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Dr. Taner Aksu

Who am I?

After graduating from Marmara University Faculty of Medicine in 1994, I completed my specialization in Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty Orthopedics and Traumatology Department in 1999. After teaching at Florence Nightingale, Esnaf Hospital and Medical Park Hospital, Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Medicine, I founded the Istanbul Neuroorthopedics group with 2 of my doctor friends and I still continue my studies in Bakırköy.

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My Areas of Expertise

Knee Treatments

The knee joint is our most frequently injured joint. When we are tired, we say that our knees no longer carry us. Such a central joint also has its own characteristics. Therefore, unlike other joints, most of the society recognizes knee joint structures. Few do not know the terms such as meniscus, anterior cruciate ligament, posterior cruciate ligament, lateral ligaments, kneecap cartilage, cartilage melting. Among knee diseases, there are situations that can happen to everyone, such as congenital conditions, sports injuries, meniscus tears, anterior cruciate ligament ruptures, cartilage meltdowns. An important part of bone and cartilage tumors are seen in the bones around the knee. Knee diseases can be progressive. Congenital problems such as directional deformities of the leg bones and friction disorders of the kneecaps also affect daily life. There are complaints such as pain when going up and down stairs, difficulty in praying, difficulty in getting up after squatting, swelling of the knee, tripping in the knee, locking of the knee joint.

Most knee pains are mechanical problems. Meniscus tears, knee ligament injuries, cartilage injuries are mostly treated with closed arthroscopic surgeries. Arthroscopy allows us to see most of the joint directly with the camera, and when many procedures are performed with closed surgery, recovery is also facilitated. We use open surgeries for conditions such as tumors and prosthesis.

On this page, I tried to give answers to frequently asked questions about the knee joint.

Shoulder Treatments

Unlike other pains, shoulder pain makes daily life quite distressing. It makes it difficult to perform the most basic actions such as combing hair, brushing teeth, lying on your side, getting dressed, and bringing your hand to your back. While it is expected to be mixed with the types of pain called Kulunç, it gradually begins to be limited in shoulder movements. Among the many causes of shoulder pain, it is necessary to distinguish the relatively innocent from the difficult ones. Shoulder impingement syndromes, shoulder calcifications, shoulder muscle tears and shoulder dislocations, semi-dislocations are common causes of shoulder pain. Interestingly, the treatments for shoulder diseases that cause similar pain and limitation can be very different.

We use treatment options ranging from shoulder prosthesis to closed surgeries such as shoulder arthroscopy, from shoulder injections to physical therapy, according to the type of disease and the level of the disease. In people with limited shoulder movements, the arm cannot protect the head from injury during falling, so this situation becomes even more important especially in our elders. This is vital for those with balance and vision impairment.

As with all other diseases, it is easy to treat if we understand what it is early on. For example, frozen shoulder disease progresses insidiously at first, but then it starts to hurt a lot and the difficulty of moving the shoulder makes life unbearable. When shoulder pain and limitation starts, we can understand what the treatment will be even with a simple examination. Simple problems should be treated immediately in order not to lose the range of motion of the joint after falling or accident-related situations such as shoulder fracture and shoulder dislocation.

Dr. Taner Aksu

My Areas of Expertise

Knee Treatments

Shoulder Treatments

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