Yücel Doğruel, MD Close 
Neurosurgeon
Tepecik Training and Research Hospital · İzmir, Türkiye
Surgical treatment of gliomas, brain metastases and deep-seated brain lesions, including those of the thalamus and brainstem. In tumours close to the speech and motor areas in particular, the surgical approach is planned with regard to the relationship between the lesion and the functional brain regions.
Microsurgical clipping of brain aneurysms, surgery for arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and cavernomas, and cerebral bypass in selected cases. Vascular anatomy and blood flow are assessed, where required by diagnostic cerebral angiography, before surgical treatment is planned.
Microsurgical treatment of skull base meningiomas, cerebellopontine angle tumours, orbital tumours and deep-seated lesions. The surgical approach is planned with regard to the relationship between the tumour and the surrounding vessels and nerves.
Selective amygdalohippocampectomy and other temporal lobe procedures for drug-resistant epilepsy; hemispherotomy and vagus nerve stimulator (VNS) implantation in selected cases. Surgical options are assessed on the basis of investigations to localise the seizure focus and the patient’s clinical features.
Combining knowledge of surgical neuroanatomy with advanced imaging and three-dimensional modelling makes it possible to develop surgical strategies tailored to the individual patient's anatomy in selected cases.
Studies in microsurgical neuroanatomy and white-matter dissection provide the basis for a detailed assessment of the surgical corridors leading to deep brain and skull base lesions. The surgical approach is planned with regard to the relationship of the lesion to the vessels, the cranial nerves and the white-matter tracts.
Surgical neuroanatomy studiesIn skull base, cerebrovascular and deep-seated lesions, patient-specific three-dimensional models are built from MRI, CT and angiography data in selected cases. The position of the craniotomy, the direction of the surgical approach and the relationship of the lesion to the neighbouring vessels and nerves are assessed on these models before the operation.
3D modelling and virtual realityIn cerebrovascular disease, diagnostic cerebral angiography is, where required, performed and assessed by the physician who plans the surgical treatment. The findings on vascular anatomy and blood flow are carried directly into the surgical strategy.
Aneurysms and cerebrovascular disease
Course
Organised and coordinated the course in İzmir on 24 October 2026 on behalf of the Young Neurosurgeons Committee of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society and taught on it; gave a talk on intraoperative ultrasonography in neuro-oncological surgery.
Award
Awarded by the Turkish Neurosurgical Society for the study on a tentorial cut technique that preserves the tentorial bridging veins.
Role
Elected for the 2025–2027 term; Scientific Publication Coordinator of Türk Nöroşirürji Dergisi in the same period. Photo: with committee members after the election.
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