Neurosurgery Prof. Dr. Bahattin Tanrıkulu
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Prof. Dr. Bahattin Tanrıkulu is a neurosurgeon at Acibadem Altunizade Hospital, with a focus on pediatric neurosurgery. He treats conditions including pediatric brain tumors, epilepsy requiring surgical evaluation, hydrocephalus, spina bifida, craniosynostosis, and spinal or spinal cord tumors. His interests also include neuroendoscopy, stereotactic biopsy, and neuromodulation procedures.
About Prof. Dr. Bahattin Tanrıkulu
Prof. Dr. Bahattin Tanrıkulu is a neurosurgeon at Acibadem Altunizade Hospital, with a professional focus on pediatric neurosurgery. His clinical interests include epilepsy surgery, pediatric brain tumors, hydrocephalus, craniosynostosis, spina bifida, and neurosurgical care for spinal and spinal cord tumors.
He graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Medicine in 2008 and completed his Neurosurgery training at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine in 2014. From 2014 to 2016, he worked at Marmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital, and he has been with Acibadem Healthcare Services since 2016.
International patients can consult Prof. Dr. Tanrıkulu for assessment and treatment planning in pediatric and general neurosurgery. His areas of interest also include neuroendoscopic procedures, stereotactic biopsy, vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy, deep brain stimulation, arachnoid cysts, Chiari malformation, and deeply located brain tumors.
Areas of Expertise
Conditions treated and procedures performed by this specialist.
Subspecialties
- Neurosurgery
- Pediatric Neurosurgery
Education
- 2014Marmara University Faculty of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery
- 2008Marmara University Faculty of Medicine
Professional Experience
- 2016Acıbadem Healthcare Services
- 2014–2016Marmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital / Compulsory Service
Professional Memberships
- Avrupa Nöroşirurji Association
- Turkish Spine Association
- Türk Nöroşirürji Association
Selected Publications
- Intractable yawning caused by foramen magnum meningioma in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 2 Neurology India 03/2015; 63(1): 107-109. Yasar Bayri, Bahattin Tanrikulu, Fatih Bayrakli, Demet Yalçinkaya Koç, Adnan Dagçinar
- Deep brain stimulation as treatment for dystonic storm in pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration syndrome A case report of a patient with homozygous C.628 2 T > G mutation of the PANK2 gene, Acta Neurochirurgica 07/201 5, DOI: 10.1007/s00701 -015-25 14-5 Bahattin Tanrıkulu, Ali Özen, Dilek İnce Günal, Dilşad Türkdoğan, Fatih Bayraklı, Yaşar Bayri, Adnan Dagçinar, Aşkın Şeker
- Sacral Pure Spinal Epidural Cavernoma Mimicing Schwannoma Case Report”, Journal of Neurological Sciences (Turkish) 2015, Volume 32, Number 2, Page(s) 412-417. Bahattin Tanrikulu, Teyyub Hasanov, Suhcyla Uyar Bozkurt, Askin Seker
- Neural tube defect family with recessive trait linked to chromosome Adnan Dagçinar, İbrahim Ziyal, Fatih Bayrakli Yasar Bayri, Burçak Söylemez, Askin Seker, Şirin Yüksel, Bahattin Tanrikulu, Olcay Unvcr, Cagrı Canbolal, Mustafa Sakar, Özen Kardag, Cengiz Yakici
- Accessory lower limb associated with spina bifida: case report Child’s Nervous System 08/2014; N/A(N/A):N/A. Yasar Bayri, Bahattin Tanrıkulu, Murat Sakir Eksi, Adnan Dageinar
- Resolution of hemifacial spasm after successful treatment of posterior fossa arteriovenous malformation by gamma knife radiosurgery Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 01/2014; 119:121-124. Yaşar Bayri, Bahattin Tanrıkulu, Ulaş Yener, Aşkm Şeker, Türker Kılıç
- Bubble Over The Head: Adeloye-Odeku Disease In A Turkish Child-Case Report Turkish Neurosurgery 12/2013; N/A(N/A) Baran Yılmaz, Kanının Urgun, Murat Şakir Ekşi, Bahattin Tanrıkulu, Yaşar Bayri
- `Cerebellar Extraventricular Neurocytoma: Case Report Marmara Medical Journal, Volume 25, Issue 1, Page(s) 037-040, 2012 Aşkın ŞEKER, Bahattin TANRIKULU, Ulaş YENER, Zafer TOKTAŞ, Türker KILIÇ
- Trends in body mass index, blood pressure and parental smoking habits in middle socio-economic level Turkish adolescents Journal of human hypertension 22 (1), 12-17, 2007 M. Agirbasli, B. Tanrıkulu, S. Arikan, S. Özgüven, E. izci
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