Microdecompressive laminatomy with a 5-year follow-up period for severe lumbar spinal stenosisSuat Erol Celik
Department of Neurosurgery, Beyoglu State Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
J Spinal Disord Tech 23:229-35. 2010
..The 2 groups of patients with severe lumbar spinal stenosis were prospectively compared as a case control study...
Pott disease mimics postsurgical pyogenic spondylodiscitisS E Celik
Department of Neurosurgery, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
J Neurosurg Sci 53:161-4. 2009
..The author reports a 51 years old case nonresponsive to nonspecific antibiotic administration with diagnostic difficulty. To the author's knowledge this is the first Pott case that mimics postsurgical pyogenic spondylodiscitis...
- Sudden paraplegia following epidural lipomatosis and thoracal compression fracture after long-term steroid therapy: a case report
Suat Erol Celik
Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Rheumatol Int 31:1227-9. 2011
..To the authors' knowledge, this is the first case showing both vertebral fracture and paraplegia that required urgent surgery in the follow-up Still's disease...
- Mitomycin protection of peridural fibrosis in lumbar disc surgery
Suat E Celik
Department of Neurosurgery, Beyoglu Eye Research and Training Hospital, Isrkey
J Neurosurg Spine 9:243-8. 2008
..In this prospective, randomized clinical study the authors sought to evaluate the effects of locally applied mitomycin C on peridural fibrosis during lumbar microdiscectomy...
- Complete cranium bifidum without scalp abnormality. Case report
Suat E Celik
Department of Neurosurgery, Beyoglu State Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
J Neurosurg Pediatr 1:258-60. 2008
..No hereditary or familial transition has been observed. The authors conclude that such an extremely rare occurrence of complete cranium bifidum may be a result of a coincidental mutation...
- Lumbar facet joint angle and its importance on joint violation in lumbar microdiscectomy
Suat E Celik
Department of Neurosurgery, Beyoglu State Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Neurosurgery 62:168-72; discussion 172-3. 2008
..We investigated facet joint angle at the level of the nucleus pulposus in herniated disks and documented the importance of this angle in preserving articulation and surgical view in patients undergoing lumbar microdiscectomy...
- Does shaving the incision site increase the infection rate after spinal surgery?
Suat E Celik
Department of Neurosurgery, Beyoglu State Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 32:1575-7. 2007
..A prospective randomized clinical study...
- A comparison of changes over time in cervical foraminal height after tricortical iliac graft or polyetheretherketone cage placement following anterior discectomy
Suat E Celik
Department of Neurosurgery, Beyoglu State Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
J Neurosurg Spine 6:10-6. 2007
..To their knowledge, this prospective study is the first in which foraminal height changes over time are compared following the placement of a tricortical graft or a polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cage...
- Therapeutic effect of hypothermia and dizocilpine maleate on traumatic brain injury in neonatal rats
Suat Erol Celik
Department of Neurosurgery, Beyoglu State Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
J Neurotrauma 23:1355-65. 2006
..05). There was no statistical difference between other groups (p > 0.05). Hypothermia and dizocilpine maleate displayed similar neuroprotective effects in TBI on newborn rats, but no additive effect was observed...
- Extradural meningioma presenting with severe epistaxis: a case report and review of the literature
S E Celik
Department of Neurosurgery, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
J Neurosurg Sci 53:27-30. 2009
..The authors emphasize that early detection and identification of the initial lesion should be coupled with total surgical resection for a complete curation...
- Tophaceous gout of the atlantoaxial joint. Case illustration
Suat E Celik
Department of Neurosurgery, Beyoglu Educational State Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
J Neurosurg Spine 2:230. 2005
