Prof. Dr. Tufan Hiçdönmez

experiences

Experience
• Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of
Neurosurgery (Residency) 1987-1993
• Marmara University, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
(Clinical Fellowship) 1995-1999
• Trakya University Department of Neurosurgery
(Attending Neurosurgeon) 1999-2010
• British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital (Clinical
Fellowship) 2002-2003
• Istanbul Kartal Dr Lütfi Kırdar Training Hospital (Chief,
Attending Neurosurgeon) 2010-2021
• Liv Hospital Vadi Istanbul (Attending Neurosurgeon)
2021-

Medical Interests
• Surgery of Newborn, Congenital Malformations
• Craniosynostosis
• Spina bifida, Tethered cord
• Brain Tumors (children/adult)
• Hydrocephalus (children/adult)

certificates

Education
• Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
• Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
• Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
• University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

awards

Memberships
• Turkish Neurosurgical Society
• Pediatric Neurosurgical Group, Turkish Neurosurgical
Society
• Internation Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery

publications

Publications
• Zileli M, Idiman F, Hicdonmez T, Ovul İ, Tuncbay E: A comparative study of brain
stem auditory evoked potentials and blink reflexes in posterior fossa tumor patients.
Journal of Neurosurgery 69: 660-668, 1988
• 2Gokay H, Barlas O, Hepgul K, Hicdonmez T: Tethered cord in the adult mimicking
the lumbar disc syndrome. Report of two cases. Surgical Neurology 39: 440-442,
1993
• Ture U, Hicdonmez T, Elmaci I, Peker S: Solid-calcified cyst of the third ventricle.
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery 103( 1 ): 51-55, 2001
• Ture U, Hicdonmez T, Elmaci I, Peker S: Giant pericallosal artery aneurysm: case
report and review of the literature. Neurosurgical Review 24( 2/3 ): 151-155, 2001
• change mimicking structural lesion. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery 105:
288-290, 2003
• Tutunculer F, Acunas B, Hicdonmez T, Deviren A, Pelitli V: Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome
with posterior intraorbital coloboma cyst: an unusual case. Brain and Development
26: 203-205, 2004
• Hicdonmez T, Steinbok P: Spontneous hemorrhage into spinal neurenteric cyst: case
report. Child’s Nervous System 20(6): 438-442, 2004
• Steinbok P, Heran N, Hicdonmez T, Cochrane DD, Price A: Minimizing blood
transfusions in the surgical correction of coronal and metopic craniosynostosis.
Child’s Nervous System 20(7): 445-452, 2004
• Steinbok P, Hicdonmez T, Sawatzky B, Beauchamp R, Wickenheiser D: Spinal
deformities after selective dorsal rhizothomy for spastic cerebral palsy. Journal of
Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, 102: 363-373, 2005
• Kılıncer C, Asil T, Utku U, Hamamcioglu MK, Turgut N, Hicdonmez T, Simsek O,
Ekuklu G, Cobanoglu S: Factors affecting the outcome of decompressive craniotomy
for large hemispheric infarctions: a prospective cohort study. Acta Neurochirurgica
(Wien) 147: 587-594, 2005
• Hicdonmez T, Steinbok P, Beauchamp R, Sawatzky B: Hip joint subluxation after
selective dorsal rhizotomy for spastic cerebral palsy. Journal of Neurosurgery:
Pediatrics, 103: 10-16, 2005
• Kılıncer C, Hamamcioglu MK, Simsek O, Hicdonmez T, Aydoslu B, Tansel O, Tiryaki M,
Soy M, Tatman-Otkun M, Cobanoglu S: Nocardia brain abscess: report of two cases
and review of clinical management. Journal of Clinical Neurosciences 13: 481-485,
2006
• Hamamcioglu MK, Hicdonmez T, Kilincer C, Cobanoglu S: Large intradiploic growing
skull fracture of the posterior fossa: case report. Pediatric Radiology 36(1): 68-70,
2006
• Hicdonmez T, Hamamcioglu MK, Parsak T, Cukur Z, Cobanoglu S: A laboratory
training model for interhemispheric – transcallosal approach to the lateral ventricle.
Neurosurgical Review 29: 159-162, 2006
• Hicdonmez T, Ozek MM: Hydrocephalus in Sabuncuoglu’s Textbook of Surgery:
Cerrahiyyet’ul Haniye. Child’s Nervous System 22: 545-546, 2006
• Hicdonmez T, Kilincer C, Hamamcioglu MK, Cobanoglu S: Paraplegia due to spinal
subdural hematoma as a complication of posterior fossa surgery: case report and
review of the literature. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery 108: 590-594, 2006
• Hicdonmez T, Hamamcioglu MK, Tiryaki M, Cukur Z, Cobanoglu S: Microneurosurgical
training model in fresh cadaveric cow brain: A laboratory study simulating the
approach to the circle of Willis. Surgical Neurology 66: 100-104, 2006
• Hicdonmez T, Parsak T, Cobanoglu S: Simulation of Craniofacial Surgery for
craniosynostosis: A Training Model of a Fresh Cadaveric Sheep Cranium. Journal of
Neurosurgery: Pediatrics 105: 150152, 2006
• Hicdonmez T, Cakir B, Hamamcıoglu MK, Kılıncer C, Cobanoglu S: Giant Subdural
Empyema in a Child: A Case Report. Surgical Neurology 66: 632-633, 2006
• Hamamcıoglu MK, Kılıncer C, Hicdonmez T, Simsek O, Birgili B, Cobanoglu S: Giant
cervicothoracic extradural arachnoid cyst: Case report. European Spine Journal 17:
595-598, 2006
• Hamamcıoglu MK, Kılıncer C, Altunrende, Hicdonmez T, Simsek O, Akyel S,
Cobanoglu S: Factors affecting the incidence and severity of vasospasm after
subarachnoid haemorrhage. Acta Neurochirurgica (suppl)104: 389-392, 2008
• Hamamcıoglu MK, Hicdonmez T, Kılıncer C, Cobanoglu S: Intrasacral extradural
arachnoid cyst. Three cases reports. Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica 48: 223-226, 2008
• Hamamcıoglu MK, Hicdonmez T, Tiryaki M, Cobanoglu S: A laboratory training
model in fresh cadaveric sheep brain for microneurosurgical dissection of cranial
nerves in posterior fossa. British Journal of Neurosurgery 22(6): 769-771, 2008
• Güzel A, Hiçdönmez T, Temizöz O, Aksu B, Aylanç H, Karasalihoglu S: Indications for
brain computed tomography and hospital admission in pediatric patients with minor
head injury. How much can we rely on clinical findings? Pediatric Neurosurgery
45(4): 262-270, 2009
• Güzel A, Karasalihoglu S, Aylanç H, Temizöz O, Hiçdönmez T: Validity of serum tau
protein levels in pediatric patients with minor head trauma. American Journal of
Emergency Medicine 28(4): 399-403, 2010
• Hicdonmez T, Suslu HT, Yavuzer D, Tatarli N: Paediatric ganglioglioma of the conus
medullaris. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 18: 1124-1126, 2011
• Hicdonmez T, Turan Suslu H, Butuc R, Bilal S, Akinci AT: Treatment of a large and
symptomatic septum pellucidum cyst with endoscopic fenestration in a child: Case
report and review of the literature. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery 114 (7):
1052-1056, 2012
• Turan Suslu H, Ceylan D, Tatarli N, Hicdonmez T, Seker A, Bayri Y, Kilic T:
Laboratory training in the retrosigmoid approach using cadaveric silicone injected
cow brain. British Journal of Neurosurgery 27(6): 812-814, 2013
• Altunrende ME, Hamamcioglu MK, Hicdonmez T, Akcakaya MO, Birgili B, Cobanoglu
S: Microneurosurgical training model for residents to approach to the orbit and the
optic nerve in fresh cadaveric sheep cranium. Journal of Neuroscience in Rural
Practice5(2):151-154, 2014
• Yener S, Thomas DT, Hicdonmez T, Dagcinar A, Bayri Y, Kaynak A, Dagli TE,
Tugtepe H: The effect of untethering on urologic symptoms and urodynamic
parameters in children with tethered cord syndrome. Urology 85: 221-226, 2015.
• Hicdonmez T: Children with Metopic Ridge. Turkish Neurosurgery 27(4): 585-589,
20017
• Hicdonmez T, Taylan-Filinte G, Tiryaki M, Gergin YE: Stepwise removal of the fused
midline parietal bone to avoid superior sagittal Guclu B, sinus injury in infants with
sagittal synostosis. Turkish Neurosurgery 27(6): 1029-1031, 2017
• Adilay U, Guclu B, Tiryaki M, Hicdonmez T: Spontaneous resolution of a sylvian
arachnoid cyst in a child: a case report. Pediatr Neurosurg 52(5): 343-345, 2017
• Aydoğmuş E, Hicdonmez T: Spontaneous intracystic hemorrhage of an arachnoid
cyst associated with a subacute subdural hematoma: a case report and literature
review. Turkish Neurosurgery 29(6):940-944, 2019
• Guclu B, Hicdonmez T, Adilay U, Altuntas YE: Successful application of a
ventriculo-gallblader shunt: a salvage procedure. Turkish Neurosurgery 30(1):
138-140, 2020

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