Assoc. Prof
Altuğ Yücekul
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Medical Unit: Orthopedics and Traumatology
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Turkey, Istanbul
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16+ Years Experience
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Assoc. Prof. Altuğ Yücekul is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Acıbadem Maslak Hospital, working with the Acıbadem Healthcare Group since 2020. He graduated from Hacettepe University in 2010 and specialized in orthopedics there in 2016. He completed an observer fellowship at the UCSF Spine Center and a spine fellowship at the Acıbadem University Comprehensive Spine Center. His interests include disc herniation, spinal deformity, fractures and posture analysis.
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+About
Assoc. Prof. Altuğ Yücekul is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Acıbadem Maslak Hospital, working with the Acıbadem Healthcare Group since 2020. He graduated from Hacettepe University in 2010 and specialized in orthopedics there in 2016. He completed an observer fellowship at the UCSF Spine Center and a spine fellowship at the Acıbadem University Comprehensive Spine Center. His interests include disc herniation, spinal deformity, fractures and posture analysis.
+Education
- 2010 - Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine - medical degree
- 2016 - Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine - specialization in orthopedics and traumatology
- 2018-2020 - Adult and Pediatric Spine Disorders Fellowship, Acıbadem University Faculty of Medicine, Comprehensive Spine Center, Acıbadem Maslak Hospital
- 2014-2015 - Observer fellow, University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Spine Center, USA
- 2007 - Intern, Harvard University, Boston, USA (Cognitive Evolution Laboratory and Michael A. Moskowitz Laboratory)
+Experience
- 2020-present - Acıbadem Healthcare Group (Acıbadem Maslak Hospital)
- 2017-2018 - Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Training and Research Hospital - Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology
- 2010 - Nevşehir Dr. I. Şevki Atasagun State Hospital - Emergency Department
+Research
- Adult spinal deformity and three-column osteotomies
- Pediatric orthopedics (Ponseti method, femoroacetabular impingement)
- Osteochondral defect repair and tumor reconstruction
+International Papers
Tri-layered composite plug for the repair of osteochondral defects: in vivo study in sheep (2017) Spinal realignment for adult deformity: three-column osteotomies alter total hip acetabular component positioning (2017) Titanium mesh cage as an alternative reconstruction method fo...
- Tri-layered composite plug for the repair of osteochondral defects: in vivo study in sheep (2017)
- Spinal realignment for adult deformity: three-column osteotomies alter total hip acetabular component positioning (2017)
- Titanium mesh cage as an alternative reconstruction method for epiphyseal-sparing tumour resections in children (2017)
- The dosimetric impact of implants on the spinal cord dose during stereotactic body radiotherapy (2016)
- Principles of the use of foot abduction orthosis following the treatment of patients with Ponseti method (2015)
- Approach to pediatric hip problems causing femoroacetabular impingement (2015)
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