He was born in Osmaniye on 21.11.1970. After completing his primary, secondary and high school education there, he received his medical education at KTU Faculty of Medicine and completed his specialization in the 2nd Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic at Istanbul Göztepe Training Hospital.
He continued his post-specialty training and regularly attended domestic and international congresses, seminars and training courses, especially on arthroscopy and sports surgery, knee and hip prosthesis, and followed the innovations in these subjects.
Knee arthroscopy (meniscus pathologies, anterior cruciate ligament, cartilage lesions, etc.), shoulder arthroscopy (rotator cuff tears, slap lesion, bankart lesion, etc.), ankle arthroscopy (impingment syndrome, talus OCD, etc.) and wrist arthroscopy ( TFCC repair, impingment). He gained experience in advanced arthroscopic surgeries such as
The duties currently performed by Op.Dr. Yusuf Ünal are as follows;
Associations and Clubs of which he is a member
Courses Attended:
February 2006 / Ultrasonography course in developmental dysplasia of the hip / Prof.Dr. Reinhard Graff. He attended the hip USG course known as the Graff method in Developmental Hip Dysplasia (DDH) USG. He performs hip USG scanning in 0-4 month old babies and thanks to early diagnosis and treatment, dysplasia (hip pathologies) can be treated before they progress.
November 2006 /Ankle arthroscopy course, he attended the ankle arthroscopy course, which is an advanced arthroscopic surgery. Thanks to this course performed on fresh cadavers, he increased his experience in ankle arthroscopic surgery. He is still working on ankle impingment syndromes, talus OCD etc. He successfully performs interventions that require ankle arthroscopic surgery, such as.
December 2006 / Double-bundle arthroscopic reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament / Freddie H. FU In knee arthroscopic surgery, which he has been continuing since his specialization period, he has been successfully performing arthroscopic reconstruction (repair) of anterior cruciate ligament lesions with advanced arthroscopy Recently, especially in America, prof. . He attended the reconstruction (repair) course with the double tunnel technique for anterior cruciate ligament lesions, popularized by F.Fu, and thanks to this course, he uses this technique in appropriate cases.
March 2007 / France Shoulder arthroscopy course; ALPS Surgery Institute / ANNECY Dr. Thanks to this course organized by Laurent Lafosse, he increased his experience in shoulder arthroscopic surgery, shoulder arthroscopy, which is an advanced arthroscopic surgery and performed in limited centers, especially for recurrent shoulder dislocations (Bankart lesion), SLAP lesion, Rotator cuff pathologies, etc. Shoulder arthroscopy, which is much more advantageous than open surgical methods, is the most preferred method in shoulder pathologies today.
May 2007 / Germany Ars Arhtro Biotechnology CARES application course Thanks to this method developed by Ars-Artro company and bringing a new perspective on articular cartilage lesions, cartilage lesions can be treated using biotechnology methods.
March 2009 / Antalya Wrist arthroscopy course Thanks to wrist arthroscopy, which is an advanced arthroscopic surgery, wrist pathologies can be evaluated and treated more easily. Thanks to this course, which was conducted on fresh cadavers and had international participation, he had the opportunity to increase his wrist arthroscopy experience. Wrist in Wrist Pathologies He successfully applies the arthroscopy method.
April 2011 / San Diego, CA. (America) American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2011 Annual Meeting; He attended the congress. At the same Congress, he attended the Orthopedic Review Course and had the opportunity to learn the latest developments, new information and techniques in Orthopedic surgery. He became a Member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery at the same congress (AAOS).
October 2011 / Attended the Course of the Turkish Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Association. With this course, he had the opportunity to see new techniques in shoulder arthroscopy.
November 2011 / National Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Congress Orthopedic Developments in Turkey were evaluated in these courses organized by TOTBİD
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