News
Clinical developments in the press, surgical techniques performed for the first time in the region, and academic announcements.
September 19, 2026
First robot-assisted lung cancer operation in the Black Sea region performed at OMÜJanuary 13, 2023
Surgery and hot chemotherapy for a mesothelioma patient who travelled 729 kmFebruary 24, 2021
Closed-method lung cancer surgery: VATS lobectomyAugust 30, 2013
A first at OMÜ: the region’s first VATS lobectomyFeatured
Regional first
A team led by Prof. Dr. Burçin Çelik used the da Vinci Surgical System to perform a robotic lobectomy for a tumour in the right lower lobe of a 57-year-old patient.
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Clinical practice
A 60-year-old patient with malignant mesothelioma who came from Kütahya to Samsun was treated with surgery followed by hot chemotherapy in the same session and discharged after 7 days.
In the press
Prof. Dr. Burçin Çelik discussed the advantages of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in early-stage lung cancer.
Regional first
On 5 August 2013, Assoc. Prof. Burçin Çelik performed a video-assisted thoracoscopic left upper lobectomy on a 59-year-old patient with lung adenocarcinoma.