Prof. Dr. ÖZGÜR SAMANCILAR

EGE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE

EGE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE

Research Assistant, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Thoracic Surgery, 2001-2006
Specialist, Elazığ Military Hospital, 2007-2008
Specialist, Izmir Karşıyaka State Hospital, 2008-2010
Specialist, Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital, 2010-2010
Chief Resident, Izmir Dr. Suat Seren Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, 2010-2016
Training Instructor, Izmir Dr. Suat Seren Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, 2010-2016

Lung cancer
Airway (tracheal) surgery
Airway stents
Mediastinal tumors
Mesothelioma
Chest wall tumors
Minimally invasive surgery (VATS)
Awake lung surgery

Videothoracoscopic lung cancer surgery (VATS, closed lung surgery)
Mediastinal surgery (closed thymus gland surgery)
Complex lung cancer and thymoma surgery
Chest wall tumors
Mesothelioma surgery
Tracheal (airway) surgery, endobronchial interventions and stents.

A. Articles published in international peer-reviewed journals:
A1. A. Cakan, O. Samancilar, D. Nart, U. Cagirici. Alveolar adenoma: an unusual lung tumor. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2003;2(3):345-347.
A2. U. Cagirici, Y. Cetin, A. Cakan, O. Samancilar, A. Veral, F.Z. Askar. Experimental use of N-butyl cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive on lung parenchyma after pulmonary resection. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007;55(3):180-181.
A3. F.Z. Askar, S. Kocabas, S. Yucel, O. Samancilar, H. Cetin, M. Uyar. The efficacy of intrathecal morphine in post-thoracotomy pain management. J Int Med Res. 2007;35(3):314-322.
A4. O. Samancilar, A. Cakan, Y. Cetin, U. Cagirici, A. Veral, M. Zeytunlu, K. Turhan, M. Kilic, F.Z. Askar. Comparison of the harmonic scalpel and the ultrasonic surgical aspirator in subsegmental lung resections: an experimental study. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007;55(8):509-511.
A5. E. Belcher, S. Arora, O. Samancilar, P. Goldstraw. Reducing cardiac injury during minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2008;33(5):931-933.
A6. K. Turhan, O. Makay, A. Cakan, O. Samancilar, O. Firat, G. Icoz, U. Cagirici. Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture: look to see. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2008;33(6):1082-1085.
A7. K. Turhan, O. Makay, O. Firat, O. Samancilar. Reply to Khalil and Sarkar. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2008;34:1127.
A8. A. Cakan, B. Yoldas, O. Samancilar, V. Ertugrul, K. Turhan, U. Cagirici, F. Askar, A. Veral. Ligasure vessel sealing system versus harmonic scalpel for sutureless nonanatomical pulmonary resections in a rabbit model. Which one is safer? Eur Surg Res. 2009;43(1):24-28.
A9. K. Turhan, O. Samancilar, U. Cagirici, T. Goksel, D. Nart, A. Cakan, G. Cok. The effect of blood vessel invasion on prognosis of operated stage I non-small cell patients. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010;58(1):28-31.
A10. Ö. Samancılar, C. Kara, K.H. Kayabaş, N. Güler, T. Özer, A. Uğuz, E. Sü, A. El. Penetrating diaphragmatic injuries: 15 years of experience. Türk Göğüs Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Dergisi 2010;18(3):205-208.
A11. K.C. Ceylan, S.O. Kaya, O. Samancilar, S. Gursoy, A. Ucvet. The effects of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on pulmonary structures: a quantitative analysis. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012;60(2):111-115.
A12. O. Samancilar, S.O. Kaya, K.C. Ceylan, O. Usluer, A.G. Yener. The effect of TTF-1 protein expression on ipsilateral mediastinal nodal (N2) metastases in primary adenocarcinoma of the lung. Wspolczesna Onkol-Contemp Oncol 2012;16(6):516-519.
A13. S. Sevinç, S. Ünsal, T. Öztürk, A. Uysal, Ö. Samancilar, S.Ö. Kaya, S. Ermete. Thoracic endometriosis syndrome with bloody pleural effusion in a 28 year old woman. J Pak Med Assoc. 2013;63(1):114-116.
A14. O. Akçay, A. Uysal, O. Samancilar, K.C. Ceylan, S. Sevinc, S.O. Kaya. An unusual emergency condition in pregnancy: pneumothorax. Case series and review of the literature. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2013;287(2):391-394.
A15. K.C. Ceylan, S.O. Kaya, O. Samancilar, O. Usluer, S. Gursoy, A. Ucvet. Intraoperative management of tracheobronchial rupture after double-lumen tube intubation. Surg Today 2013;43(7):757-762.
A16. K.C. Ceylan, D. Akpınar, H. Polat, Ö. Samancılar, O. Usluer, H. Alper, Ş.Ö. Kaya. Pulmonary artery hydatid cyst. Türk Göğüs Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Dergisi 2014;22(1):202-204.
A17. O. Usluer, S.O. Kaya, O. Samancilar, K.C. Ceylan, S. Gursoy. The eefct of preoperative albendazole treatment on the cuticular membranes of pulmonary hydatid cysts: should it be administrated preoperatively? Kardiochirurgia i Thoracochirurgia Polska 2014;11(1):26-29.
A18. O. Samancilar, S.O. Kaya, O. Usluer, T. Ozturk. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is a risk factor for bronchopleural fistula after pneumonectomy for non-small cell lung cancer. Kardiochirurgia i Thoracochirurgia Polska 2014;11(1):40-43.
A19. S. Sevinc, O. Samancilar, T. Ozturk, S. Unsal, S.O. Kaya. Fistulization of hydatid mediastinal cyst to the anterior thoracic wall: case report. Kardiochirurgia i Thoracochirurgia Polska 2014;11(4):425-427.
A20. T.I. Akcam, S.O. Kaya, O. Akcay, O. Samancilar, K.C. Ceylan, S. Sevinc, S. Unsal. Is there a survival difference between single station and multi-station N2 disease in operated non-small cell lung cancer patients? Cancer Treatment Communications 2015;4:165-168.
A21. O. Usluer, Ş.Ö. Kaya, Ö. Samancılar, O. Akçay, S. Gursoy. Th effect of the number of dissected lymph nodes on survival in patients operated on for T1a-T2a N0 non-small cell lung cancer. Türk Göğüs Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Dergisi 2016;24(1):76-82.
A22. S.O. Kaya, T.I. Akcam, K.C. Ceylan, O. Samancilar, O. Ozturk, O. Usluer. Is preoperative protein-rich nutrition effective on postoperative outcome in non-small cell lung cancer surgery? A prospective randomized study. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2016;11:14.
A23. T.I. Akcam, S.O. Kaya, O. Samancilar, K.C. Ceylan. Pulmonary artery stump thrombosis developed during the late postoperative period. Kardiochirurgia i Thoracochirurgia Polska 2016;13(3):260-261.
A24. O. Samancilar, T.I. Akcam, S.O. Kaya, S. Sevinc, K.C. Ceylan. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) right upper lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer with an azygos lobe. Kardiochirurgia i Thoracochirurgia Polska 2016;13(4):373-374.
A25. O. Akçay, T.İ. Akçam, Ş.Ö. Kaya, Ö. Samancılar, K.C. Ceylan, S. Sevinç, Ş. Ünsal. Skip metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer: does it affect the prognosis? Türk Göğüs Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Dergisi 2017;25(2):230-234.
A26. O. Akçay, Ş.Ö. Kaya, Ö. Samancılar, K.C. Ceylan, Ş. Ünsal. Does endobronchial lesion affect the lymph node status in non-small cell lung cancer? Türk Göğüs Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Dergisi 2017;25(3):419-424.
A27. Ş.Ö. Kaya, T.İ. Akçam, O. Akçay, Ö. Samancılar, K.C. Ceylan, O. Usluer. Does tumor volüme affect survival in patients with operated early-stage non-small cell lung cancer? Türk Göğüs Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Dergisi 2017;25(4):633-637.
A28. O. Samancilar, T.İ. Akcam, S.O. Kaya, O. Ozturk, O. Akcay, K.C. Ceylan. The efficacy of VATS and intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy in parapneumonic empyema treatment. Ann Thorac Cardivasc Surg 2018;24(1):19-24.
A29. S. Gursoy, S. Yazgan, A. Ucvet, O. Samancilar, M. Unal, B. Gulmez. Postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula in non-small cell lung cancer patients: incidence, survival, mortality, and treatment analysis. Surg Today 2018;48(7):695-702.
A30. O. Samancilar, T.İ. Akcam, S.O. Kaya, O. Ozturk, O. Akcay, K.C. Ceylan. Reply to Ohara G et al. Ann Thorac Cardivasc Surg 2018;24(2):1-2.
A31. S. Yazgan, A. Üçvet, S. Gürsoy, Ö. Samancılar. Rethoracotomy for early complications: A marker for increased morbidity and mortality. Türk Göğüs Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Dergisi 2018;26(3):441-449.
A32. S. Yazgan, A. Üçvet, S. Gürsoy, Ö. Samancılar. Completion pneumonectomy: indications, outcomes in non-small cell lung cancer. Türk Göğüs Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Dergisi 2018;26(4):626-634.
A33. S. Yazgan, S. Gürsoy, A. Üçvet, T. Yağcı, M. Ünal, Ö. Samancılar, A.E. Erbaycu. Long-term results of sleeve lobectomy with continuous suture technique in non-small cell lung cancer. Türk Göğüs Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Dergisi 2019;27(1):93-100.
A34. S. Yazgan, A. Ucvet, S. Gursoy, O. Samancilar, T. Yagci. Single-station skip-N2 disease: a good prognosis in resected non-small-cell lung cancer (long term results in skip-N2 disease). Interact Cardivasc Thorac Surg 2019;28(2):247-252.
A35. A. Ucvet, S. Yazgan, S. Gursoy, O. Samancilar. Progronsis of resected non-small cell lung cancer with ipsilateral pulmonary metastasis. Thorac and Cardiovasc Surg 2018 (Epub ahead of print).