Neurosurgery Assoc. Prof. Dr. İsmail Yüce
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. İsmail Yüce is a Neurosurgery specialist at Acibadem Taksim Hospital in İstanbul with 26+ years of experience.
He treats intramedullary spinal tumors, cervical spondylotic myelopathy, lumbar spinal stenosis, recurrent and far-lateral lumbar disc herniation, upper lumbar disc herniation, and spinal synovial cysts, and performs minimally invasive tumor resection, epidural steroid injection, microdiscectomy, contralateral minimally invasive laminectomy, and microsurgical bilateral decompression. He consults in Turkish and English and offers online…
About Assoc. Prof. Dr. İsmail Yüce
Assoc. Prof. Dr. İsmail Yüce is a neurosurgeon with 26 years of experience. His listed areas of expertise include spinal synovial cysts, upper lumbar disc herniation and recurrent lumbar disc herniation. Listed procedures include transforaminal epidural steroid injection, extraforaminal microdiscectomy, lumbar microdiscectomy, contralateral minimally invasive laminectomy, and microsurgical bilateral decompression via unilateral approach.
Dr. Yüce graduated from Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 2000 and completed Neurosurgery at Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital in 2014. He was at Keskin State Hospital from 2000 to 2004 and at Yenimahalle Health Center from 2005 to 2007. In 2021, he became Assoc. Prof. Dr. at Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, Vocational School of Health Services, Department of Operating Room Services. He joined Acibadem Health Group in 2017 and practises at Acibadem Taksim Hospital in İstanbul, Türkiye.
The profile lists 3 professional bodies, among them the Turkish Neurosurgical Society, the Society for Nervous System Surgery, and Istanbul Medical Chamber.
The profile lists 10 publications dated between 2019 and 2021. Their subjects include intramedullary tumors and cervical spondylotic myelopathy; lumbar spinal stenosis and recurrent lumbar disc herniation; and spinal synovial cysts, far-lateral lumbar disc herniation, and upper lumbar disc herniation.
Dr. Yüce speaks Turkish and English. Online consultation is available, allowing patients abroad to speak with him before travelling.
Areas of Expertise
Conditions treated and procedures performed by this specialist.
Education
- 2020Bachelor’s Degree, Atatürk University, Open Education Faculty, Department of Health Management / Continuing
- 2014Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital Neurosurgery
- 2000Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine
Professional Experience
- 2021Assoc. Prof. Dr., Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, Vocational School of Health Services, Department of Operating Room Services / Ongoing
- 2017Acibadem Health Group
- 2017Lecturer, Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, Vocational School of Health Services, Department of Operating Room Services / Ongoing
- 2014–2015Van Regional Training and Research Hospital
- 2007–2014Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital
- 2005–2007Yenimahalle Health Center
- 2004–20051st Armored Brigade / Reserve Officer-Military Service
- 2000–2004Keskin State Hospital
Professional Memberships
- Istanbul Medical Chamber
- Turkish Neurosurgical Society
- Society for Nervous System Surgery
Selected Publications
- Surgical treatment and outcomes of intramedullary tumors by minimally invasive approach Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 86,26-31 (2021) YÜCE İSMAİL, Kahyaoğlu Okan, Çavuşoğlu Halit Arda, Ataseven Müzeyyen, Çavuşoğlu Halit, Aydın Yunus
- The posterior surgical treatment and outcomes of cervical spondylotic myelopathy: Why not C5 nerve root palsy occur Annals of Medical Research, 28(6), 1167?1171 (2021) YÜCE İSMAİL. Kahyaoglu, O., Ataseven, M., Cavusoglu, H.,Aydin, Y.
- Letter: Contralateral Minimally Invasive Laminectomy for Resection of a Synovial Cyst: 2-Dimensional Operative Video Operative Neurosurgery (International) (Refereed) (ARTICLE Letter to the Editor) (2020) Aydın Yunus,YÜCE İSMAİL,Çavuşoğlu Halit
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis SiSli Etfal Hastanesi Tip Bulteni / The Medical Bulletin of Sisli Hospital, 3(54), 327-332. (2020) YÜCE İSMAİL,Kahyaoğlu Okan, Ataseven Müzeyyen,Çavuşoğlu Halit,Aydın Yunus
- Transforaminal epidural steroid injection for recurrent lumbar disc herniation. Annals of Medical Research, 27(11), 2986-2989. (2020) YÜCE İSMAİL,Kahyaoğlu Okan,Ataseven Müzeyyen,Çavuşoğlu Halit,Aydın Yunus
- Surgical Outcomes of Extraforaminal Microdiscectomy by Midline Incision for Far-Lateral Lumbar Disc Herniation Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A: Central European Neurosurgery, 82(1), 27-33. (2020) YÜCE İSMAİL, Kahyaoğlu Okan,Çavuşoğlu Halit,Aydın Yunus
- Epidural Hemostasis by Autogenous Fat Graft in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: In Vivo Experimental Study. Neurochirurgie, 1166, 30470-30477.,Doi:10.1016/j.neuchi.2020.10.009 (2020) YÜCE İSMAİL, Kahyaoğlu Okan,Kara Simay,Çavuşoğlu Halit,Aydın Yunus
- Analysis of clinical characteristics and surgical results of upper lumbar disc herniations. Neurochırurgıe, 65(4), 158-163. (2019) YÜCE İSMAİL,Kahyaoğlu Okan,Mertan Pelin,Çavuşoğlu Halit,Aydın Yunus
- Long-Term Clinical Outcome and Reoperation Rate for Microsurgical Bilateral Decompression via Unilateral Approach of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis World Neurosurgery, 125, 465-472. (2019) YÜCE İSMAİL,Kahyaoğlu Okan,Çavuşoğlu Halit Arda,Çavuşoğlu Halit,Aydın Yunus
- Surgical outcome and efficacy of lumbar microdiscectomy technique with preserving of ligamentum flavum for recurrent lumbar disc herniations. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 63, 43-47.(2019) YÜCE İSMAİL,Kahyaoğlu Okan,Çavuşoğlu Halit,Aydın Yunus
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