Publications

Prof. Atilla YILMAZ, MD has published peer-reviewed research in deep brain stimulation, neuromodulation and spinal neurosurgery in journals including Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Neurological Sciences, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, Spine and Medicine. Complete and continuously updated lists are available on PubMed, Google Scholar, ORCID and Scopus — linked below so that the record can be verified independently rather than taken from this page.

Selected publications in functional neurosurgery and neuromodulation

1. Yilmaz A, Eray HA, Çakır M, Ceylan M, Blomstedt P. Deep Brain Stimulation with Double Targeting of the VIM and PSA for the Treatment of Rare Tremor Syndromes.Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 2024 · doi:10.1159/000539162
2. Yalçın A, Ceylan M, Çakır M, Ceylan O, Yilmaz A. Deep Brain Stimulation for the Abernethy Malformation Related Tremor.Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2022 · doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2022.107554
3. Öz F, Yücekaya B, Huzmeli İ, Yilmaz A. Does subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation affect the static balance at different frequencies?Neurocirugía, 2022 · doi:10.1016/j.neucir.2022.01.001
4. Güdük M, Cenkeri HÇ, Yilmaz A, et al. Diffusion tensor imaging findings of patients with Parkinson's disease refractory to medical treatment.Annals of Medical Research, 2021
5. Saraç E, Yilmaz A, Aydınlı F, et al. Investigating the effects of Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation on the voice quality.Somatosensory & Motor Research, 2020 · doi:10.1080/08990220.2020.1761317
6. Koban O, Yıldızgören MT, Aras M, et al. The effect of Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation and different stimulation frequencies on cerebral haemodynamics in Parkinson's disease: a transcranial Doppler study.Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2020 · doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2020.105778
7. Doğru Huzmeli E, Yilmaz A, Okuyucu E. Analysis of the effects of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation on somatosensation in Parkinson's disease patients.Neurological Sciences, 2019 · doi:10.1007/s10072-019-04168-9
8. Yilmaz A, Saraç ET, Esen Aydınlı F, et al. Investigating the Effect of STN-DBS Stimulation and different Frequency settings on the Acoustic-Articulatory Features of Vowels.Neurological Sciences, 2018;39:1683–1689 · doi:10.1007/s10072-018-3479-y
9. Yilmaz A, Yıldızgören MT, Okuyucu EE. A case with essential tremor refractory to medication successfully treated with Deep Brain Stimulation.Turkish Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2018 · doi:10.5606/tftrd.2018.2313
10. Yılmaz A, Yıldızgören MT, Melek İ, Doğan ÖV. Spinal Cord Stimulation may improve not only intractable pain but also necrotic wounds.Turkish Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2018 · doi:10.5606/tftrd.2018.2112
11. Doğru Huzmeli E, Yilmaz A. Effect of Deep Brain Stimulation on Quality of Life in Parkinson's Disease Patients.Turkish Journal of Neurology, 2018;24:264–268
12. Yilmaz A, Yıldızgören MT. A Preliminary Report: Which Patients May Be Candidates For Intrathecal Baclofen Pump?Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences, 2018;6(4):1526–1531
13. Vilela-Filho O, Bannach MA, Lino-Filho AM, et al. Comparison of neuropsychological side effects between contemporary radiofrequency ablative neurosurgery for psychiatric disorders and conventional neurosurgical procedures: systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2026 · doi:10.1136/jnnp-2025-337800

Selected publications in spinal and general neurosurgery

1. Yilmaz A, Çakır M, Yücetaş SC, et al. Percutaneous Kyphoplasty, is Bilateral Approach Necessary?Spine, 2018;43(14):977–983 · doi:10.1097/BRS.0000000000002531
2. Serarslan Y, Yilmaz A, Çakır M, et al. Use of programmable versus nonprogrammable shunts in the management of normal pressure hydrocephalus: a multicentre retrospective study with cost-benefit analysis in Turkey.Medicine (Baltimore), 2017;96:e8185
3. Yilmaz A, Şentürk S, Sasani M, et al. Disc Rehydration after Dynamic Stabilization: A Report of 59 Cases.Asian Spine Journal, 2017;11(3):348–355 · doi:10.4184/asj.2017.11.3.348
4. Akyoldaş G, Yilmaz A, Aydın AL, et al. High Infection Rates in Patients with the Long Segment Dynesys System.World Neurosurgery, 2018 · doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.07.175
5. Aykut AM, Kaya ME, Serarslan Y, Yilmaz A, Aras M. Sarcopenia Versus Systemic Inflammation as Predictors of New Vertebral Fractures After Vertebroplasty or Kyphoplasty.Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2026;15(10):3677 · doi:10.3390/jcm15103677
6. Yılmaz A, Yılmaz N, Serarslan Y, et al. The effects of mobile phones on apoptosis in cerebral tissue: an experimental study on rats.European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences, 2014;18:992–1000

Books and chapters

• Neuromodulation Applications in Epilepsy and Psychiatry — chapter in Neuromodulation Applications in PM&R Practice, Türkiye Klinikleri, 2018 (also co-editor).
• Surgical Treatments in Congenital Movement Disorders — chapter in Congenital Neurosurgical Pathologies, Us Akademi, 2019.
• Sacral Nerve Stimulation — chapter in the Turkish Neurosurgical Society Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery reference book.
• Surgical Interventions in Migraine — Turkish Neurosurgery Journal, 2019.
• Co-author across the 27-volume Basic Spinal Surgery Operations series (ed. Prof. Ali Fahir Özer), Us Akademi, 2016.

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