The Official Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology
ISSN 1300-0012 E-ISSN 2458-9446

Editorial Board

Editor in Chief

Prof. Meltem Uyar, MD

Ege University School of Medicine, İzmir

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0001-8531-6351
Senior Editor

Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Karaoğlan, MD

Ordu State Hospital

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0001-9420-2663
Senior Editor

Assoc. Prof. Halil Cihan Köse, MD

Kocaeli City Hospital, Kocaeli

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0003-1550-348X
Senior Editor

Assoc. Prof. Savaş Şencan, MD

Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0001-8150-0581
Owner

Prof. Ender Sir, MD

Published on behalf of the Turkish Society of Algology

Founding Editor

Prof. Serdar Erdine, MD

Department of Algology, İstanbul University, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye (Retired Faculty Member)

Associate Editors

Prof. Taylan Akkaya, MD

University of Health Sciences, Ankara Etlik City Hospital, Ankara

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-4559-1209

Prof. Osman Hakan Gündüz, MD

Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-3214-803X

Prof. Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, MD, PhD

Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center & University of Illinois at Chicago

🇺🇸 USA ORCID 0000-0001-8028-1495

Giuliano Lo Bianco, MD, PhD

Fondazione G. Giglio di Cefalù, Palermo

🇮🇹 Italy ORCID 0000-0003-2705-1548

Prof. Aynur Özge, MD

Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0003-2797-2398

Prof. Serkan Tulgar, MD

Bahçeşehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0003-1996-7505

Prof. Alparslan Turan, MD

McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Houston

🇺🇸 USA ORCID 0000-0001-9862-9306

Advisory Board

Prof. Hacı Ahmet Alıcı, MD

Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0009-0002-8536-2491

Prof. İbrahim Aşık, MD

Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-4800-3150

Prof. Erdem Nail Duman, MD

Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0001-5177-6114

Prof. Mehmet Tuncay Duruöz, MD

Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0003-3584-2788

Prof. Hatice Evren Eker, MD

University of Health Sciences, Adana City Hospital

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-7901-0185

Prof. Ömür Erçelen, MD

American Hospital, Istanbul

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-5508-1077

Assoc. Prof. Edip Gönüllü, MD

İzmir Bakırçay University

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-4461-4798

Prof. Mehmet Sacit Güleç, MD

Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-7107-3798

Prof. Gülen Güler, MD

Erciyes University, Kayseri

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0001-9690-6699

Prof. Fuat Güldoğuş, MD

Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-1301-428X

Prof. Pakize Kırdemir, MD

Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0001-7784-1818

Prof. Fatma Gülçin Özalp Şenel, MD

Ankara Oncology Hospital

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-1405-593X

Prof. Lütfiye Pirbudak, MD

Gaziantep University School of Medicine, Gaziantep

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-3474-1056

Prof. Şebnem Rumeli, MD

Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-7042-6934

Prof. Altan Şahin, MD

Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0003-2766-2015

Prof. İdil Tekin, MD

Manisa Celal Bayar University, Manisa

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-0770-6386

Prof. Yunus Gürkan Türker, MD

Bursa Uludağ University

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-3019-581X

Prof. Ayda Türköz, MD

Medipol University Hospital, Istanbul

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0003-4236-1835

Prof. Kris Vissers, MD, PhD

Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen

🇳🇱 Netherlands ORCID 0000-0002-2919-6356

Editorial Board

Assoc. Prof. Mesut Bakır, MD

Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-3627-3882

Assoc. Prof. Alp Eren Çelenlioğlu, MD

University of Health Sciences, Gülhane School of Medicine, Ankara

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0001-8979-0392

Alessandro De Cassai, MD

Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova

🇮🇹 Italy ORCID 0000-0002-9773-1832

Assoc. Prof. Saadet İpek Edipoğlu, MD

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, London

🇬🇧 UK ORCID 0000-0002-3510-5991

Assoc. Prof. Ferhat Ege, MD

Dicle University School of Medicine, Diyarbakır

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-5187-1856

Prof. Belgin Erhan, MD

İstanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0003-4055-8685

Asst. Prof. Burak Erken, MD

Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, Istanbul

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-7369-0618

Assoc. Prof. Esra Ertilav, MD

Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Aydın

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0009-0007-7926-1332

Prof. Can Eyigör, MD

Ege University School of Medicine, İzmir

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-7991-8564

Assoc. Prof. Gülçin Gazioğlu Türkyılmaz, MD

Bursa City Hospital

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0003-4148-1958

Assoc. Prof. Birzat Emre Gölböyü, MD

Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-2011-2574

Rıdvan Işık, MD

Sakarya University School of Medicine, Sakarya

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-5715-2844

Asst. Prof. Fahrettin Kırçiçek, MD

Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-8345-4256

Assoc. Prof. Serdar Kokar, MD

Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0003-0027-5082

Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Kurçaloğlu, MD

Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-5563-2414

Francesco Marrone, MD

Santo Spirito Hospital, ASL Roma 1, Rome

🇮🇹 Italy ORCID 0000-0002-0840-9180

Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Okçu, MD

Mehmet Akif İnan Training and Research Hospital, Şanlıurfa

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-7162-2793

Assoc. Prof. Erkan Özduran, MD

Sivas Numune Hospital

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0003-3425-313X

Assoc. Prof. Ekim Can Öztürk, MD

Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-0987-0876

Assoc. Prof. Rekib Saçaklıdır, MD

Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0001-6786-5306

Assoc. Prof. Ahmet İlteriş Şentürk, MD

Özel Silivri Anadolu Hospital, Istanbul

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-2680-8118

Assoc. Prof. Tuba Tanyel Saraçoğlu, MD

Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-0502-3389

Assoc. Prof. Oktay Faysal Tertemiz, MD

İzmir City Hospital

🇹🇷 Türkiye ORCID 0000-0002-6131-1756

Prof. Athina Vadalouca, MD

Athens Medical Center & National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

🇬🇷 Greece ORCID 0000-0001-5431-8979