Alper ERKIN

Accomplished Physician with extensive experience caring for patients in various capacities. Loved performing wound care. Subjected to mobbing by administrators, forced to give up and leave the clinic, and isolated. Instead of giving up, tried to find solutions and survive. Learned podiatric interventions. Always struggled to heal the wounds. At last, gained the ability to assess all chronic wounds with both podiatric perspective and vascular surgeon perspective. Became skilled in diagnosing and treating patients with all types of chronic wounds, venous insufficiencies, periferal arterial diseases with experience on performing surgical off-loading procedures, endovenous and endoarterial interventions, vascular surgeries and prescribing correct medications to mitigate medical conditions and illnesses. Offers compassionate bedside manner and dedication to quality patient care. Ready to work on researches on chronic wounds with his mastery of walking mechanics, tissue perfusion and pathophysiology of chronic wounds.

Articles:

Danısan G, Ates OF, Taydas O, Ozdemir M, Kupeli A, Erkin A. Retrograde Guidewire-Assisted Remodeling Technique: A Novel Technique for Endovascular Recanalization of Occluded Arterial Origins in Critical Limb Ischemia. J Endovasc Ther. 2022 Aug;29(4):516-524. doi: 10.1177/15266028221083463. Epub 2022 Mar 16.

Danisan G, Taydas O, Ozdemir M, Ates OF, Küpeli A, Oguslu U, Erkin A, Neselioglu S, Eren F. Dynamic thiol-disulphide homeostasis as a biomarker for predicting the development of contrast medium-associated acute kidney injury in the endovascular treatment of peripheral arterial disease: should intravenous N-acetylcysteine be given before the procedure? Clin Radiol. 2023 Jun;78(6):466-472. doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2023.02.016. Epub 2023 Mar 10.

Kocayigit H, Sahin F, Erkin A, Erdem AF. Comparison of Ultrasound-Guided Popliteal Sciatic Block Properties in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Patients. J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2023 May-Jun;113(3):22-028. doi: 10.7547/22-028.

Tatli E, Buturak A, Vatan MB, Kurt Omurlu I, Erkin A. Efficacy of Transpedal Retrograde Approach in Endovascular Treatment of Patients With Buerger's Disease. J Invasive Cardiol. 2023 Feb;36(2):E84-E91. Epub 2022 Dec 22.

Erkin A, Celik Yılmaz A, Cengiz Acil H, Yaman O, Gul A, Aygin D. Evaluation of Wound Follow-up Results of Patients Applying to the Wound Outpatient Clinic. Izmir Medical Faculty Journal. 2022; 1(3):142-149

Ozker E, Erkin A, Aslan HM, Kurtoğlu t, Cayir MC, Akay T, Aydın U, Erdil N, Yurekli I, Demirkılıç U. Wound treatment strategies during COVID-19 pandemic: An expert opinion. Turkish Journal of Vascular Surgery 2020;29(x):i-vii DOI: 10.9739/tjvs.2020.761 Review article.

Erkin A, Kara I, Asil K, Sacli H, Tomak Y, Koksal C, Kirali K. The impact of new generation oxygenators with integrated arterial filters on neurological outcome. Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovasc. Surg. 2017;25(4):511-519.

Erkin A, Kara I, Sacli H, Percin B, Diler M, Kirali K. Evaluation of the Results of a Newly Established Cardiac Surgery Clinic Using Euroscore II and Logistic Euroscore. Sakarya Medical Journal, Volume 6, Issue 1, 2016, 7-13

Kara I, Koksal C, Erkin A, Sacli H, Demirtas M, Percin B, Diler MS, Kirali K. Outcomes of Mild to Moderate Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation in Patients Undergoing Mitral Valve Operations: A Meta-Analysis of 2,488 Patients. Ann Thorac Surg.2015 Dec;100(6):2398-407. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.07.024. Epub 2015 Oct 31.

Kara I, Erkin A, Sacli H, Demirtas M, Percin B, Diler MS, Kirali K. The Effects of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy on the Neurocognitive Functions in the Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Disease: A Randomized Prospective Study. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015;21(6):544-50. doi: 10.5761/atcs.oa.15-00118. Epub 2015 Jun 30.

Erkin A, Kosemehmetoglu K, Diler MS, Koksal C. Evaluation of the Minimum Effective Concentration of Foam Sclerosant in an Ex-vivo Study. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2012 Dec;44(6):593-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2012.09.021. Epub 2012 Oct 31.

Rabuş MB, Kayalar N, Sareyyüpoğlu B, Erkin A, Kirali K, Yakut C. “Hypercholesterolemia association with aortic stenosis of various etiologies.” J Card Surg. 2009Mar-Apr;24(2):146-50.

Mataraci I, Polat A, Toker ME, Tezcan O, Erkin A, Kirali K. Postoperative revision surgery for bleeding in a tertiary heart center. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2010Jun;18(3):266-71.

Patents

Application was made for “A mobıle applıcatıon that can be used by patıents and health professıonals for wound management”. Application No: 2022/008605 EKP Ref: TP22-184.