Prof. Dr. Fatih Kabakaş

Reconstruction after limb loss

Tendon, nerve and vascular injuries

Wrist disorders

Carpal tunnel syndrome and nerve compression

Hand and upper-extremity surgery

Marmara University Faculty of Medicine (English)

Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery — specialization

Hand and Upper-Extremity Surgery — subspecialty

2000–2005 — Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, residency training

2005–2006 — Gümüşsuyu Military Hospital

2006–2011 — Private Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital

2012 — Hand and Upper-Extremity Surgery subspecialty

Since 2011 — Medical Park Gebze

Turkish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Turkish Society for Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity

Turkish Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery

Society of Aesthetic Face and Nose Surgery

International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS)

13–14 May 2011 — Peripheral Nerve Dissection Course, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine (instructor).

5–9 July 2011 — 8th Basic Microsurgery Course (instructor).

19–20 May 2011, Malatya — Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Ege Basic Hand Surgery Course 3: Tendon Injuries and Rehabilitation, organized by the Turkish Society for Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity.

2010, Bursa — FUE Hair Transplantation Course, Society of Aesthetic Face and Nose Surgery.

5–7 February 2010, Istanbul — AO Craniomaxillofacial Principles Course.

June–August 2011 — Observership in Prof. Dr. Fu-Chan Wei’s clinic at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, a leading microsurgery center.

2004 — TÜBİTAK / Brain Research Society Project Support Award: preliminary study for functional nerve unit transfer, investigating regeneration patterns after suturing the spinal dorsal root to the ventral root.

Kabakaş F, Uğurlar M, Turan DB, Yeşiloğlu N, Mersa B, Özçelik IB. Flexor Tenosynovitis Due to Tuberculosis in Hand and Wrist: Is Tenosynovectomy Imperative? Ann Plast Surg. 2016;77(2):169–172. DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000000603.

Mersa B, Saçak B, Kabakaş F, Sezer I, Purisa H, Uludağ S. A descriptive study of 972 consecutive cases of carpal tunnel release: role of ancillary procedures. Hand Microsurg. 2013;2(1):18–22. DOI: 10.2399/emd.13.69885.