Editor and Editorial Director
Ercan Çetinus, Istanbul, Turkey

Editor
Mahmut Çivilibal, İstanbul, Turkey

Associate Editors
M. Servet Alan, Istanbul, Turkey
Fadlullah Aksoy, Istanbul, Turkey
Rümeyza Kazancıoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey
Ahmet Kocakuşak, Istanbul, Turkey
Savaş Öztürk, Istanbul, Turkey
Filiz Pehlivanoğlu, İstanbul, Türkiye
Özgür Tanrıverdi, Mugla, Turkey
Kadriye Kart Yaşar, İstanbul, Türkiye

Editorial Board
Turgay Bilge, Istanbul, Turkey
Fuat Şar, Istanbul, Turkey
Baki Kumbasar, Istanbul, Turkey
Mehmet Kendir, Istanbul, Turkey
Mustafa Yenigün, Istanbul, Turkey

English Language Editors
İlke Erkeskin, Istanbul, Turkey
Maria Erkeskin, Istanbul, Turkey

Consulting Editor for Turkish Language
Teoman Akçay, Istanbul, Turkey

Scientific Advisory Board

Bülent Acunaş, MD
Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Uğur Günter Akbulut, MD
Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research, Istanbul, Turkey

Fadullah Aksoy, MD
Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey

M. Servet Alan, MD
Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology Clinic, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Aydın Alper, MD
Department of General Surgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Ertuğrul Aydın, MD
Department of Dermatology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Turgay Bilge, MD
Department of Neurosurgery, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Gülşen Ceylan, MD
Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Ahmet Çetin, MD
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Ercan Çetinus, MD
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Mahmut Çivilibal, MD
Pediatric Nephrology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Gönül Şengöz, MD
  Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Burhan Dadaş, MD
Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Gülşen Akman Demir, MD
Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Tevfik Ecder, MD
Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Murat Elevli, MD
Department of Pediatrics, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Haldun Ertürk, MD
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Ateş Kadıoğlu, MD
Department of Urology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Servet Karahan, MD
Department of General Surgery, Istanbul Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Rümeyza Kazancıoğlu, MD
Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey

Mehmet Kendir, MD
Department of Internal Medicine, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Adem Kırış, MD
Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Ahmet Kocakuşak, MD
Department of General Surgery, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Cengiz Kuday, MD
Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Baki Kumbasar, MD
Department of Internal Medicine, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Ahmet Yaser Müslümanoğlu, MD
Department of Urology, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Özcan Nazlıcan, MD
Department of Infectious Disease, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Nahide Onsun, MD
Department of Dermatology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey

Nafi Oruç, MD
Department of Pathology, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University,Istanbul, Turkey

Feyza Önder, MD
Department of Ophthalmology, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Hüseyin Öz, MD
Department of Anestesia and Reanimasyon, Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey

Ejder Özenç, MD
Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Feriha Özer, MD
Department of Neurology, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Vahit Özmen, MD
Department of General Surgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Orhan Özturan, MD
Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey

Savaş Öztürk, MD
Department of Nephrology, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Doç Dr. Murat Haluk Özkul
Haseki Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, 1.KBB Kliniği, İstanbul, Türkiye   
Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey 

Tevfik Sabuncu, MD
Department of Internal Medicine, Harran University Medical Faculty, Şanlıurfa, Turkey

Nuran Salman, MD
Department of Pediatrics, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Nilüfer Sansoy, MD
Department of Ophthalmology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Yıldıray Savaş, MD
Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Hayriye Sayarlıoğlu, MD
Department of Internal Medicine, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü Imam University Medical Faculty, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey

Haldun Sunar, MD
Department of General Surgery, Istinye Devlet Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Fuat Şar, MD
Department of Internal Medicine, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Özgür Tanrıverdi, MD
Mugla University Education and Research Hospital, Department of Medical Oncology, Mugla, Turkey

Lütfi Telci, MD
Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey

Sefa Tüzün, MD
Department of General Surgery, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Fikriye Uras, MD
Marmara University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul, Turkey

Sedat Üstündağ, MD
Department of Internal Medicine, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne, Turkey

Op.Dr.İbrahim Rafet Kaplan
Department of General Surgery, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey 

Şadi Yenen, MD
Department of Microbiology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Mustafa Yenigün, MD
Department of Internal Medicine, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Alaaddin Yıldız, MD
Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Pınar Yıldız, MD
Department of  Pulmonary Medicine, Yedikule Chest Disease Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

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