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Ali Fahir Özer

Koç Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
Verified email at ku.edu.tr
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Single-stage posterior corpectomy and expandable cage placement for treatment of thoracic or lumbar burst fractures

M Sasani, AF Özer - Spine, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A prospective study was performed. Objective. To assess an unusual technique
for corpectomy and expandable cage placement via single-stage posterior approach in …

Anatomic assessment of variations in Kambin's triangle: a surgical and cadaver study

AF Ozer, T Suzer, H Can, M Falsafi, M Aydin… - World neurosurgery, 2017 - Elsevier
Background The relationship of exiting root and Kambin's triangle is discussed in this article.
Transforaminal endoscopic surgery as the gold standard of less invasive lumbar disc …

[HTML][HTML] A short history of posterior dynamic stabilization

…, M Sasani, T Oktenoglu, AF Ozer - Advances in …, 2012 - hindawi.com
Interspinous spacers were developed to treat local deformities such as degenerative
spondylolisthesis. To treat patients with chronic instability, posterior pedicle fixation and rod-based …

[PDF][PDF] Dynamic stabilization of the spine: a new classification system

AF Ozer - Turk Neurosurg, 2010 - turkishneurosurgery.org.tr
Fusion surgeries are still the gold standard in the treatment of the degenerative spine. Spinal
fusion has some problems, however. Adjacent segment disease, donor place ailment, and …

[PDF][PDF] Utilizing dynamic rods with dynamic screws in the surgical treatment of chronic instability: a prospective clinical study

…, M Sasani, T Oktenoglu, M Cosar, AF Ozer - Turkish …, 2009 - researchgate.net
AIM: In this study, we examined the results of utilizing the agile posterior dynamic stabilization
system with dynamic transpedicular screws in our patients. MATERIAL and METHODS: …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic lumbar pedicle screw-rod stabilization: two-year follow-up and comparison with fusion

AF Ozer, NR Crawford, M Sasani… - The Open …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: A lumbar pedicular dynamic stabilization system (LPDSS) is an alternative to
fusion for treatment of degenerative disc disease (DDD). In this study, clinical and radiological …

Dynamic lumbar pedicle screw-rod stabilization: in vitro biomechanical comparison with standard rigid pedicle screw-rod stabilization

…, MHM ŞenoĞlu, S Baek, AGU Sawa, AF Özer… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2010 - thejns.org
Object It is unclear how the biomechanics of dynamic posterior lumbar stabilization systems
and traditional rigid pedicle screw-rod systems differ. This study examined the …

Comparison of posterior dynamic and posterior rigid transpedicular stabilization with fusion to treat degenerative spondylolisthesis

…, T Oktenoglu, M Sasani, AL Aydin, AF Ozer - …, 2010 - journals.healio.com
This article describes the clinical and radiological outcomes of a comparison of posterior
dynamic transpedicular stabilization and posterior rigid transpedicular stabilization with fusion …

Anterior cervical microdiscectomy with or without fusion

T Oktenoglu, M Cosar, AF Ozer, C Iplikcioglu… - Clinical Spine …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Background Anterior cervical microdiscectomy (ACD) is commonly applied in the surgical
treatment of cervical disc herniation. However, following discectomy procedure to perform a …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic stabilization for challenging lumbar degenerative diseases of the spine: a review of the literature

T Kaner, AF Ozer - Advances in Orthopedics, 2013 - hindawi.com
Fusion and rigid instrumentation have been currently the mainstay for the surgical treatment
of degenerative diseases of the spine over the last 4 decades. In all over the world the …