Cevdet Gokcek
- Specialization: Neurosurgeon
- 14 years of experience
- Speaks:Turkish
- Online consultations: available
- Workplace: Turkey, Istanbul, Medipol University Pendik Hospital
- Member of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society and author of 17 articles published in national and international journals.
Dr. Cevdet Gokcek is a neurosurgeon at Medipol University Pendik Hospital in Istanbul. He specializes in brain, spine, and pediatric nerve conditions. He has treated thousands of patients for complex disorders. Dr. Gokcek is a member of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society. He previously completed a microsurgery course at Hacettepe University.
- Achieved a 95% success rate for severe brain and spine surgeries.
- Performs transnasal pituitary tumor removals and endoscopic skull base procedures.
- Authored 17 articles published in national and international medical journals.
- Completed a neuro-endoscopy workshop at Ghent University in Belgium.
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Doctor's services
- Discectomy
- Transnasal resection of tumor
- Multiple subpial transections
- Tomotherapy
- Herniated disc surgery
- Brain tumor removal
- Removal of spinal cord tumor
- Craniotomy
- Laminectomy
- Stereotaxic surgeries
- Removal of meningioma
- Removal of herniated disc with preoperative diagnostic
- Surgical removal of the brain cyst
- Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
- Foraminotomy
- Brain Tumor Embolization
- Pituitary tumor surgery
- Fetal surgery for spina bifida
- Neurorrhaphy
- Brain Aneurysm Repair
- Spine Tumor Embolization
- Spina Bifida surgery
- Surgical treatment of scoliosis
- MRI of one area
- Biopsy
- CT (computer tomography)
- CT scan of the whole body
- Brain MRI
- PET-MRI
- PET-CT with Gallium 68 (DOTA)
- PET-CT with Gallium 68 (DOTATATE)
- X-ray examination
- Online Consultation with Neurosurgeon
- Brain biopsy
- Brain MRI with contrast (FLAIR sequence)
- Tumor Marker Blood Test
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Qualifications
Cevdet Gokcek is a neurosurgeon at Medipol University Pendik Hospital. He has treated thousands of patients with severe brain, spine, and nerve conditions. Furthermore, he has published 17 articles in national and international medical journals and presented papers at medical congresses.
Specialization and Surgical Focus
Dr. Gokcek performs micro neurosurgery and minimally invasive spine surgery. He treats complex tumors of the brain and spinal cord. The doctor also treats cerebral hemorrhages and hydrocephalus in both adults and infants.
His expertise includes specific surgical techniques:
- Endoscopic skull base surgery and transnasal pituitary operations – a procedure to remove tumors through the nose.
- Endoscopic third ventriculostomy – a surgical method to drain fluid from the brain without a permanent shunt.
- Percutaneous spine surgery and disc prosthesis applications.
- Instrumentation and fusion for severe spinal deformities and scoliosis.
- Vascular brain disease surgery, including treatments for aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations.
- Peripheral nerve surgery and insertion of baclofen pumps or neurostimulators.
Achievements and Patient Outcomes
Dr. Gokcek maintains reported success rates across his surgical practice. He achieved a 95% success rate for severe neurological diseases at Medistate Kavacik Hospital. During his tenure in Iraq, he recorded a success rate of 90–95%.
The specialist frequently performs revision surgeries. He has re-operated on patients who had unsuccessful procedures at other medical centers. At Ankara Training and Research Hospital, he performed up to 20 operations per month and examined between 500 and 700 patients daily.
Work Experience
- 2020–Present – Assistant Professor and Neurosurgeon at Medipol University Pendik Hospital.
- 2019–2020 – Freelance Neurosurgeon in Istanbul, Turkey.
- 2018–2019 – Neurosurgeon at Alkafeel Super Speciality Hospital, Iraq.
- 2015–2018 – Neurosurgeon at Medistate Kavacik Hospital, Istanbul.
- 1994–2015 – Neurosurgeon at Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara.
Education and Training
- 1988–1994 – Residency in Neurosurgery at the University of Health Sciences, Ankara.
- 1982–1988 – Medical Degree from Ankara University Medical School.
- 1995 – Microsurgery Course at Hacettepe University Institute of Neurological Sciences.
- 1998–2019 – Observer Doctor at the University of Michigan, USA.
- 2012 – Endoscopic Neurosurgery Workshop at Ghent University Hospital, Belgium.
Memberships
- Turkish Neurosurgical Society
- Turkish Medical Association
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