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  1. The Connection Between the Athena Myth and the Brain’s Role in Wisdom

    Article • Postgraduate Medical Journal, September 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  2. Preventable Adverse Outcomes in Spine Surgery: Insights from a Retrospective Case Series on Comprehensive Patient Evaluation

    Article • BOĞAZİÇİ TIP DERGİSİ, January 2025, Kare Publishing

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  3. Higher charlson comorbidity index score correlates with higher rate of pseudoarthrosis following short-segment lumbar fusion surgery

    Article • European Spine Journal, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  4. Which vacuum phenomenon is more predictive for future junctional disorders?: Intradiscal or Intrafacet?

    Article • Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, November 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  5. Comment on “Delayed traumatic intracranial aneurysms: literature review and case series”

    Article • Neurosurgical Review, August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  6. Comment on “ultrasoundguided needle aspiration of immediate postoperative symptomatic spinal epidural hematoma after lumbar stenosis surgical decompression in the elderly: a proof-of-concept case”

    Article • Neurosurgical Review, June 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  7. Recurrence and Mortality in Intracranial Giant Meningiomas

    Article • World Neurosurgery, June 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  8. A Case Report of a Thoracic Epidural Angiolipoma

    Article • BOĞAZİÇİ TIP DERGİSİ, January 2024, Kare Publishing

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  9. Surgical Management Thoracolumbar Fractures in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: Technical Note with Case Series

    Article • World Neurosurgery, August 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  10. Response to letter to the editor regarding “Philosophy of science and black swan” by Bartanusz and Samples

    Article • Child s Nervous System, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  11. Risk factors for intracranial aneurysm rupture: a clinical case series and systematic review of the literature

    Article • Turkish Neurosurgery, January 2023, Turkish Neurological Society

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  12. Philosophy of science and black swan

    Article • Child s Nervous System, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  13. Glioblastoma Shortly after an Initial Normal Conventional Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Article • Asian Journal of Neurosurgery, January 2021, Medknow

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  14. Schwannomatosis

    Article • May 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  15. Schwannomatosis

    Article • May 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  16. Byzantine cisterns and subarachnoid cisterns

    Article • Turkish Neurosurgery, January 2020, Turkish Neurological Society

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  17. Neurosurgery and Philosophy of Science

    Article • Turkish Neurosurgery, January 2020, Turkish Neurological Society

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  18. Letter to the editor: neurocutaneous melanosis in infancy: always a dismal prognosis?.

    Article • Turkish Neurosurgery, January 2020, Turkish Neurological Society

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  19. Schwannoma in the Proximal Forearm

    Article • Cureus, November 2019, Cureus, Inc.

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  20. Median Nerve and Gladiators

    Article • Turkish Neurosurgery, January 2019, Turkish Neurological Society

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  21. Lawsuits on malpractice related to spinal anesthesia and intracranial hematomas: a study of three cases

    Article • Forensic Research & Criminology International Journal, May 2018, MedCrave Group LLC

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  22. Acute obstructive hydrocephalus due to unruptured grade IV arteriovenous malformation.

    Article • The Open Neuroimaging Journal, February 2018, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  23. The Histological Effects of Ozone Therapy on Sciatic Nerve Crush Injury in Rats

    Article • World Neurosurgery, September 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  24. Rosette-Forming Glioneuronal Tumor

    Article • August 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  25. Traumatic pseudoaneurysms of the head in war time: report of two unusual cases

    Article • Turkish Neurosurgery, January 2017, Turkish Neurological Society

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  26. Functional and structural changes of the urinary bladder following spinal cord injury; treatment with alpha lipoic acid

    Article • Neurourology and Urodynamics, August 2016, Wiley

    Dr Hale Z Toklu, Professor Tayfun Hakan

  27. Epidural Capillary Hemangioma of the Thoracic Spine

    Article • Arquivos Brasileiros de Neurocirurgia Brazilian Neurosurgery, July 2016, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  28. Addendum to: spinal schwannomatosis: case report of a rare condition

    Article • Turkish Neurosurgery, January 2016, Turkish Neurological Society

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  29. Vascular variations associated with intracranial aneurysms

    Article • Turkish Neurosurgery, January 2016, Turkish Neurological Society

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  30. Firearm bullet settling into the lumbar spinal canal without causing neurological deficit: A report of two cases

    Article • Surgical Neurology International, January 2016, Scientific Scholar

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  31. A rare intracranial tumor consisting of malignant anaplastic and papillary meningioma subtypes

    Article • Surgical Neurology International, January 2016, Scientific Scholar

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  32. Spontaneous Regression of Herniated Lumbar Disc with New Disc Protrusion in the Adjacent Level

    Article • Case Reports in Orthopedics, January 2016, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  33. Rosette-forming glioneuronal tumour of the fourth ventricle: case report and review of the literature

    Article • Folia Neuropathologica, January 2016, Termedia Sp. z.o.o.

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  34. Evaluation of Stereotactic Procedures

    Article • Turkish Neurosurgery, January 2015, Turkish Neurological Society

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  35. The effect of ozone therapy on experimental vasospasm in the rat femoral artery.

    Article • Turkish Neurosurgery, January 2015, Turkish Neurological Society

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  36. Brown tumor as an unusual but preventable cause of spinal cord compression: Case report and review of the literature

    Article • Asian Journal of Neurosurgery, January 2014, Medknow

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  37. Cauda equina syndrome in a pregnant

    Article • Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, January 2012, Medknow

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  38. Arachnoid granulations: a rare cause of lytic occipital bone lesion

    Article • Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska, January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  39. The safety and diagnostic value of frame-based and ct-guided stereotactic brain biopsy technique

    Article • Turkish Neurosurgery, January 2011, Turkish Neurological Society

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  40. Meloxicam Exerts Neuroprotection on Spinal Cord Trauma in Rats

    Article • International Journal of Neuroscience, December 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  41. Effect of COX-2 inhibitor meloxicam against traumatic brain injury-induced biochemical, histopathological changes and blood–brain barrier permeability

    Article • Neurological Research, July 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  42. LETTER TO THE EDITOR/LIST DO REDAKCJI

    Article • Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska, January 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  43. Pseudoaneurysm of the superficial temporal artery following revision of a middle cerebral artery aneurysm clipping: case report and review of the literature.

    Article • Turkish Neurosurgery, January 2010, Turkish Neurological Society

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  44. Diagnostic and therapeutic role of ct-guided stereotactic surgery in the management of intracranial tuberculomas

    Article • Turkish Neurosurgery, January 2010, Turkish Neurological Society

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  45. Neuroprotective Effects of Alpha-Lipoic Acid in Experimental Spinal Cord Injury in Rats

    Article • Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, January 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  46. Cysteinyl-leukotriene receptor antagonist montelukast decreases blood–brain barrier permeability but does not prevent oedema formation in traumatic brain injury

    Article • Brain Injury, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  47. The protective effect of alpha lipoic acid against traumatic brain injury in rats

    Article • Free Radical Research, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  48. Neurosurgery and a small section from the Greek myth: the God Pan and Syrinx

    Article • Child s Nervous System, December 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  49. Intra-operative real time intracranial subarachnoid haemorrhage during glial tumour resection: A case report

    Article • Cases Journal, November 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  50. Bacterial brain abscesses

    Article • Neurosurgical FOCUS, June 2008, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  51. Humanitarian medicine: what is the role of neurosurgery?

    Article • Acta Neurochirurgica, February 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  52. Anti-inflammatory effect of meloxicam on experimental vasospasm in the rat femoral artery

    Article • Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, January 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  53. Clinical features, laboratory data, management and the risk factors that affect the mortality in patients with postoperative meningitis

    Article • Neurology India, January 2008, Medknow

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  54. Pregnancy-related spinal epidural capillary-cavernous haemangioma: Magnetic resonance imaging and differential diagnosis

    Article • Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, September 2007, Wiley

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  55. Cystic schwannoma of the falx cerebri

    Article • Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, June 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  56. Bacterial brain abscesses: prognostic value of an imaging severity index

    Article • Clinical Radiology, June 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  57. Bacterial brain abscesses: An evaluation of 96 cases

    Article • Journal of Infection, May 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  58. Pineal germinoma associated with multiple congenital melanocytic nevi: A unique presentation

    Article • Neuropathology, December 2005, Wiley

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  59. Accuracy and diagnostic yield of stereotactic biopsy

    Article • Neuropathology, September 2005, Wiley

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  60. Cerebellar liponeurocytoma/lipidized medulloblastoma

    Article • Journal of Neuro-Oncology, January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Tayfun Hakan

  61. Traumatic spinal cord injuries in Istanbul, Turkey. An epidemiological study

    Article • Spinal Cord, August 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Tayfun Hakan