Neurosurgery Prof. Dr. Kağan Tun
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Prof. Dr. Kağan Tun is a neurosurgeon at Acıbadem Eskişehir Hospital, providing care in neurosurgery, paediatric neurosurgery and spine health. He treats brain tumours, spinal conditions including deformities and disc herniation, and paediatric neurosurgical conditions such as tethered cord syndrome and craniosynostosis.
About Prof. Dr. Kağan Tun
Prof. Dr. Kağan Tun is a neurosurgeon at Acıbadem Eskişehir Hospital, with clinical interests spanning brain tumours, paediatric neurosurgery, spinal surgery, and spine and spinal cord tumours. His practice also includes the assessment and treatment of neck, back and low-back pain, disc herniation, spinal deformities and fractures.
He graduated from Ege University Faculty of Medicine and completed neurosurgery training at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, İbn-i Sina Hospital. His career has included specialist and clinical leadership roles at Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital and Kayseri Training and Research Hospital, as well as a neurosurgery observership at Hôpital Lariboisière in Paris.
International patients can expect a structured neurosurgical evaluation based on their symptoms, imaging and treatment needs. Prof. Dr. Tun provides care for adult and paediatric brain and spine conditions, including complex spinal deformity, tethered cord syndrome, craniosynostosis and cerebellar tonsillar herniation.
Areas of Expertise
Conditions treated and procedures performed by this specialist.
Subspecialties
- Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Spinal Health
Education
- 2010Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital / Associate Professor
- 2002Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Department of Brain and Nerve Surgery
- 1987–1993Ege University Faculty of Medicine
Professional Experience
- 2015Acıbadem University Vocational School of Health Services / Faculty Member
- 2011Acıbadem Healthcare Services
- 2010–2011Kayseri Training and Research Hospital / Head of the Brain and Nerve Surgery Clinic
- 2008–2010Anadolu University A.Ö.F. Department of Health Institutions Management
- 2002–2010Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Brain and Nerve Surgery Clinic / Specialist Physician
- 2002–2007Ankara University, Health Sciences Institute, Anatomi A.B.D / Anatomi Doktora
- 2001Hopital Lariboisiére, Neurosurgery Service, Paris, France (under the supervision of Prof. Bernard George)
- 1996–2002Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, İbn-i Sina Hospital Neurosurgery Department / Resident
- 1993–1995Turgutlu State Hospital / Emergency Service Physician / General Practitioner
Professional Memberships
- Turkish Medical Association
- Türk Nöroşirürji Association
- Turkish Neurosurgery Association Neurovascular Surgery Group, Board Member
Selected Publications
- Use of pimecrolimus to prevent epidural fibrosis in a postlaminectomy rat model. J Neurosurg Spine 11(6), 758-763 (2009) Cemil B, Tun K, Kaptanoglu E, Kaymaz F, Cevirgen B, Comert A, Tekdemir I.
- The Effect of Mitomycin C as Fibrosis Preventive Agent during Craniectomies. British J of Neurosurgery 23(3), 304-308 (2009) Cemil B, Tun K, Kaptanoglu E, Cevirgen B, Gurcay A, Kaymaz F, Tekdemir I.
- Ultrastructural Evaluation Of Pulsed Radiofrequency and Conventional Radiofrequency Lesions In Rat Sciatic Nerve. Surgical Neurology 72(5), 496-500 (2009) Tun K, Cemil B, Gurcay AG, Kaptanoglu E, Sargon MF, Tekdemir I, Comert A, Kanpolat Y.
- Anatomical Study of axis for odontoid screw thickness, length, and angle. European Spine Journal 18(2), 271-275 (2009) Tun K, Kaptanoglu E, Cemil B, Yorubulut M, Karahan ST, Tekdemir I.
- The importance of the proximity of vertebral artery to odontoid process during anterior odontoid approaches. J Clin Neuroscience 16(10), 1325-1327 (2009) Tun K, Cemil B, Altin L, Karahan ST, Kaptanoglu E.
- Dermoid tumor of the lateral wall of the cavernous sinus: a case report. J Clin Neuroscience 15(7), 820-823 (2008) Tun K, Celikmez RC, Okutan O, Gurcan O, Beskonakli E.
- A Neurosurgical View of Anatomical evaluation of Anterior C1-C2 for Safer Transoral Odontoidectomy. European Spine Journal 17(6), 853-856 (2008) Tun K, Kaptanoglu E, Cemil B, Karahan T, Esmer AF, Elhan A.
- Histopathological and Electron Microscopic Examination of the Stereotactic Pulsed Radiofreqency (RF) and Radiofreqency Thermocoagulation Lesions in Rat Brain. Neurological Research 28(8), 841- 844 (2006) Tun K, Savas A, Sargon MF, Solaroglu I, Kanpolat Y.
- Fatal toxic effect of bleomycin on brain tissue after intracystic chemotherapy for a craniopharyngioma: case report Neurosurgery 46(1),213-216 (2000) Savaş A, Erdem A, Tun K, Kanpolat Y.
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