occipital Condyle-C1 Complex Screw for Fixation of Basilar Invagination Patients with Atlas Assimilation. Turk Neurosurg. 2016 Oct doi: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.19151-16.0. [Epub ahead of print]
Yigitkanli K, Zheng Y, Pekcec A, Lo EH, van Leyen K. Increased 12/15-Lipoxygenase Leads to Widespread Brain Injury Following Global Cerebral Ischemia. Transl Stroke Res. 2016 Nov 12. [Epub ahead of print]
Kazanci B, Ozdogan S, Kahveci R, Gokce EC, Yigitkanli K, Gokce A, Erdogan B. Neuroprotective Effects of Pregabalin Against Spinal Cord Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Rats. Turk Neurosurg. 2016 Apr 27. doi:10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.17959-16.1. [Epub ahead of print]
Schlunk F, Pfeilschifter W, Yigitkanli K, Lo EH, Foerch C. Treatment with FTY720 has no beneficial effects on short-term outcome in an experimental model of intracerebral hemorrhage. Exp Transl Stroke Med. 2016 Feb 18;8:1. doi: 10.1186/s13231-016-0016-z. eCollection 2016.
Zou Y, Stagi M, Wang X, Yigitkanli K, Siegel CS, Nakatsu F, Cafferty WB, Strittmatter SM. Gene-Silencing Screen for Mammalian Axon Regeneration Identifies Inpp5f (Sac2) as an Endogenous Suppressor of Repair after Spinal Cord Injury. J Neurosci. 2015 Jul 22;35(29):10429-39. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1718-15.2015.
Schlunk F, Schulz E, Lauer A, Yigitkanli K, Pfeilschifter W, Steinmetz H, Lo EH, Foerch C. Warfarin Pretreatment Reduces Cell Death and MMP-9 Activity in Experimental Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Transl Stroke Res. 2015 Apr;6(2):133-9 Epub 2014 Nov 27.
Wang X, Yigitkanli K, Kim CY, Sekine-Komo T, Wirak D, Frieden E, Bhargava A, Maynard G, Cafferty WB, Strittmatter SM. Human NgR-Fc decoy protein via lumbar intrathecal bolus administration enhances recovery from rat spinal cord contusion. J Neurotrauma. 2014 Dec 15;31(24):1955-66. doi: 10.1089/neu.2014.3355. Epub 2014 Oct 16.
Jang I, Park S, Cho JW, Yigitkanli K, van Leyen K, Roth J. Genetic ablation and short-duration inhibition of lipoxygenase results in increased macroautophagy. Exp Cell Res. 2014 Feb 15;321(2):276-87. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2013.11.017. Epub 2013 Nov 26.
Harel NY, Yigitkanli K, Fu Y, Cafferty WB, Strittmatter SM. Multimodal exercises simultaneously stimulating cortical and brainstem pathways after unilateral corticospinal lesion. Brain Res. 2013 Nov 13;1538:17-25. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.07.012. Epub 2013 Sep 18.
Demirci AY, Seckin H, Besalti O, Arikok AT, Yigitkanli T, Caliskan M, Yigitkanli K, Bavbek M. Study the effects of zonisamide on fine structure of rabbit basilar artery and hippocampus in rabbit subarachnoid hemorrhage model. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2013 Aug;155(8):1531-7. doi: 10.1007/s00701-013-1726-9.
Foerch C, Rosidi NL, Schlunk F, Lauer A, Cianchetti FA, Mandeville E, Arai K, Yigitkanli K, Fan X, Wang X, van Leyen K, Steinmetz H, Schaffer CB, Lo EH. Intravenous tPA Therapy Does Not Worsen Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Mice. PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e54203. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054203. Epub 2013 Feb 8.
Yigitkanli K, Pekcec A, Kursun,HK , Pallast S, Mandeville E, Joshi N, Smirnova N, Gazaryan I, Ratan RR, Witztum JL, Montaner J, Holman TR, Lo EH, van Leyen K. Inhibition of 12/15-lipoxygenase as therapeutic strategy to treat stroke. Ann. Neurol. 2013 Jan;73(1):129-35. doi: 10.1002/ana.23734. Epub 2012 Nov 28. ,
Pekcec A, Yigitkanli K (1st coauthor), Jung JE, Pallast S, Xing C, Antipenko A, Minchenko M, Nikolov DB, Holman TR, Lo EH, van Leyen K. Following experimental stroke, the recovering brain is vulnerable to lipoxygenase-dependent semaphorin signaling. FASEB J. 2013 Feb;27(2):437-45. doi: 10.1096/fj.12-206896.Epub 2012 Oct 15.
Er U, Simşek S, Yiğitkanlı K, Adabağ A, Kars HZ. Myelopathy and Quadriparesis due to Spinal Cord Compression of C1 Laminar Osteochondroma. Asian Spine J. 2012 Mar;6(1):66-70.
Kida K, Minamishima S, Wang H, Ren J, Yigitkanli K, Nozari A, Mandeville JB, Liu PK, Liu CH, Ichinose F. Sodium sulfide prevents water diffusion abnormality in the brain and improves long term outcome after cardiac arrest in mice.Resuscitation. 2012 Oct;83(10):1292-7.
Pallast S, Arai K, Pekcec A, Yigitkanli K, Yu Z, Wang X, Lo EH, van Leyen K. Increased nuclear apoptosis-inducing factor following transient focal ischemia: a 12/15-lipoxygenase dependent organelle damage pathway. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2010 Jun;30(6):1157-67.
Kazanci A, Seckin H, Karadeniz U, Kazanci D, Turan S, Kazanci B, Yigitkanli K, Bavbek M. Comparison of the Effect of Mexiletine and Methylprednisolone on Neural Function and Histopathological Damage after Transient Spinal Cord Ischemia in Rabbits. Turk Neurosurg. 2010;20(1):43-49.
Simsek S, Yigitkanli K (Corresponding Author), Turba UC, Comert A, Seçkin H, Tekdemir I, Elhan A. Safe zone for C1 lateral mass screws: anatomic and radiological study. Neurosurgery. 2009 Dec;65(6):1154-60.
Simsek S, Yigitkanli K (Corresponding Author), Seckin H, Akyol C, Belen D, Bavbek M. Freehand C1 lateral mass screw fixation technique: our experience. Surg Neurol. Dec;72(6):676-81, 2009.
Yaşar B, Simşek S, Er U, Yiğitkanli K, Ekşioğlu E, Altuğ T, Belen D, Kars ZH, Bavbek M. Functional and clinical evaluation for the surgical treatment of degenerative stenosis of the lumbar spinal canal. J Neurosurg Spine. 2009 Sep;11(3):347-52.
Simsek S, Yigitkanli K (Corresponding Author), Seçkin H, Comert A, Acar HI, Belen D, Tekdemir I, Elhan A. Ideal screw entry point and projection angles for posterior lateral mass fixation of the atlas: an anatomical study. Eur Spine J. 2009 Sep;18(9):1321-5.
Seçkin H, Simşek S, Oztürk E, Yigitkanli K, Ozen O, Beşalti O, Solaroğlu I, Bavbek M. Topiramate attenuates hippocampal injury after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage in rabbits. Neurol Res. 2009 Jun;31(5):490-5.
Simşek S, Belen D, Yiğitkanli K (Corresponding Author), Aciduman A, Bavbek M. Circumferential total resection of cervical tumors: report of two consecutive cases and technical note. Turk Neurosurg. 2009 Apr;19(2):153-8.
Seçkin H, Yiğitkanli K, Kapucu O, Bavbek M. Crossed Wernicke's aphasia after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a case report. Turk Neurosurg. 2009 Jan;19(1):77-81.
Gürses L, Seçkin H, Simşek S, Senel OO, Yigitkanli K (Corresponding Author), Oztürk E, Beşalti O, Belen D, Bavbek M. Effects of raloxifene on cerebral vasospasm after experimental Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in rabbits. Surg Neurol. 2009 Nov;72(5):490-4; discussion 494-5.
Er U, Gürses L, Saka C, Belen D, Yığıtkanli K, Sımşek S, Akin I, Bavbek M. Sublabial Transseptal Approach to Pituitary Adenomas with Special Emphasis on Rhinological Complications. Turk Neurosurg. 2008;18(4):425-430.
Atalay B, Bavbek M, Ozen O, Nacar A, Gülşen S, Yığıtkanli K, Caner H, Altinörs N. Nogo-A Inhibitory Peptide (NEP1-40) Increases Pan-Cadherin Expression Following Mild Cortical Contusion Injury in Rats. Turk Neurosurg. 2008;18(4):356-365.
Ozlü O, Simşek S, Alaçakir H, Yiğitkanli K. Goldenhar syndrome and intubation with the fiberoptic broncoscope. Paediatr Anaesth. 2008 Aug;18(8):793-4.
Simsek S, Yigitkanli K (Corresponding Author), Comert A, Acar HI, Seckin H, Er U, Belen D, Tekdemir I, Elhan A. Posterior osseous bridging of C1. J Clin Neurosci. 2008 Jun;15(6):686-8.
Seçkin H, Yigitkanli K (Corresponding author), Besalti O, Kosemehmetoglu K, Ozturk E, Simsek S, Belen D, Bavbek M. Lamotrigine attenuates cerebral vasospasm after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage in rabbits. Surg Neurol. 2008 Oct;70(4):344-51; discussion 351.
Seckin H, Yagmurlu B, Yigitkanli K (Corresponding Author), Kars HZ. Metabolic changes during successful medical therapy for brain hydatid cyst: case report. Surg Neurol. 2008 Aug;70(2):186-9.
Er U, Yigitkanli K, Kazanci B, Ozturk E, Sorar M, Bavbek M. Medullomyoblastoma: teratoid nature of a quite rare neoplasm. Surg Neurol. 2008 Apr;69(4):403-6.
Belen D, Er U, Gurses L, Yigitkanli K. Delayed pseudomyelomeningocele: a rare complication after foramen magnum decompression for Chiari malformation. Case report. Surg Neurol. 2009 Mar;71(3):357-61.
Belen D, Besalti O, Yiğitkanli K, Kösemehmetoğlu K, Simşek S, Bolay H. Leflunomide prevents vasospasm secondary to subarachnoid haemorrhage. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2007 Oct;149(10):1041-7; discussion 1047-8.
Belen D, Er U, Yigitkanli K, Bolay H. Delayed neurotoxic complication of intracavitary bleomycin therapy for craniopharyngioma in a child who had previously undergone radiosurgery. Case report. J Neurosurg. 2007 May;106(5 Suppl):391-3.
Sorar M, Seçkin H, Hatipoglu C, Budakoglu II, Yigitkanli K, Bavbek M, Kars HZ. Cervical compression myelopathy: is fusion the main prognostic indicator? J Neurosurg Spine. 2007 Jun;6(6):531-9.
Er U, Kazanci A, Eyriparmak T, Yigitkanli K, Senveli E. Melanotic schwannoma. J Clin Neurosci. 2007 Jul;14(7):676-8.
Simsek S, Yigitkanli K (Corresponding Author), Kazanci A, Belen D, Bavbek M. Medically treated paravertebral Brucella abscess presenting with acute torticollis: case report. Surg Neurol. 2007 Feb;67(2):207-10.
Er U, Yigitkanli K, Simsek S, Adabag A, Bavbek M. Spinal intradural extramedullary cavernous angioma: case report and review of the literature. Spinal Cord. 2007 Sep;45(9):632-6. Review.
Seçkin H, Kazanci A, Yigitkanli K, Simsek S, Kars HZ. Chronic subdural hematoma in patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: A case report and review of the literature. Surg Neurol. 2006 Oct;66(4):411-4; discussion 414. Epub 2006 Jul 21. Review.
Seçkin H, Bavbek M, Dogan S, Keyik B, Yigitkanli K. Is every chronic low back pain benign? Case report. Surg Neurol. 2006 Oct;66(4):357-60; discussion 360.
Seckin H, Yigitkanli K (Corresponding Author), Ilhan O, Han U, Bavbek M. Breast carcinoma metastasis and meningioma. A case report. Surg Neurol. 2006 Sep;66(3):324-7; discussion 327.
Simsek S, Yigitkanli K (Corresponding Author), Belen D, Bavbek M. Halo traction in basilar invagination: technical case report. Surg Neurol. 2006 Sep;66(3):311-4; discussion 314.
Belen D, Simsek S, Yigitkanli K, Bavbek M. Internal reduction established by occiput-C2 pedicle polyaxial screw stabilization in pediatric atlantoaxial rotatory fixation. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2006 Aug: 42(5):328-32.
Er U, Yigitkanli K, Kazanci A, Bavbek M. Primary lumbar epidermoid tumor mimicking schwannoma. J Clin Neurosci. 2006 Jan;13(1):130-3.
International Book Sections
Yigitkanli K, Simsek S. Upper cervical instrumentation techniques. Erkan Kaptanoglu Emre Acaroglu, (Eds.), Intertıp, 2014.
Mandeville ET, van Leyen K, Yigitkanli K, Lok J, Arai K and Lo E. Pathophysiology and therapy in Experimental Stroke Models In vivo Imaging of Animal Models: Stroke. Himmelreich, Uwe, Hoehn, Mathias, Planas, A.M. (Eds.), 2013.
Bilginer B, Oal B, Yigitkanli K, Söylemezoğlu F, Bavbek M, Ziyal IM, Ozgen T. Treatment of cerebral vasospasm with cilostazol in subarachnoid haemorrhage model. Cerebral Vasospasm New Strategies in Research and Treatment. Talat Kırış, John H. Zhang (Eds.), Springer, 2008.
Papers presented in international scientific meetings and published in proceedings:
Serkan Simsek, Kazim Yiğitkanli. C1-2 posterior fixation. 10th Annual Meeting of Asia Scientific Cervical Spine Society, Seoul, Korea, Oct, 2016.
Serkan Simsek, Kazim Yigitkanli. Facet Joint Distraction Technique of Basilar Invagination and Atlantoaxial Dislocation: Our experience by using cervical peek cage in 11 patients. 10th Annual Meeting of Asia Scientific Cervical Spine Society, Seoul, Korea, Oct, 2016.
Hulya Karatas, Kazim Yigitkanli, Joo Eun Jung, Anton Pekcec,Emiri Mandeville, Yu Liu, Joan Montaner, Theodore R. Holman, Eng H. Lo, ve Klaus van Leyen. A NOVEL APPROACH TO NEUROPROTECTION: INHIBITING 12/15-LIPOXYGENASE TO TREAT STROKE. Brain 2013, Shanghai, Mayıs, 2013
Anton Pekcec, Kazim Yigitkanli, Joo Eun Jung, Hulya Karatas, Eng H Lo, Klaus Van Leyen. Remodeling After Stroke: The Recovering Brain Is Vulnerable To Lipoxygenase-dependent Semaphorin Signalingç Stroke 2013, Honolulu, HI, Şubat, 2013
van Leyen, K., Yigitkanli, K., Pekcec, A. Pallast, S, Antipenko, A., Nikolov, D., Holman, T.R., E.H.Lo. Altered Arachidonic Acid Metabolism in Ischemic Stroke: From Mechanisms to Future Therapies. American Society for Neurochemistry Annual Meeting 2012, Baltimore, MD, Amerika, Mart, 2012
Kazim Yigitkanli, Anton Pekcec, Stefanie Pallast, Emiri Mandeville, Netra Joshi, Natalya Smirnova, Irina Gazaryan, Rajiv R. Ratan, Joseph L. Witztum, Theodore R. Holman, Eng H. Lo, ve Klaus van Leyen. LOXBlock-1 provides efficient, specific, and long-lasting neuroprotection against transient focal ischemia in mice by inhibiting 12/15-lipoxygenase. Stroke 2012, New Orleans, LA, Amerika, Şubat,2012
K. Yigitkanli, A. Pekcec, E.H. Lo, and K. van Leyen. Lipoxygenase Contributes To Brain Damage following Transient Global Cerebral Ischemia. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2011, Washington, DC, Amerika, Kasım, 2011
Articles published in national peer-reviewed journals:
1. Şimşek S, Yiğitkanlı K, Belen D, Er U. Servikal pediküler fiksasyon. Spinal ve Periferik Sinir Cerrahisi Dergisi, 26, 9-12 (2005) (Cervical pedicular fixation).
2. Er U, Şimşek S, Yiğitkanlı K, Bavbek M. Transarticular screw fixation in bilateral traumatic facet dislocation of C6-7 vertebra level: A case report. Turk Neurosurg 16 (1):43-6 (2006).
3. Şimşek S, Er U, Yiğitkanlı K. Omurga stabilizasyonunda dinamik sistemler. Spinal ve Periferik Sinir Cerrahisi Dergisi, 35, 7-13 (2007) (Dynamic systems in vertebral stabilization).
4. Seckin H, Yigitkanli K. Geriatrik Omurga Travmaları, Türkiye Klinikleri Nöroşirürji Özel Dergisi, Volume1 (2008) (Geriatric vertebral traumas).
Papers presented in national scientific meetings and published in books:
1. Öztürk H, Şimşek S, Yigitkanli K, Köybaşıoğlu F, Öksüz E, Hekimoğlu B. Yoğun kenar kontrastlanması gösteren atipik intrakraniyal epidermoid kist olgusu. 17. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 13, Sh 330, Mayıs 2003. (Atypical intracranial epidermoid cyst phenomenon showing dense side enhancement).
2. Öksüz E, Şimşek S, Yiğitkanlı K, Belen D, Kars HZ. Spinal kitleye bağlı hidrosefali olgusu. 17. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 14, Sh. 291, Mayıs 2003. (Hyrocephaly phenomenon due to spimal mass lesion).
3. Seçkin H, Yiğitkanlı K, Şimşek S, Yağmurlu B, Kars HZ. Albendazol ile tedavi edilen beyin kist hidatiğindeki metabolitlerin spektroskopik izlemi. (Spectroscopic follow-up of hydatid cyst of the brain treated with albendazole). 18. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 14, p09/11, Mayıs 2004.
4. Şimşek S, Yiğitkanlı K, Belen D, Gürses L, Bavbek M. Atlasın izole unilateral posterior ark kırığına bağlı geç dönem myelopati. 18. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 14, p08/35, Mayıs 2004. (Late myelopathy secondary to isolated unilateral posterior arc fracture of atlas.).
5. Şimşek S, Yiğitkanlı K, Belen D, Kazanci B, Bavbek M. C1-C2 posterior vida rod sistemi ile fiksasyonu: Vaka sunumu ve teknik not. 18. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 14, s30/04, Mayıs 2004. (C1-C2 posterior screw rod system fixation: case report and technical note).
6. Şimşek S, Yiğitkanlı K, Belen D, Durna F, Bavbek M. Kompleks servikal travmalarda tek seferde anterior posterior redüksiyon ve füzyon. 18. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 14, s25/07, Mayıs 2004. (Anterior posterior reduction and fusion in complex cervical traumas).
7. Şimşek S, Yiğitkanlı K, Belen D, Gürses L, Bavbek M. Oksipitoservikal vida rod fiksasyonu ve karşılaşılan zorluklar. 18. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 14, s25/01, Mayıs 2004. (Occipitocervical screw rod fixation and difficulties).
8. Şimşek S, Yiğitkanlı K, Belen D, Acar Hİ, Bavbek M. Atlasın posterolateral tünelleri ve klinik önemi. 18. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 14, s11/06, Mayıs 2004. (Posterolateral tunnels of atlas and clinical importance).
9. Şimşek S, Yiğitkanlı K, Belen D, Acar Hİ, Bavbek M. Atlasın morfometrik ölçümlerinin değerlendirilmesi. 18. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 14, s25/01, Mayıs 2004. (Evaluation of the morphometric measurements of atlas).
10. Şimşek S, Yiğitkanlı K, Belen D, Acar Hİ, Bavbek M. Atlas lateral kitle morfometrisi ve posterior vidalanması. 18. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 15, S11/08, Mayıs 2004. (Atlas lateral mass morphometry and posterior screwing).
11. Şimşek S, Yiğitkanlı K, Belen D, Er U, Kazanci A, Bavbek M. Atlas lateral kitle vidalaması. Vaka serileri ve teknik not. 19. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 15, Sh.66, Mayıs 2005. (Atlas lateral mass screwing. Case series and technical notes).
12. Şimşek S, Yiğitkanlı K, Belen D, Er U, Gürses L, Kazanci A, Bavbek M. Oksipitoservikal fiksasyon. Anatomik çalışma ve vaka serileri. 19. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 15, Sh.66, Mayıs 2005. (Occipitocervical fixation. Anatomic studies and case series).
13. Şimşek S, Yiğitkanlı K, Çelik B, Er U, Belen D, Gürses L, Bavbek M. Lomber disk hastalığında nükleoplasti deneyimleri: Vaka serisi. 20. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 16, Sh.146, Mayıs 2006. (Nucleoplasty experiences in lumbar disc disease: case series).
14. Yigitkanli K, Er U, Durna F, Şimşek S, Adabağ A, Bavbek M. İntradural extramedüller yerleşimli omurilik kavernöz anjiyomu. 20. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 16, Sh.144, Mayıs 2006. (Spinal cavernoud angioma with intradural extramedullary localization).
15. Şimşek S, Yigitkanli K, Er U, Yaşar B, Seçkin H, Bavbek M. Sadece posetrior yaklaşımla total torakal vertebrektomi sonrası anterior ve posterior sabitleme: Vaka sunumları ve teknik not. 20. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 16, Sh.119, Mayıs 2006. (Anterior and posterior fixation after total thoracic vertebrectomy with only posterior approach: Case presentations and technical note).
16. Şimşek S, Yigitkanli K, Er U, Belen D, Kazancı B, Durna F, Bavbek M. Servikotorasik bileşkenin fiksasyonu: Klinik seri. 20. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 16, Sh.76, Mayıs 2006. (Fixation of cervicothoracic junction: Clinical series).
17. Şimşek S, Yigitkanli K, Er U, Belen D, Kazancı B, Durna F, Bavbek M. Oksipitoservikal bileşkenin cerrahi anatomisi, posterior oksipitoservikal vida rod fiksasyon ve redüksiyon teknikleri: Anatomik çalışma, klinik seri ve teknik not. 20. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 16, Sh.39, Mayıs 2006. (Surgical anatomy of occipitocervical junction, posterior occipitocervical screw rod fixation and reduction techniques: Anatomic study, clinical series and technical note).
18. Yiğitkanlı K. Er U, Şimşek S, Belen D, Cömert A, Seçkin H, Bavbek M. Atlas lateral kitle vidalamsı: Anatomik çalışma klinik seri ve teknik not. 20. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 16, Sh.35, Mayıs 2006. (Atlas lateral mass lesion screwing: Anatomic study clinical series and technical note).
19. Şimşek S, Yigitkanli K, Akyol Ç, Er U, Belen D, Bavbek M. Titanyum mini plak tekniği ile açık kapı laminoplasti. 20. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 16, Sh.75, Mayıs 2006. (Open door laminoplasty with titanium mini-plate technique).
20. Seçkin H, Yigitkanli K, Beşaltı Ö, Kösemehmetoğlu K, Öztürk E, Şimşek S, Belen D, Bavbek M. Tavşan subaraknoid kanama modelinde lamotriginin vasospasm ve sinir doku iskemik hasarına etkisinin incelenmesi. 21. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 17, Sh.58, Mayıs 2007. (Investigation of the effects of lamotrigine on vasospasm and nervous tissue ischemic damage in a rabbit subarachnoid hemorrhage model).
21. Seçkin H, Yigitkanli K, Beşaltı Ö, Öztürk E, Özen Ö, Şimşek S. Tavşan subaraknoid kanama modelinde topiramatın serebral iskemiye etkisinin incelenmesi. 21. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 17, Sh.47, Mayıs 2007. (Investigation of the effect of topiramate on cerebral ischemia in rabbit subarachnoid hemorrhage model).
22. Canbay S, Şimşek S, Er U, Yiğitkanlı K. Diskojenik bel ağrısında dinamik pedikül fiksasyonunun erken dönem sonuçları. 21. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 17, Sh.80, Mayıs 2007. (Early outcomes of the dynamic pedicle fixation in discogenic low back pain).
23. Yiğitkanlı K, Bavbek M, Beşaltı Ö, Öztürk E, Şimşek S, Seçkin H, Er U, Belen D, Gürses L, Sorar M, Şenveli E. Deneysel spinal kord travma modelinde antiinflamatuar ajan infliximabın etkilerinin incelenmesi. 21. Türk Nöroşirurji Derneği Kongresi, Türk Nöroşirurji Dergisi, Cilt 17, Sh.79, Mayıs 2007. (Investigating the effects of anti-inflammatory agent, infliximab, in an experimental spinal cord trauma model).
24. Özlü O, Şimşek S, Yiğitkanlı K, Alaçayır H. Fiberoptik bronkoskopi uygulanan goldenhar sendromu olgusunda anestezi deneyimimiz. Türk Anesteziyoloji ve Reanimasyon Derneği Dergisi, Cilt 35, Sh. 145, 2008. (Anesthesia experiences in a Goldenhar syndrome phenomenon that underwent fiberoptic bronchoscopy).
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