One of the most common causes of genital and pelvic pain, “Pudendal Nerve Jam”, also known as “Pudendal Neuropathy,” is one of every 15 people in our country. However, due to the difficulty of the diagnosis and the fact that many physicians are not familiar with the subject, patients may have to live without problems […]
Department of Brain Surgery
Neurosurgery
It is the medical field which is composed of where surgical treatments of brain, spine, spinal cord and nervous diseases are performed.
Epilepsy Surgery
The specialized neurology and neurosurgery team successfully performs epilepsy surgeries. In epilepsy, monitoring is performed. Click for detailed information www.yeditepeepilepsisiz.com
Neuro-Oncology
For Tumors derived from the brain, spinal cord or nerve membranes, pituitary gland tumors and head base tumors microsurgery methods and surgical treatment is applied.
Spinal Surgery Center
Spinal and Spinal Cord Surgery center is specialized in spinal cord and nerve surgeries. In this center, herniated disc and neck hernia operations, spinal canal narrowing and calcification that occur with aging, spinal and spinal cord tumors, congenital spinal cord and spinal disorders, scoliosis surgical treatments are performed.
Neurovascular Surgery
It includes surgery and other treatments for subarachnoid hemorrhage, aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations of the brain and spinal cord, and some stroke cases. “By pass” surgeries are also performed in brain vascular blockages.
Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Microsurgery is treated with nerve compression, nerve and plexus incision and injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome, ulnar trap neuropathies, peroneal neuropathies, meralgia parestetica.

Turkish Neurologist Discovered A New Diagnostic Method
One of the most common causes of genital and pelvic pain, “Pudendal Nerve Jam”, also known as “Pudendal Neuropathy,” is one of every 15 people in our country. However, due to the difficulty of the diagnosis and the fact that many physicians are not familiar with the subject, patients may have to live without problems for years. Thanks to the new diagnostic method developed by Burcu Örmeci – Yeditepe Koşuyolu Hospital Neurology Specialist Assoc. Dr. diagnosis can be made much faster and more accurately. Thus, it is possible to switch to treatment without wasting time.
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Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery consists of 3 professors and 2 assistant professors and 4 assistant staff, experienced in general neurosurgery, neuro-oncology, neurovascular diseases, skull base surgery, epilepsy surgery, spinal diseases and tumors with a multidisciplinary approach. It is a center with fame. Founder of the department Dr. Uğur Türe is known in the world neurosurgery community especially for his successes in surgery of insula and brainstem tumors and in epilepsy surgery. The founder of the modern microsurgery, Professor of the Century, chosen as the “Man of the Century” in the 20th century, which we are honored to have in our clinic. Dr. Gazi Yaşargil continues his studies at Yeditepe University Hospitals.
We are proud to be one of the few centers in the world with our devices that facilitate surgery such as intraoperative MR, neuronavigation, O-Arm, HD neuroendoscope, intraoperative ultrasonography, and intraoperative angiography in our operating theater, which has the latest technological infrastructure of modern neurosurgery.


Neurosurgery is team work. For this reason, we work with our colleagues who are experts in the field of services such as anesthesia, neurology, pathology, physical therapy, intensive care, medical oncology in the multidisciplinary sense. In this way, we offer individualized treatment options by evaluating each patient individually.
Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery is also known for its academic activities. Organized annually in June, Istanbul Yaşargil Microneurosurgery Course is among the top courses in neurosurgery with its participants from all corners of the world and its staff of world-renowned academicians. In this course only in the world, live microsurgery, bypass and live surgery demonstration are presented together, following the applied training of the brain white matter anatomy.
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Brain and Nerve Surgery Specialist Professor, who says that one of the most effective treatments known in Parkinson’s disease is ‘deep brain stimulation’ as the brain battery known by the public. Dr. Ahmet Hilmi Kaya drew attention to the appropriateness of patient selection in surgery. Professor Dr. Kaya said, “We have certain age limits for […]

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The aging of the world population shows that Alzheimer’s disease will become an even more important social problem in the coming years. Alzheimer’s is a progressive disease that disrupts memory and other mental functions. Since it brings the person to the point that he cannot sustain his daily life, he is closely interested in the […]
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