Cerrahpaşa Medical Journal

Editor-in-Chief
Ali İbrahim HATEMİ
Department of Internal Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8385-9253
[email protected]

Section Editors
Cardiology
Burçak Kılıçkıran Avcı
Department of Cardiology, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9285-0608
[email protected]

Infectious Diseases
Bilgül Mete
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9091-6087
[email protected]

Internal Medicine
Ahmet Emre EŞKAZAN
Department of Internal Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9568-0894
[email protected] 

Hande Mefkure Özkaya
Department of Internal Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6207-7941
[email protected]

Life Sciences  
Emine Elif GÜZEL MEYDANLI   
Department of Histology and Embryology, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9072-3322
[email protected]

Neurological Sciences  
Rahşan KEMERDERE
Department of Neurosurgery, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9947-3486
[email protected]

Melih Tütüncü
Department of Neurology, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9851-7002
[email protected]

Obstetrics & Gynecology  
Abdullah TÜTEN
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8495-6426
[email protected]

Pediatrics 
Kenan BARUT
Department of Pediatrics, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8459-2872
[email protected]

Radiology
Serdar ARSLAN
Department of Radiology, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7984-4326
[email protected]

Korgün KORAL
Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8695-300X
[email protected] 

Surgical Sciences
Ozan Onur BALKANAY
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3550-671X
[email protected] 

Pınar Çiğdem KOCAEL
Department of General Surgery, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
ORCID ID:  0000-0001-7285-5081
[email protected] 

Statistical Editor
Murat KİRİŞÇİ
Department of Biostatistics, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4938-5207
[email protected]

Past Editors
Selçuk AYBAR 
Bülent BERKARDA 
Ertuğrul GÖKSOY 
Gökhan İPEK 
Ali Metin KAFADAR
Altan ONAT 
H. Oktay SEYMEN - N. Ahmet ERÖZENCİ
Vural SOLOK 
Yalçın TÜZÜN 

Editorial Board
Metin AKGÜN
Department of Chest Diseases, Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University Faculty of Medicine, Ağrı, Turkey

Ahmet Gökhan AKKAN
Department of Medical Pharmacology, Bezmialem Vakif University Faculty of Medicine Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

Salih Murat AKKIN
Department of Anatomy, SANKO University Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey

Fatiş ALTINDAŞ
Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Fatma AYDIN
Department of Dermatology, Samsun Ondokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey

Nuri AYDIN
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

İbrahim BAŞARICI
Department of Cardiology, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey

Ahmet DİRİCAN
Department of Biostatistics, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Mehmet ELİÇEVİK
Department of Pediatric Surgery, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Altay GEZER
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Rengin GÜZEL
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey

Feray KARAALİ SAVRUN
Department of Neurology, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Sinan KARDEŞ
Department of Medical Ecology and Hydroclimatology, İstanbul University, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Özgür KASAPÇOPUR
Department of Pediatrics, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Gürcan KISAKOL
Department of Internal Medicine, Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey

Suat Nail ÖMEROĞLU
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Bülent ÖNAL
Department of Urology, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Şeniz ÖNGÖREN AYDIN
Department of Internal Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Fulya ÖZ PUYAN
Department of Pathology, Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey

Deniz PEKER
Department of Pathology, Emory University Faculty of Medicine, Georgia, USA

Sait SAĞER
Department of Nuclear Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Yavuz SELVİ
Department of Psychiatry, Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey

Nurhan SEYAHİ
Department of Internal Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Suzan ŞAYLISOY
Department of Radiology, Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir, Turkey

Nevbahar TAMÇELİK
Department of Ophthalmology, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Necmettin TANRIÖVER
Department of Neurosurgery, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Serkan TEKSÖZ
Department of Surgery, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Mario TİRİBELLİ
Department of Hematology, University of Udine, Trieste, Italy

Demet TOK AYDIN
Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Manisa Celal Bayar University Faculty of Medicine, Manisa, Turkey

Akif TURNA
Department of Thoracic Surgery, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Serdal UĞURLU
Department of Internal Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Hafize UZUN
Department of Biochemistry, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Mehmet Can ÜNLÜ
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Tansu YAMAZHAN
Department of Infection Diseases, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey

Bülent Okan YILDIZ
Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Sancak YÜKSEL
Pediatric Otolaryngology Otology, Neurotology and Lateral Skull Base Surgery, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas, USA

EISSN 2687-1904