Browsing by Author "Ercan, Serdar"

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Effects of Total and Subtotal Glial Tumor Resection on Survival
(2020) Ercan, Serdar; Ataizi, Zeki S; Ataizi, Fulya; Bulduk, Erkut Baha; Surgical Sciences
Objectives: Glial tumors are treated with a multidisciplinary team approach including specialists in brain surgery, radiology, pathology, radiation oncology and medical oncology. Surgery is one of the main treatment options. However,the effect of resection volume on prognosis is still uncertain. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationshipbetween the residual tumor volume and survival of the patients who were operated with the diagnosis of intracranialglial tumor in the last 5 years.Methods: Of 49 patients, 30 underwent total resection and 19 underwent subtotal resection.Results: The average surveys of total resection were 13.6 (6-32 months) months. 4 of 6 patients with anaplastic astrocytoma survived and the mean survey was 26.5 (4-45) months. The survey of subtotal resection group was significantlyshorter than the other TR group.Conclusion: As a result, recovery was inversely increased with residual tumor volume
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Kafa Travmasında Rehabilitasyon
(2020) Bulduk, Erkut; Ercan, Serdar; Surgical Sciences
Travmatik beyin hasarı (TBH), 21. yüzyılda dünya genelinde önemini devam ettiren global bir sağlık sorunudur. Hastanın ve ailesininyaşamını ciddi bir şekilde etkileyen, birden fazla tıbbi, bilişsel, davranışsal, ekonomik ve sosyal sonuçlara yol açan TBH’da ilkhedef hasarın önlenmesidir. Hasar geliştikten sonra etkisini sınırlandırmak, fonksiyonel iyileşmeyi hızlandırmak ve artırmak içinmultidisipliner nörorehabilitasyon çok önemlidir. Kafa travması ile ilişkili çok sayıda tıbbi, bilişsel ve davranışsal sorunlar dikkatledeğerlendirilmeli ve topluma yeniden entegrasyon olasılığını artırmak için her bireye özel tedavi planlanması çok önemlidir. Sonuçolarak nörorehabilitasyon sürekli olarak gelişen bir alandır. Beynin iyileşme yeteneği hakkında daha fazla bilgi edindikçe, yeniterapötik müdahaleler ve rehabilitasyon teorileri ortaya çıkacaktır.
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Multi-Level Cervical Disc Degeneration and Vertigo
(Georg Thieme verlag Kg, 2022) Ercan, Serdar; Baloglu, Murat; Surgical Sciences
Objective While complaints of pain, loss of strength, and numbness radiating to the neck and arm are common in patients due to cervical disc degeneration, vertigo is a rare symptom. The articles previously published on the subject focus on single-level disk degeneration and its correlation with vertigo. However, in the case of multilevel cervical discopathy, its effect on the severity of vertigo and its response to surgical treatment has not been clarified. Therefore, the objective of the present study is to shed light on the topic. Methods Patients with vertigo complaints in whom all known etiological causes of vertigo had been excluded, but with cervical disc degeneration, were included in the study. The scores on the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Cervical Vertigo Evaluation Scale (CVES) were analyzed in terms of numbers of discopathy, spine levels, and differences regarding the preoperative and postoperative status. Results A total of 24 patients (14 with single-level and 10 with multi-level disc degeneration) underwent anterior cervical discectomy. The preoperative CVES score was significantly decreased after surgery. Multi-level disc degeneration causes fewer vertigo symptoms than the single-level kind. No significant correlation between the severity of pain and vertigo was observed. Conclusion Multi-level disc degeneration causes fewer vertigo symptoms. These symptoms decreased after anterior cervical discectomy in cases of single-level disk herniation at upper segments. The surgical intervention could be a favorable choice of treatment. However, the mechanism and treatment approach to cervical vertigo is still a controversial issue.