Asst. Prof. Yeşim Akdeniz

Turkish Society of Surgery

2015–2020 Endoscopy Training Certificate, Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital

1 – Articles Published in International Peer-Reviewed Journals

1.1 Surgical outcomes of Mirizzi syndrome and role of laparoscopy: a single institution’s experience of 34 cases

Volkan Oter, Yeşim Akdeniz, Hakan Yırgın, Kerem Karaman, Metin Ercan

doi: 10.14744/less.2017.79664, pp. 94–98

1.2 Open versus laparoscopic technique in peptic ulcus perforation, how effective are score systems? Single-center experience and literature review

Emrah Akin, Fatih Altintoprak, Yesim Akdeniz, Baris Mantoglu, Kayhan Ozdemir, Necattin Firat, Recayi Çapoğlu

1.3 Thyroid lymphoma presenting with compressive symptoms and early transformation into diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Akdeniz Y, Kucuk A I, Yilmaz F, Capoglu R, Kocer B

J Endocrinol Thyroid Res. 2020; 5(2): 555660. DOI: 10.19080/JETR.2020.05.555660

1.4 Which appendicitis scoring system is most suitable for pregnant patients? A comparison of nine different systems

Mantoğlu, B., Gonullu, E., Akdeniz, Y. et al.

World J Emerg Surg 15, 34 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-020-00310-7

1.5 Neuroendocrine Tumor: Retrospective analysis of 4026 appendectomy patients in a single center

Zulfu Bayhan, Yasin Alper Yildiz, Yesim Akdeniz, Emre Gonullu, Fatih Altintoprak, Baris Mantoglu, Recayi Capoglu, Zeynep Kahyaoglu Akkaya

Emergency Medicine International, vol. 2020, Article ID 4030527, 6 pages, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/4030527

1.6 Reasons for undesirable pregnancy outcomes among women with appendicitis: the experience of a tertiary center

Mantoğlu, Barış; Altintoprak, Fatih; Firat, Necattin; Gonullu, Emre; Dikicier, Enis; Akdeniz, Yesim; Aziret, Mehmet; Erkorkmaz, Unal. (2020). 10.1155/2020/6039862.

1.7 Common surgical emergency in elderly: acute mechanical bowel obstruction

Dikicier, E., Akdeniz, Y., Özdemir, K., Kamburoğlu, M., Mantoğlu, B., Gönüllü, E.

Journal of Biotechnology and Strategic Health Research, pp. 156–165. DOI: 10.34084/bshr.777004

1.8 Open versus laparoscopic technique in peptic ulcus perforation, how effective are score systems? Single-center experience and literature review

Emrah Akin, Fatih Altintoprak, Yesim Akdeniz, Baris Mantoglu, Kayhan Ozdemir, Necattin Firat, Recayi Çapoğlu

1.9 Timing of surgery following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection: an international prospective cohort study

Gacaferi, H., COVIDS Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative

Anaesthesia, 2021; 76(6): 748–758.

1.10 Age and frailty are independently associated with increased COVID-19 mortality and increased care needs in survivors: results of an international multicentre study

Geriatric Medicine Research Collaborative, Covid Collaborative, Carly Welch

Age and Ageing, Volume 50, Issue 3, May 2021, Pages 617–630. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afab026

1.11 SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study

COVIDSurg Collaborative* and GlobalSurg Collaborative*

NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery, Birmingham, UK

Anaesthesia 2022, 77, 28–39. doi:10.1111/anae.15563

1.12 SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study

COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative

Br J Surg. 2021 Mar 24: znab101.

Published online 2021 Mar 24. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab101

1.13 Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study

COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative

First published: 09 August 2021. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.15560

1.14 A case of mistaken identity: Gallstone-induced hepatic abscess mimicking metastasis

Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg 2024; 30(11):839–841. DOI: 10.14744/tjtes.2024.28369

Muhammet Burak Kamburoğlu, İlke Aktuğ Buzkan, Ali Muhtaroğlu, Yesim Akdeniz, Fatih Altintoprak

1.15 A novel index to predict postoperative hypocalcemia in primary hyperparathyroidism

Harmantepe, A.T., Bas, E., Akdeniz, Y. et al.

Ir J Med Sci 193, 1261–1266 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-024-03613-9

1.16 The wound area as a parameter guiding the timing of abdominal closure in the management of patients undergoing open abdominal procedures

A. Senturk, E. Gonullu, Z. Bayhan, Y. Akdeniz, K. Ozdemir…

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences, 2023

1.17 Axillary treatment of early breast cancer patients in the era of ACOSOG Z0011: Our experience

Mantoğlu, B., Koçer, B., Gönüllü, E., Akdeniz, Y., Özdemir, K., & Dikicier, E. (2022).

Kocaeli Med J, 11(3), 110–117. https://doi.org/10.5505/ktd.2022.01700

2 – Articles Published in National Peer-Reviewed Journals

2.1 Assessment of risk factors on morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Aziret, Mehmet; Karaman, Kerem; Ercan, Metin; Celebi, Fehmi; Akdeniz, Yesim; Ebiloglu, Tugce; Tomak, Yakup; Oter, Volkan; Firat, Necattin; Yirgin, Hakan. (2018).

Annals of Medical Research. 25(1).

10.5455/annalsmedres.2018.05.077

2.2 Effectiveness of laparoscopic appendectomy in the second half of pregnancy

Aziret, Mehmet; Akdeniz, Yesim; Karaman, Kerem; Altintoprak, Fatih; Karacaer, Cengiz; Mantoğlu, Barış; Yildiz, Yasin; Ercan, Metin. (2020).

Annals of Medical Research. 27, 2179–2185. 10.5455/annalsmedres.2020.01.041

2.3 Surgical outcomes in elderly patients with obstructed colorectal cancer: single-center experience

Dikicier, E., Kamburoğlu, M., Gönüllü, E., Akdeniz, Y., Özdemir, K., Mantoğlu, B., Koçer, H., Çelebi, F. (2020).

Ankara Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Tıp Dergisi, 53(3), 196–201. DOI: 10.20492/aeahtd.805025

2.4 A common surgical emergency in elderly: acute mechanical bowel obstruction

Dikicier E., Akdeniz Y., Özdemir K., Kamburoğlu M., Mantoğlu B., Gönüllü E.

Biotech & Strategic Health Res. 2020; 4(2): 156–165.

Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. Ahead of Print: UTD-78938

2.5 Effect of vitamin D levels on post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemia

Ali İmran Küçük, Yeşim Akdeniz, Havva Belma Koçer, Yusuf Arslan

Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Sakarya, Türkiye

Kocaeli Med J 2018; 7(2): 50–54

2.6 What changes the sequence of procedures in synchronous upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy?

Aydoğdu, Y. F., Örmeci, M., Özcan, A. H., Akdeniz, Y., Çalta, A. F., & Oğuz, S. (2025).

Medical Journal of Bakirkoy, 21(2), 185–191. https://doi.org/10.4274/BMJ.galenos.2024.2024.2-2

2.7 The effect of comorbid conditions on postoperative morbidity in COVID-19 test-positive patients undergoing emergency surgery: a descriptive study

Yunushan Furkan Aydoğdu, Mustafa Örmeci, Ali Haldun Özcan, Yeşim Akdeniz, Alpaslan Fedai Çalta, Serhat Oğuz

3 – Papers Published in the Proceedings of International Scientific Meetings

3.a – Oral Presentations

XVI National Emergency Medicine Congress, 7th Intercontinental Emergency Medicine Congress, 7th International Critical Care and Emergency Medicine Congress, 12–15 November 2020, Antalya

3.a.1 A rare cause of acute abdomen: gastrointestinal tuberculosis mimicking metastasis

Yeşim Akdeniz, Enes Baş, Barış Mantoğlu, Zülfü Bayhan, Gözde Çakırsoy Çakar

3.a.2 Late post-traumatic bleeding due to aneurysm rupture of the terminal branch of the SMA and our treatment approach

Yeşim Akdeniz, Güner Çakmak, Enes Baş, Emre Gönüllü, Recayi Çapoğlu, Emrah Akın, Fatih Altıntoprak, Harun Kılıç

3.a.3 Acute appendicitis within a strangulated incisional hernia sac

Yeşim Akdeniz, Emrah Akın, Ahmet Tarık Harmantepe, Mertcan Akçay, İbrahim Furkan Küçük, Emre Gönüllü, Fatih Altıntoprak

3.a.4 Gastric perforation due to incarcerated hiatal hernia

Enis Dikicier, Yeşim Akdeniz, Enes Baş, Mertcan Akçay, İbrahim Furkan Küçük, Fatih Altıntoprak

3.b – Poster Presentations

3.b.1 Spontaneous splenic rupture with amyloidosis

XII National Emergency Medicine Congress, 3rd Intercontinental Emergency Medicine Congress, 3rd International Critical Care and Emergency Medicine Congress, Proceedings Book, 19–22 May 2016, Antalya

Necattin Fırat, Mustafa Yener Uzunoğlu, Hakan Demir, Yeşim Akdeniz, Fehmi Çelebi

3.b.2 Perforation caused by a chicken bone

XIII National Emergency Medicine Congress, 4th Intercontinental Emergency Medicine Congress, 4th International Critical Care and Emergency Medicine Congress, Proceedings Book, 18–21 May 2017, Antalya

Necattin Fırat, Mustafa Yener Uzunoğlu, Recai Çapoğlu, Yeşim Akdeniz, Hakan Demir

3.b.3 Anesthesia mumps

Mustafa Yener Uzunoğlu, Fatih Altıntoprak, Mertcan Akçay, Yeşim Akdeniz, Enis Dikicier, İsmail Zengin

3.b.4 Hernia of Morgagni causing respiratory arrest and colon resection

Yeşim Akdeniz, Kemal Gündoğdu, Fatih Altıntoprak, Mustafa Yener Uzunoğlu, Ahmet Çelik, Ali Muhtaroğlu

3.b.5 A rare etiology of acute abdomen syndrome: appendix epiploica necrosis

Burak Kamburoğlu, Kemal Gündoğdu, Mustafa Yener Uzunoğlu, Necattin Fırat, Fehmi Çelebi, Yeşim Akdeniz

3.b.6 Mesenteric panniculitis – three cases

Mustafa Yener Uzunoğlu, Fatih Altıntoprak, Yeşim Akdeniz, Ali Muhtaroğlu, Burak Kamburoğlu, Güner Çakmak

XIV National Emergency Medicine Congress, 5th Intercontinental Emergency Medicine Congress, 5th International Critical Care and Emergency Medicine Congress, 19–22 April 2018, Antalya

3.b.7 Solid pseudopapillary tumour of the pancreas: case presentation

Yasin Alper Yıldız, Yeşim Akdeniz, Ali Muhtaroğlu, Mertcan Akçay, Havva Belma Koçer

Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Department of General Surgery

3.b.8 A rare case: myxoma arising from the small intestine (mesothelium)

Yeşim Akdeniz, Kayhan Özdemir, Mertcan Akçay, Havva Belma Koçer

Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Department of General Surgery

3.b.9 A rare acute abdomen at admission: midgut volvulus resulting from intestinal malrotation

Ali Muhtaroğlu, Yasin Alper Yıldız, Yeşim Akdeniz, Mertcan Akçay, Hakan Demir

Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Department of General Surgery

3.b.10 Giant gastrointestinal stromal tumor causing gastrointestinal bleeding: case report

Yeşim Akdeniz, Mertcan Akçay, Kayhan Özdemir, Güner Çakmak, Fehmi Çelebi

3.b.11 Case report of endometriosis in the rectus sheath

Mertcan Akçay, Yeşim Akdeniz, Merve Yiğit, Fehmi Çelebi

XV National Emergency Medicine Congress, 6th Intercontinental Emergency Medicine Congress, 5th International Critical Care and Emergency Medicine Congress, 25–28 April 2019, Antalya

3.b.12 Aortoenteric fistula

Merve Yiğit, Emrah Akın, Ali Muhtaroğlu, Yeşim Akdeniz

3.b.13 A rare case report: hydatid cyst of the liver perforating into the lung

Yeşim Akdeniz, Barış Mantoğlu, Abidin Şehitoğulları, Enes Baş, Ali Muhtaroğlu

3.b.14 A rare cause of acute abdomen: cystic neoplasia of a spontaneously perforated pancreas

Yeşim Akdeniz, Kayhan Özdemir, Ahmet Başkent, Adem Şentürk, Ali Muhtaroğlu

4 – Papers Published in the Proceedings of National Scientific Meetings

4.a – Oral Presentations

15th National Breast Diseases Congress

4.a.1 Predictive factors affecting complete response in the breast and axilla after neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Şevki Pedük, Yeşim Akdeniz, Belma Koçer

4.a.2 The role of MR imaging in evaluating treatment response in breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Musa Ilgöz, Yasemin Gündüz, Aytaç Biricik, Yeşim Akdeniz, Belma Koçer

4.a.3 Clinicopathological features of breast cancer patients over 70 years of age

Aytaç Biricik, Yeşim Akdeniz, Şevki Pedük, Musa Ilgöz, Belma Koçer

21st National Surgery Congress and 16th Surgical Nursing Congress, April 2018, Antalya

4.a.4 How reliable is sentinel lymph node sampling with a single agent after neoadjuvant chemotherapy?

Ali İmran Küçük, Yeşim Akdeniz, Kayhan Özdemir, Gupse Turan, Yusuf Arslan, Vedat Bayoğlu, Havva Belma Koçer

8th National Endocrine Surgery Congress, April 2017, Antalya

4.a.5 Does the coexistence of chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis change the diagnostic value of FNAB in “Atypia of Undetermined Significance”?

14th Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery Congress, 19–22 April 2019, Cyprus

4.a.6 Spleen-preserving minimally invasive surgery

12th National Trauma and Emergency Surgery Congress, 09–13 October 2019

4.a.7 A gallstone case mimicking metastasis

Emre Gönüllü, Yeşim Akdeniz, Çiğdem Berna Çetin, Fatih Altıntoprak, Fehmi Çelebi

4.a.8 Appendiceal neuroendocrine tumor: 11-year single-center experience

Zülfü Bayhan, Yasin Alper Yıldız, Yeşim Akdeniz, Emre Gönüllü, Fatih Altıntoprak

4.a.9 Effectiveness of negative pressure techniques in secondary wound care: retrospective evaluation of 102 patients

Emre Gönüllü, Yeşim Akdeniz, Recayi Çapoğlu, Mertcan Akçay, Fatih Altıntoprak

4.a.10 Laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair: experiences and technical details – video presentation

Emrah Akın, Fatih Altıntoprak, Yeşim Akdeniz, Necattin Fırat, Fehmi Çelebi

4.a.11 Comparison of oncological, anorectal, urinary and sexual dysfunction outcomes between minimally invasive and open surgery in rectal cancer

National and International Endoscopic, Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery Congress, October 2023

4.b – Poster Presentations

4.b.1 Primary thyroid lymphoma presenting with respiratory distress and showing subtype transformation during treatment

Yeşim Akdeniz, Recayi Çapoğlu, Ali İmran Küçük, Fahri Yılmaz, Tuba Hacıbekiroğlu, Yasemin Gündüz, Belma Koçer

National Endocrine Surgery Congress, April 2017, Antalya

4.b.2 Effects of vitamin D levels on hypocalcemia developing after thyroidectomy

Yeşim Akdeniz, Ali İmran Küçük, Yusuf Arslan, Adem Şentürk, Belma Koçer

4.b.3 Effects of size and volume on parathyroid hormone levels in parathyroid adenomas

Yeşim Akdeniz, Ali İmran Küçük, Berçem Ayçiçek, Feyzi Gökosmanoğlu, Belma Koçer

4.b.4 Synchronous papillary thyroid carcinoma and invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast: case report

Yeşim Akdeniz, Adem Şentürk, Kemal Gündoğdu, Emrah Akın, Belma Koçer

21st National Surgery Congress and 16th Surgical Nursing Congress, April 2018, Antalya

4.b.5 A rare case report: primary retroperitoneal serous cystadenoma

Yeşim Akdeniz, Yasin Alper Yıldız, Ali Muhtaroğlu, Enis Dikicier, Emrah Akın, Fatih Altıntoprak, Belma Koçer

4.b.6 Intestinal mantle cell lymphoma causing ileoileal intussusception: case report

Yeşim Akdeniz, Merve Yiğit, Burak Kamburoğlu, Emre Gönüllü, Fehmi Çelebi

21st National Surgery Congress and 16th Surgical Nursing Congress, April 2018, Antalya

4.b.7 Simultaneous intrapectoral and pulmonary hydatid disease: case report

Mertcan Akçay, Abidin Şehitoğulları, Fehmi Çelebi, Yeşim Akdeniz, Yasin Alper Yıldız

21st National Surgery Congress and 16th Surgical Nursing Congress, April 2018, Antalya

4.b.8 Splenic infarction developing after P. falciparum infection: case report

Yasin Alper Yıldız, Necattin Fırat, Yeşim Akdeniz, Merve Yiğit

21st National Surgery Congress and 16th Surgical Nursing Congress, April 2018, Antalya

4.b.9 A rare case report: spontaneous bleeding of hepatocellular carcinoma

Muhammet Burak Kamburoğlu, Enis Dikicier, Mertcan Akçay, Ali Muhtaroğlu, Yeşim Akdeniz

21st National Surgery Congress and 16th Surgical Nursing Congress, April 2018, Antalya

4.b.10 Appendiceal mucinous carcinoma: case report

Merve Yiğit, Güner Çakmak, Yeşim Akdeniz, Kayhan Özdemir, Yasin Alper Yıldız

Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Sakarya

21st National Surgery Congress and 16th Surgical Nursing Congress, April 2018, Antalya

4.b.11 A rare case report: Mondor disease of the breast

Yeşim Akdeniz, Ali Küçük, Kayhan Özdemir, Ahmet Tarık Harmantepe, Enes Baş, Belma Koçer

21st National Surgery Congress and 16th Surgical Nursing Congress, April 2018, Antalya

4.b.12 Traumatic abdominal wall hernia – 2 case reports

Mustafa Yener Uzunoğlu, Fatih Altıntoprak, Fehmi Çelebi, Emrah Akın, Yeşim Akdeniz

8th Uludağ “Current Approaches in General Surgery” Meeting

5 – Citations

5.1 Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study

COVIDSurg Collaborative* and GlobalSurg Collaborative*

NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery, Birmingham, UK

Number of citations: 336

5.2 Age and frailty are independently associated with increased COVID-19 mortality and increased care needs in survivors: results of an international multicentre study

Geriatric Medicine Research Collaborative, on behalf of Covid Collaborative.

Address for correspondence: Dr Carly Welch, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.

Number of citations: 82

5.3 SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study

COVIDSurg Collaborative* and GlobalSurg Collaborative*

NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery, Birmingham, UK

Anaesthesia 2022, 77, 28–39. doi:10.1111/anae.15563

Number of citations: 35

5.4 COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative. SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study

Br J Surg. 2021 Sep 27;108(9):1056–1063. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab101. PMID: 33761533; PMCID: PMC7995808

Number of citations: 33

5.5 Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study

COVIDSurg Collaborative* and GlobalSurg Collaborative*

NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery, Birmingham, UK

Number of citations: 17

5.6 Which appendicitis scoring system is most suitable for pregnant patients? A comparison of nine different systems

World J Emerg Surg 15, 34 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-020-00310-7

Mantoglu, B., Gonullu, E., Akdeniz, Y. et al.

Number of citations: 12

5.7 Appendix neuroendocrine tumor: retrospective analysis of 4026 appendectomy patients in a single center

Emergency Medicine International, vol. 2020, Article ID 4030527, 6 pages, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/4030527

Zulfu Bayhan, Yasin Alper Yildiz, Yesim Akdeniz, Emre Gonullu, Fatih Altintoprak, Baris Mantoglu, Recayi Capoglu, Zeynep Kahyaoglu Akkaya

Number of citations: 12

5.8 Reasons for undesirable pregnancy outcomes among women with appendicitis: the experience of a tertiary center

Emerg Med Int. 2020 Sep 15;2020:6039862. doi: 10.1155/2020/6039862. PMID: 33014470; PMCID: PMC7512082.

Mantoglu B, Altintoprak F, Firat N, Gonullu E, Dikicier E, Akdeniz Y, Aziret M, Erkorkmaz U

Number of citations: 4

5.9 Surgical outcomes of Mirizzi syndrome and role of laparoscopy: a single institution’s experience of 34 cases

Volkan Oter, Yeşim Akdeniz, Hakan Yırgın, Kerem Karaman, Metin Ercan

Number of citations: 4

5.10 Surgical outcomes in elderly patients with obstructed colorectal cancer: single-center experience

Dikicier, E., Kamburoğlu, M., Gönüllü, E., Akdeniz, Y., Özdemir, K., Mantoğlu, B., Koçer, H., Çelebi, F. (2020).

Ankara Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Tıp Dergisi, 53(3), 196–201. DOI: 10.20492/aeahtd.805025

Number of citations: 1

5.11 Assessment of risk factors on morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Mehmet Aziret, Kerem Karaman, Metin Ercan, Fehmi Celebi, Yesim Akdeniz, Tugce Ebiloglu, Yakup Tomak, Volkan Oter, Necattin Firat, Hakan Yirgin

Number of citations: 1

6 – National Book Chapter

6.1 Chapter: “Laparoscopic Appendectomy” in the book Yeni Nesil Cerrahi (“New Generation Surgery”)

Akademisyen Publishing, November 2021.