Thoracic Surgery Prof. Dr. Erkan Kaba
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Prof. Dr. Erkan Kaba is a thoracic surgeon at Acibadem Maslak Hospital, serving in the Thoracic Surgery and Robotic Surgery units. He treats lung and other thoracic cancers, chest wall deformities, pneumothorax, and diaphragm disorders, with interests in robotic surgery, single-port VATS, bronchoscopy, and mediastinoscopy.
About Prof. Dr. Erkan Kaba
Prof. Dr. Erkan Kaba is a thoracic surgeon at Acibadem Maslak Hospital, working in the Thoracic Surgery and Robotic Surgery units. His clinical interests include robotic thoracic surgery, lung and other thoracic cancers, chest wall conditions, diaphragm disorders, pneumothorax, and minimally invasive single-port VATS procedures.
He graduated from Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine in 2005 and completed his Thoracic Surgery training at Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 2011. He joined Acibadem Healthcare Services in 2025 and is a member of several national and international thoracic and respiratory societies.
International patients can consult Prof. Dr. Kaba for assessment and surgical planning for thoracic conditions. His practice includes diagnostic procedures such as bronchoscopy and mediastinoscopy, as well as surgical approaches for chest wall deformities, thoracic tumors, and other conditions affecting the chest.
Meet Prof. Dr. Erkan Kaba
Lung Cancer Treatment at AcibademAreas of Expertise
Conditions treated and procedures performed by this specialist.
Subspecialties
- Robotic Surgery
Education
- 2011İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine Thoracic Surgery
- 2005Karadeniz Teknik University Faculty of Medicine
Professional Experience
- 2025Acıbadem Healthcare Services
Professional Memberships
- European Society of Thoracic Surgery
- Turkish Thoracic Surgery Association
- Türk Toraks Association
- Lung Health and Intensive Care Association
- European Respiratory Society
Selected Publications
- Long term outcomes from the early days of minimally invasive thymoma surgery tor Myasthenia Gravis patieuts: a follow-up of IV years Front Surg. 2024 Nov 12:11:1486282. Döl: 10.3389/tsurg.2024.1486282 Erkan Kaba. Berkçr Özkan, Jahnavi Kakuturu, Eyüp Halit Yardımcı, Eren Erdoğdu, Berk Çimenoğlu, Salih Duman, Alper Toker
- Minimally invasive approaches tor en-bioc anaiomical lung and chcst wall resection. Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2023;31(3):374-380. Doi: 10.5606/tgkde.dergisi.2023.23850 Hüseyin Melek, İBerker Özkan, Haşan Volkan Kara Tolga Evrim Sevinç, Erkan Kaba, Akif Turna, Alper Toker, Cengiz Gebitekin
- Prognostic Factors in Patients with Clinic Locally Advanced T4 Lung Cancer: Surgical Considerations Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgcon Vol. 71 No. 3/2023. DOI https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042- 1759722. Erkan Kaba. Tugba Cosgun, 1 lalit Assistant. Alper Toker
- Superior Vena Cava Reconstruction in Masaoka Slage 1X1 and tVa i hymic Epithclial Ann Thorac Surg 2022; 113:1882-90. https://doi.Org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.05.077 Tumors Alper I oker, J. W. Awori Hayanga, Ankit Dhamija, Erkan Kaba. Berker Ozkan Kemal Ayalp, Berk Cimenoglu, Ghulam Abbas
- In Spite of Curative Radical Pulmonary Procedures. Lesser Ihıiraonary Resection Shows More l”avorable Prognosis in Surgically Treated NSCLC With Synehronous Isolated Cranial Oligometastases. Front Surg, 25;8:645870. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2021.645870. Kaba E, Yardımcı EH, Kakuturu J, Toker A
- Outcomes ot thymoma aftcr multimodal therapy and detenninants of survival: A 16-year experience of a primary cancer center Turkish .Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2021;29(4):487-495 doi: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2021.20529 Naziye Ak, Alper Toker, Murat Kara, Berker Özkan. Melike Ülker, Erkan Kaba, Gülçin Yeğen, Şule Karaman, Nergiz Dağoğlu, Esra Kaytan Sağlam, Ethem Nezi
- Lung Cancer Surgery in Patients With a History of Coıonary Artery Bypass Graft: A Muiticentre Study Heart LungCirc, 30(3):454-460. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.05.109. Akcam fi, Samancilar O, Yazgan S, Ceylan KC. Kocalurk Cl. Sezen CB, lezel CS, Gurer D, Bayram AS, Melek Fl, Ozkan B, Ulker MG, Kaba E, Toker A
- An antiquated contramdieation for minimally invasive tung surgery. No place to staple thc bronehus Türk Gogus Kalp Dama 2019;27(4):521-525 http://dx.doi.org/doi: 10.5606/tgkdc.dçrgisi.2019.17315 Tuğba Coşgun, Erkan Kaba, Kemal Ayalp, Alper Toker
- Successful Sleeve Resection as a Marker for Profıciency for Robotic Pulmonary Resection Ihoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon DOI https://doi.org/ 10.1055/s-0039-1696952 Tugba Cosgun, Erkan Kaba, Kemal Ayalp, Alper Toker
- Haemangioendothelioma: a disease witfa surgical options frotn robotic surgery to kissen sipcrior vcna cava replacpnent Interactive CardioVascular and I horacic Surgery 29 (2019) 449-452 doi:10.1093/icvts/ivzl09 Tugba Cosgun. Erkan Kaba, Kemal Ayalp, ipek Coban Elbegi and Alper Toker
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