The effect of scrotal reconstruction with skin flaps and skin grafts on testicular functionYavuz Demir
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Afyon Kocatepe University, School of Medicine, Afyon, Turkey
Ann Plast Surg 68:308-13. 2012
..Therefore, we suggest that flaps may be the first choice for scrotal reconstruction...
Neuromuscular hamartoma in the mental regionYavuz Demir
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon, Turkey
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 61:397-400. 2003
- Superficial malignant schwannoma of the scalp
Yavuz Demir
Department of Pathology, Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon, Turkey
Dermatol Surg 29:879-81. 2003
..Almost half of these tumors arise from neurofibromas with or without von Recklinghousen's disease, and most of the remainder develop de novo from peripheral nerve trunks. Development in the superficial soft tissues is extremely rare...
- Linear scleroderma "en coup de sabre" of the cheek
Yavuz Demir
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Afyou Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 61:1091-4. 2003
- Evaluation of amniotic fluid as a skin graft storage media compared with RPMI and saline
Nurten Turhan-Haktanir
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, Afyonkarahisar Kocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Burns 37:652-5. 2011
..New studies with multiple AF donators and repeated experiments will be worthwhile. Besides, restrictions of some ethical and legal issues for AF use should be solved...
- Pilomatricoma: a review of six pediatric cases with nine lesions
Nurten Turhan-Haktanir
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Turk J Pediatr 51:44-8. 2009
..Pilomatricoma should be included in the differential diagnosis of superficial pediatric head and neck masses by any physician involved with pediatric tumors...
- Histological assessment of skin grafts stored in amniotic fluid and saline
Nurten Turhan-Haktanir
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, Afyonkarahisar Kocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
J Plast Surg Hand Surg 44:226-30. 2010
..003, 0.006, and 0.004, respectively; dermal collagen: 0.003, 0.003, and 0.003, respectively). Amniotic fluid maintained preservation better for skin grafts than saline. Comparison with other modern storage media would be beneficial...
- Cutaneous intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia of the hand: a case report and review of the literature
Cigdem Tokyol
Department of Pathology, Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine, Afyon, Turkey
Turk J Pediatr 47:71-4. 2005
..The relevant literature is reviewed and histopathological features, differential diagnosis and natural history of the lesion are discussed...
- Concurrent large spindle cell and ordinary lipomas
Nurten Turhan-Haktanir
Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, Afyonkarahisar Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
J Craniofac Surg 18:1193-5. 2007
..Complete surgical removal confirmed the diagnoses. These lipomatous tumors may develop coincidentally and magnetic resonance imaging is overtly adequate in identifying their nature...
Presence of interferon regulatory factor-1 in aggressive and nonaggressive histological variants of Basal cell carcinoma specimensNurten Turhan-Haktanir
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, Afyonkarahisar Kocatepe University, Turkey
J Cutan Aesthet Surg 3:34-7. 2010
..Furthermore, IRF-1 expression has not been compared between aggressive and nonaggressive subtypes of BCC before...
- Chondroid syringoma in a child
Nurten Turhan-Haktanir
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Pediatr Dermatol 24:505-7. 2007
..The correct diagnosis is made by histopathologic examination. We present the first instance of chondroid syringoma in a child, which, to the best of our knowledge, has not been reported previously in the English language literature...
- Prevention of web creep using a new frame after synpolydactyly surgery
Ilhami Kuru
Department of Orthopedic and Traumatology, School of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
Ann Plast Surg 67:235-9. 2011
..The frame was found to be effective for prevention of severe web creep especially in complex synpolydactyly surgery...
- Repair of wide myelomeningocele defects with the bilateral fasciocutaneous flap method
Nurten Turhan Haktanir
Afyonkarahisar Kocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Turk Neurosurg 18:311-5. 2008
..Five large myelomeningocele defects repaired by bilateral fasciocutaneous flaps are presented in this article. PATIENTS and..
- Impact of gradual blood flow increase on ischaemia-reperfusion injury in the rat cremaster microcirculation model
Selahattin Ozmen
Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, Ankara, Turkey
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 61:939-48. 2008
..We aimed to evaluate the impact of gradual blood reperfusion on ischaemia-reperfusion injury and to explain the pathophysiology of reperfusion injury in a rat cremaster muscle microcirculation model...
- Variations of supraorbital foramina in living subjects evaluated with multidetector computed tomography
Nurten Turhan-Haktanir
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kocatepe University School of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Head Neck 30:1211-5. 2008
..We aimed to evaluate the anatomic variations of supraorbital foramina/notches in living subjects using multidetector CT (MDCT) related to age, sex, and side...
- The prognostic importance of trauma scoring systems in pediatric patients
Adnan Narci
Department of Pediatric Surgery, School of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Cocuk Cerrahisi AD, 03200, Afyon, Turkey
Pediatr Surg Int 25:25-30. 2009
..Traumas are among important causes of morbidity and mortality in the pediatric group. Our aim was to evaluate the predicting effects of general trauma scores on mortality and morbidity rates...
- Tubular apocrine adenoma in association with syringocystadenoma papilliferum
Fatma Aktepe
Department of Pathology, Afyon Kocatepe University School of Medicine, Afyon, Turkey
Dermatol Online J 9:7. 2003
..It was difficult to distinguish stromal cells and epithelial cells from each other in some areas. The characteristics and differences in histopathologic and immunohistochemical findings in these tumors are described...
- Temperament and character traits of women admitted for breast reduction and comparison with body perception
Nurten Turhan-Haktanir
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Aesthetic Plast Surg 34:359-64. 2010
..This study aimed to compare the temperament and character traits of women admitted for breast reduction surgery with those of healthy volunteers and to investigate the interaction of body perception with temperament and character...
- Characteristics of lacrimo-auriculo-dento-digital (LADD) syndrome: case report of a family and literature review
Umit Ubeyt Inan
Department of Ophthalmology, Afyon Kocatepe University, School of Medicine, Afyon, Turkey
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 70:1307-14. 2006
..His mother had hypodontia. These findings are consistent with LADD syndrome. An autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance with variable expressivity has been demonstrated. Renal and uro-genital anomalies have been noted variably...
- Cutaneous lobular capillary hemangioma induced by pregnancy
Yavuz Demir
Department of Plastic Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
J Cutan Pathol 31:77-80. 2004
..We suggest that elevated levels of estrogens during pregnancy may have an important role also on the development of cutaneous lobular capillary hemangiomas by direct hormonal action...
- Prospects for facial allograft transplantation in humans
Maria Siemionow
Department of Plastic Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 113:1421-8. 2004
- Tolerance induction in composite facial allograft transplantation in the rat model
Yavuz Demir
Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 114:1790-801. 2004
..This model will allow further studies on tolerance induction protocols...
- A case of eccrine spiradenoma arising in nevus sebaceous in an adolescent girl
Nurten Turhan-Haktanir
Am J Dermatopathol 30:196-7. 2008
- Warthin's tumor of the cervical lymph node: an incidental finding
Yavuz Demir
Ann Plast Surg 48:110-1. 2002
