International publications
A1. Okur E, Baysungur V, Tezel C, Sevilgen G, Ergene G, Gokce M, Halezeroglu S. Comparison of the single or double chest tube applications after pulmonary lobectomies. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009; 35: 32-36. (SCI)A2. Okur E, Arısoy Y, Baysungur V, Gokce M, Sevilgen G, Ergene G, Halezeroglu S.
Prophylactic intraoperative pneumoperitoneum decreases pleural space problems after lower lobectomy or bilobectomy of the lung. Thorac Cardiov Surg 2009; 57: 160-164. (SCI)
A3. Arınc S, Alpay L, Okur E, Koksal C, Sogukpınar O, Kosif A, Halezeroglu S. Recurrent Pulmonary Hydatid Disease: Analysis of Ten Cases. Surg Today 2008; 38: 983-986. (SCIExpanded)
A4. Okur E, Kir A, Halezeroglu S, Alpay AL, Atasalihi A. Pleural tenting following upper lobectomies or bilobectomies of the lung to prevent residual air space and prolonged air leak. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001; 20: 1012-1015. (SCI)
A5. Okur E, Tezel C, Baysungur V, Halezeroglu S. Partial resection of persistant left superior vena cava for a T4 lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008; 136: 1080-1081. (SCI)
A6. Yilmaz A, Damadoglu E, Salturk C, Okur E, Tuncer LY, Halezeroglu S. Delays in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Lung Cancer: Are Longer Delays Associated with Advanced Pathological Stage? Upsala J Med Sci 2008; 113: 287-296. (SCI-Expanded)
A7. Okur E, Baysungur V, Tezel C, Sevilgen G, Halezeroglu S. Lingual inferior segmentectomy for a 7-cm pulmonary arteriovenous malformation. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009; 57: 243-244. (SCI)
A8. Okur E, Halezeroglu S, Somay A, Atasalihi A. Unusual intrathoracic location of a primary germ cell tumour. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002; 22: 651-653.(SCI)
A9. Baysungur V, Okur E, Halezeroglu S, Atasalihi A. Papillary carcinoma arising on a cervicomediastinal thyroglossal ductal cyst resected via transcervical and partial upper sternotomy incision. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002; 22: 842-844. (SCI)
A10. Kir A, Tahaoglu K, Okur E, Hatipoglu T. Role of Surgery in multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis: results of 27 cases. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1997; 12: 531-534. (SCI)
A11. Baysungur V, Okur E, Tuncer L, Halezeroglu S. Sequential right upper sleeve lobectomy and left pneumonectomy for bilateral synchronous lung cancer. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009; 35: 743-744. (SCI)
A12. Okur HK, Okur E, Baran R. Three cases of intrathoracic gossypiboma with varying morbidities epending on the time of detection. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009; 57: 432-4. (SCI)
A13. Okur E, Tezel C, Baysungur V, Halezeroglu S. Extrathoracic herniation of a lung bulla through a tube thoracostomy site. Int Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2008; 7: 1210-1211..
A14. Koksal C, Baysungur V, Okur E, Sarikaya S, Halezeroglu S. A two-stage approach to a patient with hydatid cysts inside the right pulmonary artery and multiple right lung involvement. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006; 12: 349-351. (SCI-Expanded)
A15. Okur E, Baysungur V, Tezel C, Halezeroglu S. Reply to Chen et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009; 35: 552-557. (SCI)
A16. Bilgin S, Yilmaz A, Okur E, Düzgün S, Tahaoglu C, Akkaya E. Primary endobronchial leiomyoma: a case report. Tuberk Toraks 2004; 52: 272-274.A 17. Yilmaz A, Sulu E, Arinc S, Salturk C, Okur E, Aksoy F, Halezeroğlu S. Pleomorphic carcinoma of the lung: a report of six cases. Tuberk Toraks 2007; 55:290-294.
A18. Tuncer LY, Arinc S, Ogutcu EK, Ertugrul M, Nergiz S, Okur E, Halezeroglu S. Cell type accuracy of transthoracic fine needle aspiration in primary lung cancer. Tuberk Toraks 2007; 55: 148-152
A19. Gokce M, Okur E, Baysungur V, Ergene G, Sevilgen G, Halezeroglu S. Lung Decortication for chronic empyaema: effects on pulmonary function and thoracic asymmetry in the late period. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009; 36: 754-758. (SCI)
A20. Okur E, Baysungur V, Tezel C, Halezeroglu S. Reply to Apostolakis and Baikoussis. Eur J cardiothorac Surg 2009; 36: 425.(SCI)
A21. Tezel C, Okur E, Baysungur V. Iatrogenic tracheal rupture during intubation with a doublelumen tube. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010; 58: 54-6.(SCI)
A 22. Erdal Okur, Volkan Baysungur, Cagatay Tezel, Gokhan Ergene, Gokcen Sevilgen, Semih Halezeroglu. Comparison of perioperative results of conventional versus thoracoscopic lobectomy for clinical stage 1 lung carcinoma. Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2009; 17: 191-197. (SCI-Expanded)
A23. E Okur, I Dilek, A Saygi, S Halezeroglu. A Patient with massive hemoptysis treated by videothoracopscopic clipping of the causative artery. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.2010: 58; 253-254. (SCI)
A 24. Baysungur V, Tezel C, Okur E, Ergene G, Ozvaran K, Halezeroglu S. An unusual presentation of Casteman’s disease. Respirology 2010; 15: 1012-4. (SCI)
A 25. Baysungur V, Tezel C, Ergene G, Sevilgen G, Okur E, Uskul B, Halezeroglu S. The autologous pleural buttressing of staple lines in surgery for bullous lung disease. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2010: 38; 679-82. (SCI)
A 26. Baysungur V, Tezel C, Okur E, Yilmaz B. Recurrent pneumothorax diagnosed as catamenial after videothoracoscopic examination of the pleural cavity. Surg Laparaosc Endosc Pecutan Tech. 2011;21:81-3 (SCI)
A 27. Volkan Baysungur, Çağatay Tezel, Erdal Okur, Recep Demirhan, Burcu Kutlu,Semih Halezeroğlu. Quality of life assesment six months after lobectomy for lung: video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus thoracotomy. Turk Gogus Kalp Damar Cer Derg; 2011: 19;207-212 (SCI-Expanded)
Oral presentations in international scientific meetings
B1. Erdal Okur, Altan Kir, Semih Halezeroğlu, Levent Alpay, Ali Atasalihi. Pleural tenting following upper lobectomies of the lung to prevent residual air space and prolonged aie leak. The 8th European Conference On General Thoracic Surgery, 1st-3rd November 2000, London, United Kingdom (Oral Presentation)
B2. Okur E, Baysungur V, Yılmaz H, Halezeroglu S, Kir A, Atasalihi A. Changing pattern of surgical approach for he resection of substernal goiters. 10th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery, 26-28 October 2002, Istanbul, TURKEY (Oral Presentation)
B3. Halezeroğlu S, Ocak S, Yorulmaz C, Okur E, Çolak B, Ġnanıcı MA. Tracheal length in adult human: the results of 100 autopsies. 10th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery, 26-28 October 2002, Istanbul, TURKEY (Oral Presentation)
B4. Erdal Okur, Volkan Baysungur, Mertol Gokce, Mesut Demirel, Altan Kir, Ali Atasalihi, Semih Halezeroglu. Pulmonary vascular anatomy and its variations. 3rd Spring Meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 12-13 May 2006, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Poster Presentation)
B5. Erdal Okur, Adnan Yilmaz, Ebru Sulu, Sibel Arinc, Cuneyt Salturk, Ferda Aksoy, Semih Halezeroglu. Pleomorphic carcinoma of the lung: A report of six cases. 3rd Spring Meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 12-13 May 2006, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Poster Presentation)
B6. E Okur, V Baysungur, M Gokce, G Sevilgen, G Eregene, H Bukesoy, S Halezeroglu. Perioperative pneumoperitoneum decreases prolonged air leak and pleural space problems after lower lobectomy of the lung. 20th Annual Meeting of EACTS and 14th Annual Meeting of ESTS (5th Joint Meeting) Stockholm, Sweden, September 9-13,2006 (Oral Presentation)
B7. Ferda Aksoy, Erdal Okur, Asim Kutlu, Haluk Calisir, Ebru Sulu, Semih Halezeroglu. Pulmonary malt lymphoma: 3 case reports. 21st European Congress of Pathology. September 8-13, 2007 Istanbul, Turkey. Virchows Archiv 451 (2): 426-426 AUG 2007 (Poster Presentation)
B8. E Okur, V Baysungur, C Tezel, G Sevilgen, G Ergene, M Gokce, S Halezeroglu. Comparison of single or double chest tube applications after pulmonary lobectomies. 16th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery, Bologna, Italy, June 8-11, 2008 (Oral Presentation)
B9. E Okur, M Gokce, V Baysungur, G Ergene, G Sevilgen, S Halezeroglu. Late results of lung decortication on pulmonary function and chest wall asymmetry. 22nd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Lisbon, Portugal, September 13-17, 2008 (Oral Presentation)
B10. V Baysungur, C Tezel, G Ergene, G Sevilgen, E Okur, S Halezeroglu. The autologous pleural buttressing of staple lines in surgery for emphysema and bullous lung disease: A patient-control study.
17th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery, 31 May- 3 June 2009, Krakow-Poland.(Oral Presentation)
B11. E Okur, C Tezel, G Sevilgen, G Ergene, V Baysungur, S Halezeroglu. Use of intrapleural streptookinase for maintaining beter lung expansion in patients with malignant pleural effusions: A randomised controlled study. 17th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery, 31 May- 3 June 2009, Krakow-Poland.(Oral Presentation)
B12. V Baysungur, C Tezel, E Okur, B Kutlu, P Varer, S Halezeroglu. Quality of life assessment of patients 6 months after lobectomy for lung cancer via VATS or thoracotomy. 17th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery, 31 May- 3 June 2009, Krakow-Poland.(Oral Presentation)
B 13. E Okur, V Baysungur, C Tezel, G Ergene, G Sevilgen, I Yalcinkaya, H.K. Okur, S Halezeroglu. Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy for bronchiectasis. 18th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery, 30 May- 2 June 2010, Valladolid- Spain.( Poster Presentation).
B 14. E Okur, V Baysungur, C Tezel, G Ergene, G Sevilgen, I Yalcinkaya, S Halezeroglu. Pulmonary functions in late postoperative period are beter preserved after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy than lobectomy via posterolateral thoracotomy. 18th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery, 30 May- 2 June 2010, Valladolid- Spain.( Poster Presentation).
B 15. G Ergene, V Baysungur, , G Sevilgen, C Tezel, E Okur, A Atasalihi, S Halezeroglu. A prospective study to detect whether video-assisted mediastinoscopy is superior to Standard mediastinoscopy in staging NSCLC. 18th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery, 30 May- 2 June 2010, Valladolid- Spain. (Oral Presentation).
B 16. H. Kiral, T. Ceylan, M. Kupeli, I. Ocakcioglu, E. Okur, A. Turna, F. Aksoy, I. Yalcinkaya. Does surgical lung biopsy change the diagnosis and treatment in interstitial lung diseases? ERS 2010,
15-19 September 2010, Barcelona, SPAIN. (Poster presentation).