Prof. Dr. İlhan Elmacı’s work subjects, surgical approaches and treatment methods

Brain tumors, skull base and spinal cord tumors (in adults and children)

*Microsurgery and/or endoscopic surgery method

With a high-level technological infrastructure; Under the control of Neuromonitoring, Neuronavigation, Intraoperative Neuroultrasonography or by awake craniotomy, using Microsurgical tumor staining techniques.

In multidisciplinary treatment modeling; neuro-oncology council planning.

Immunotherapy and Translational Preclinical research and treatment planning.

Pituitary Adenomas (In Adults and Children)

*Endoscopic pituitary surgery and skull base study group.
Multidisciplinary treatment planning for adenomas

Cerebrovascular Diseases and Cerebral Hemorrhage (In Adults and Children)

*Treatment of Brain Hemorrhage with Microsurgery
*Multidisciplinary planning and treatment with microsurgery in Brain Aneurysms
*Multidisciplinary planning and microsurgery of Cerebrovascular Tangles
*Treatment of Brainstem and Spinal Cord Cavernomas with Microsurgery

Waist and Neck Pain (In Adults and Children)

*Non-surgical treatment planning for waist and neck pain
*Microsurgery and Endoscopic treatment of lumbar and neck hernias (Herniated Nucleus Pulposus)
*Microsurgery treatment for waist and neck slippage
*Degenerative Diseases of Waist, Neck and Back treated with microsurgery
*Treatment with Microsurgery in the diagnosis of waist and neck stenosis
*Treatment with local anesthesia and filling for spinal collapse fractures

With a high-level technological infrastructure; O-Arm CT- Under the control of Neuronavigation and Neuromonitoring

Hydrocephalus / Accumulation of Brain Fluid in the Head (In Adults or Children)

*Treatment with shunt or endoscopic surgical method

Trigeminal Neuralgia and Hemifacial Spasm

*Treatment with Microvascular Decompression

Chiari Malformation

*Microsurgery and Shunt treatment for syringomyelia/brain water collection in the spinal cord

Severe Head Traumas

*Combined treatments with microsurgery and medical treatment

Peripheral Nerve Diseases

*Treatment with microsurgery

Spasticity

*Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy surgery
*Treatment with Baclofen Pump

Ethical Principle

Can be summarized as “as much as necessary and life quality-preserving treatment.”