Abdullah Etöz, MD

Abdullah Etöz, MD is a specialist in Aesthetic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery working within the Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery unit of Acibadem Health Group, which he joined in 2009. He has more than 21 years in medicine. Dr. Etöz graduated from Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine in 2000 and completed his specialty training in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at Uludag University Faculty of Medicine in 2006.

Part of his early career was spent abroad. From 2005 to 2006 he was at Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, USA, and from 2006 to 2007 at Uppsala University, Sweden. He then worked at Medical Park Bursa Hospital between 2007 and 2008 and at Selenay Laser Aesthetic Center between 2008 and 2009 before moving to Acibadem Health Group. Dr. Etöz is a member of the Turkish Medical Association, the Aesthetic Surgery Association, the Turkish Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and the European Breast Academy (EOAS).

Clinical focus

Dr. Etöz’s listed areas of expertise cover both aesthetic and reconstructive problems. On the aesthetic side, these include nasal shape abnormalities and facial asymmetry. He has co-authored morphometric and statistical shape analyses of the nose and nostril forms in young adults and of facial asymmetry in young healthy subjects, published in the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery and the Journal of Anatomy in 2008. This background informs the way the shape of the nose and face is assessed before any treatment is discussed.

His reconstructive work includes parotid duct injury and parotid duct repair, nail bed injuries and nail bed splinting, and the management of venous congestion after digit reimplantation, for which he has described a milking technique for reimplanted digits with insufficient venous drainage. He also has a listed interest in diabetic foot ulcers and negative pressure wound therapy, and was an author of a preliminary controlled trial on the use of negative pressure wound therapy on diabetic foot ulcers published in Wounds in 2004. Further publications between 2004 and 2006 in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery address parotid duct repair using an embolectomy catheter with a microvascular clamp, a syringe splint for the nail bed and other practical surgical techniques. The suitability of any procedure is determined individually after clinical assessment.

How Dr. Etöz works with international patients

Dr. Etöz speaks Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who need another language. The Acibadem international patient team coordinates the collection of prior medical reports and imaging, arranges appointments and organises the hospital visit. A first consultation typically covers the patient’s history and symptoms, a review of existing imaging and previous treatments, a clinical examination and a discussion of the available options, including situations in which surgery may not be advisable. Video consultation is available for international patients, so that a preliminary conversation with Dr. Etöz can take place before any decision to travel is made.