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Areas of Expertise

  • Diseases requiring urgent surgical intervention in children:

          o    Emergency abdominal conditions and appendicitis surgery in children

          o    Foreign body aspiration (foreign body in the airway) and foreign body ingestion

          o    Testicular and ovarian torsion

          o    Trauma

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  • Congenital surgical diseases:

          o    Cystic lung lesions of newborns

          o    Gastrointestinal (esophagus, stomach-intestines) obstructions

          o    Abdominal wall defects (Omphalocele, Gastroschisis)

          o    Biliary tract anomalies (Gallstones, choledochal cyst)

          o    Inguinal hernia repair in children and umbilical hernia

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  • Surgical treatment of childhood tumors (Pediatric oncological surgery):

          o    Neuroblastoma

          o    Wilms tumor

          o    Soft tissue tumors

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  • Urogenital diseases in children:

          o    Hydronephrosis

          o    Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR)

          o    Hypospadias surgery and repair

          o    Undescended testis treatment and hydrocele

          o    Ovarian pathologies

          o    Urogenital tract anomalies

          o    Disorders of sex development (DSD)

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  • Anorectal diseases seen in childhood:

          o    Hirschsprung disease

          o    Anorectal malformation

Assoc. Prof. İdil Rana User, MD provides patient care and surgical treatments at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Surgery in Ankara, Turkey.

© Assoc. Prof. İdil Rana User - 2024

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