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Clinics

Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa 

Thoracic Surgery Department

Gebze Fatih State Hospital

Thoracic Surgery Clinic

Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital

 Thoracic Surgery Clinic

Universitätsspital Zürich Klinik für Thoraxchirurgie, Zürich

Salamanca University Hospital,

Thoracic Surgery Department, Spain

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Publications,
Presentations,
Papers

1. Video-assisted thoracoscopic anatomical lung resections can be performed with confidence and success: surgical results of 102 consecutive patients

   (Ezel Erşen, Burcu Kılıç, Hasan Volkan Kara, Ahmet Demirkaya, Nurlan Alizade, Mehlika İşcan, Akif Turna, Kamil Kaynak) 

   2016 Turkish Respiratory Congress

2. Single stage bilateral uniportal videothoracoscopic sympathicotomy for hyperhidrosis: can it be managed as an outpatient procedure?

   (Ahmet Demirkaya, Ezel ErsenBurcu KilicHasan Volkan KaraMehlika IscanKamil Source, and Akif Turna) 

   Videosurgery and Other Miniinvasive Techniques 2, June 2016

3. Giant chest wall chondrosarcoma

   National Lung Health Congress 2016

4. Bronchogenic cyst with Churg-Strauss Syndrome: A very rare case

   (Burcu Kılıç, Mehlika İşcan, Ezel Erşen, Serdal Uğurlu, Kamil Kaynak) 

   Turkish Respiratory Research Association National Congress 2015

5. Pulmonary carcinoid tumor causing ectopic Cushing's syndrome; two case reports 

   (Burcu Kılıç, Nurlan Alizade, Ezel Erşen, Mehlika İşcan, Akif Turna, Hasan Volkan Kara, Kamil Kaynak)

   8. National Thoracic Surgery Congress, poster presentation, 2015.

6. Mediastinal Hibernoma

   (Ezel Erşen, Nurlan Alizade, Mehlika İşcan, Burcu Kılıç, Hasan Volkan Kara, Akif Turna, Kamil Kaynak)

   8. National Thoracic Surgery Congress, poster presentation, 2015

7. A rare thymus tumor with myasthenia gravis resected by 3D videothoracoscopy: thymolipoma

   (Ezel Erşen, Mehlika İşcan, Nurlan Alizade, Burcu Kılıç, Hasan Volkan Kara, Selim Minister, Akif Turna, Kamil Kaynak) 

   8. National Thoracic Surgery Congress, poster presentation, 2015

8. Ectopic mediastinal parathyroid adenoma as a rare site: a case report

   (Ezel Erşen, Adem Karataş, Mehlika İşcan, Nurlan Alizade, Burcu Kılıç, Hasan Volkan Kara, Akif Turna, Kamil Kaynak) 

   8. National Thoracic Surgery Congress, poster presentation, 2015

9. Diaphragmatic pace placement in spinal cord injury and motor neuron diseases

   (Ezel Erşen, Mehlika İşcan, Nurlan Alizade, Ahmet Demirkaya, Akif Turna, Kamil Kaynak) 

   8. National Thoracic Surgery Congress, poster presentation, 2015.

10. A prospective randomized trial comparing homologous and autologous fibrin sealants for the control of alveolar air leak 

    (Burcu KılıçEzel ErsenAhmet DemirkayaH. Volkan KaraNurlan AlizadeMehlika IscanKamil Kasource, and Akif Turna) 

    Journal of Thoracic Disease,  J Thorac Dis 2017;9(9):2915-2922.

11. Is Body Mass Index (BMI) effective on treatment results and disease recurrence in primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax (PSP) cases?
   (H.volkan Kara, Ezel Erşen, Burcu Kılıç, Mehlika İşcan, Beyza Genç, Kamil Kaynak, Akif Turna)

    Turkish Respiratory Research Association National Congress 2016 

12. Uniportal versus multiport video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for anatomical lung resections: a glance at a dilemma

    (Ezel ErsenBurcu KilicHasan Volkan KaraMehlika IscanNurlan Alizade, Ahmet Demirkaya, Akif Turna, and Kamil Source

    Videosurgery and Other Miniinvasive Techniques 2, June/2018. 

13. Lymphadenectomy in Patients Undergoing Pulmonary Metastasectomy

     (Akif TURNA, Mehlika İŞCAN) 

     Turkiye Klinikleri J Thor Surg-Special Topics 2017;8(3):411-4. 

14. Lymphocyte to Monocyte Ratio Predicts Survival in Operated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients

    (Miray Çiftçi, Ayşenur Bolukçu, Volkan Kara, Mehlika İşcan, İsmail Sarbay, Akif Turna)

    ( 26th ESTS Meeting Slovenia 2018). 

15. Outcomes of Extended Thymectomy in Myasthenic and Non-Myasthenic Thymus Tumors

     (Ezel Erşen, Hasan Volkan Kara, Burcu Kılıç, Mehlika İşcan, Akif Turna, Kamil Kaynak)

     Caucasus J Med Sci 2018; 8(2):88-93.

16. Comparative study of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus open thymectomy for thymoma and myasthenia gravis

     (Ezel Erşen, Burcu Kılıç, Hasan Volkan Kara, Mehlika İşcan, İsmail Sarbay, Ahmet Demirkaya, Selim Minister, Melih Tütüncü, Akif Turna, Kamil Kaynak)     

       Videosurgery and Other Miniinvasive  Techniques 3, September/2018.

17. Diagnostic Uniportal Video-Assisted Lung Resection in Pediatric Patient Group

     Mehmet Kamil Kaynak, Mehlika Iscan, Ismail Sarbay, Akif Turna

     8. National Lung Cancer Congress 2018, İzmir 

18. Can Long-term Antifungal Therapy Be an Alternative to Surgery in Pulmonary Aspergilloma?

     (Hasan Volkan Kara, Ezel Erşen,  Mehlika İşcan, İsmail Sarbay, Merve Ekinci, Akif Turna)

            AnatolianClinic the Journal of Medical Sciences 2018, 23; 3:189194 https://doi.org/10.21673/anadoluklin.413147

19. Uniportal Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery book,

     Translation of "Uniportal VATC for Pneumothorax and Interstitial Lung Disease" pp: 181-184

      Mehlika Iscan

20. Awake Videothoroscopic Surgery Under Spontaneous Ventilation with Regional Anesthesia and Sedation

     (Ezel Erşen,  Burcu Kılıç, HV Kara, Mehlika İşcan, İsmail Sarbay, Cem Sayılgan, Akif Turna, Kamil Kaynak)

      Journal of Izmir Chest Hospital, Volume XXXII Issue 3, 2018

21. A case of severe myasthenia gravis who benefited from biportal videothoracoscopic mediastinal hamartoma resection

     (Mehlika İşcan, İsmail Sarbay, Akif Turna)

    10th Turkish Thoracic Surgery Congress Poster Presentation, Antalya 2019

22. A rare case: Pulmonary Xanthoma

     (Mehlika İşcan, İsmail Sarbay, Merve Ekinci, Şebnem Batur, Nil Çomunoğlu, Akif Turna, Mehmet Kamil Kaynak)

     10. Turkish Thoracic Surgery Congress Poster Presentation, Antalya 2019

23. Uniportal Videothoracoscopic Extended "Extended" Thymectomy

     Mehlika Iscan, Merve Ekinci, Akif Turna, Mehmet Kamil Kaynak

     10. Turkish Thoracic Surgery Congress Poster Presentation, Antalya 2019

24. The effect of minimally invasive correction of pectus excavatum cases on the rotation of the thoracic vertebrae in the coronal plane.

     (Mehlika İşcan, Burcu Kılıç,  Akif Turna, Mehmet Kamil Kaynak)

     10. Turkish Thoracic Surgery Congress Selected Oral Presentation, Antalya 2019

25. Mediastinal Hamartoma Giving Impression of Thymoma in Myasthenia Gravis Patient

     (Mehlika İşcan, İsmail Sarbay, Şebnem Batur, Akif Turna)

     American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2019 7(12), 305-307. DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-7-12-1

26. Bilateral Mediastinal Lymphadenectomy Is Associated with Better Survival in Stage IA-IIIB Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

     (Akif Turna, HVKara, Melek Ağkoç, Berat Sözen, Mehlika İşcan, Ezel Erşen, Mehmet Kamil Kaynak)

  Journal of Thoracic Oncology October 2019 Volume 14, Issue 10, Supplement, Page S1100       https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtho.2019.08.2455

27. Minimally Invasive Pectus Surgery / Minimally Invasive Pectus Surgery

     (Mehlika İŞCAN, Kamil KAYNAK)

     Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, ASYOD Current Chest Diseases Series, Volume 7 Issue 3, December 2019. DOI: 10.5152/gghs.2019.048

28.  A Rare Case: Pulmonary Xanthoma /A Rare Case: Pulmonary Xanthoma

       (Mehlika İşcan, Merve Ekinci, Nil Çomunoglu, Mehmet Kamil Kaynak)
       Caucasian Journal of Medical Sciences April 2020, doi: 10.5505/kjms.2020.23245  Pages 65 - 67

29. The effect of minimally invasive pectus excavatum repair on thoracic scoliosis

      (Mehlika İşcan, Burcu Kılıç, Akif Turna, Mehmet Kamil Kaynak)

      European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, October 2020, doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezaa328

30. Contralateral hemopneumothorax after penetrating thoracic trauma: A case report

      (Mehlika Iscan)

      World Journal of Clinical Cases, doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i15.3773

 

31. Minimally Invasive Thoracic Approaches, Chapter: Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery p:239

     (Mehlika Iscan, Akif Turna)

 

Patents

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Awards

Organized by the European Society of Thoracic Surgery

 Robotic Thoracic Surgery Fellowship Program

Turkish Thoracic Surgery Association 

Turkish Thoracic Society

ESTS European Society of Thoracic Surgeons 

The Cardiothoracic Surgery Network (https://www.ctsnet.org/home/miscan)

ERS European Respiratory Society 

ASCVTS The Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

1. Certification of Experimental Animals Usage, Istanbul University, 2014

2. Turkish Thoracic Radiology Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Ankara, 2015

3. Near Future in Lung Cancer Surgery; New Staging and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Istanbul, 2016

4. Minimal Invasive Thoracic Surgery VATS Training, Istanbul,2017

5. ESTS School of Thoracic Surgery – Knowledge Track Course, Prague, 2017

6.  Thorax Thoracic Surgery Winter School, Antalya,2017

7. 9th National Thoracic Surgery Congress, Antalya, 2017

8. 1st International Conference about Sublobar Resections for Lung Cancer Paris, 2018.

9. ESTS School of Thoracic Surgery Skill Track Course "Trachea and Major Airways", Copenhagen, 2018.

 

10. Scientific Days in Thoracic Surgery "Treatment Options in Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer", Istanbul 2018 

11. Current Treatments in Lung Cancers Based on Cases "Case Reports", Tekirdağ 2018

12. 26th European Society of Thoracic Surgeons Meeting, Ljubljana,2018

13. International VATS Symposium 2018, San Gerardo Hospital - Milan, 2018

14. Scientific Days in Thoracic Surgery "Current Approaches in Anterior Mediastinal Lesions", Istanbul 2018 

15th TAKD Marmara Regional Meeting "Innovations in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Lung Cancer", Istanbul 2018

16. Fourth International Joint Meeting on Thoracic Surgery, Barcelona 2018

17th TAKD Marmara Regional Meeting "New Molecules and Surgical Applications in Lung Cancer Treatment", Istanbul 2019 

18. Scientific Days in Thoracic Surgery "Thorax Traumas", Istanbul 2019

19. 10. National Thoracic Surgery Congress, Antalya, 2019

20. Endobronchial Applications Proficiency Course, Antalya 2019

 

21. Uniportal VATS Lobectomy Course, Istanbul-Cerrahpaşa, 2019 

22. Elsevier 5N1K EKUAL Webinar -Elsevier Researcher Academy, 2020

23. ''TCTJVS-Publons'' Collaboration & Article Writing and Evaluation Training - Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Online Training Program, 2020

24. Thorax Ultrasonography Course, Asyod, 2020

25. 1st ESTS Virtual Congress, 2020

26th Congress of Artificial Intelligence in Health, İzmir, 2021

27.  ESTS VATS Course Webinar Series, 2021

28. STS Robotic Thoracic Surgery: Lung, Foregut, Mediastinal Surgery, and More, 2021

29. 11. National Thoracic Surgery Congress, Antalya, 2021

30. Uniportal VATS Thoracic Surgery Masterclass, Istanbul, 2022

31. Uniportal Robotic Thoracic Surgery Masterclass, Bucharest, 2022

32. Uniportal Robotic Thoracic Surgery Masterclass, Istanbul, 2022

33. 30th European Society of Thoracic Surgeons Meeting, The Hague Netherlands, 2022

34. Robotic Surgery Skills Course, Orsi Academy Brussels, 2022

35. ESTS Advanced Thoracic Robotic Surgery Skills Course, Orsi Academy Brussels, 2023

36. ESTS Advanced Thoracic Robotic Surgery Skills Course, Rouen France, 2023

37. 31th European Society of Thoracic Surgeons Meeting, Milan, 2023

38. Advanced Uniportal VATS Course with Live Surgery and Cadaveric Lab, UmiCS Academy, Lisbon, 2023

Memberships

Certificates

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