Fırat Demir

Dr. Fırat Demir

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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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3 January 2025 in Child's Nervous System
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Fikret Baskan

21 April 2025 in Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Internuclear ophthalmoplegia (INO) is characterized by impaired adduction in the ipsilateral eye and horizontal jerk nystagmus in the contralateral eye, resulting from a lesion in the medial longit...

17 July 2025 in World Neurosurgery: X
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Lütfi Postalcı
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Bekir Can Kendirlioglu
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Tufan Hiçdönmez

2 November 2026 in Children
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Sila Deren Toker Bayindir
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Aydın Talat Baydar
Background/Objectives: Children who require surgery after traumatic brain injury (TBI) represent a heterogeneous population. We compared 90-day functional status between epidural hematoma (EDH)-predominant injuries and injuries containing acute subdural hematoma (SDH) and/or cerebral contusion, and examined whether quantitative CT measures added useful context. Methods: We retrospectively studied 53 patients aged 1–18 years who underwent cranial surgery for acute TBI between June 2020 and June 2026. The primary comparison included 41 patients aged ≤ 16 years; 40 (97.6%) had assigned 90-day Glasgow Outcome Scale—Extended Pediatric Revision (GOS-E Peds) status. Preoperative CT scans were reviewed using a predefined protocol. Results: SDH/contusion-associated patients had lower admission GCS (median 10 vs. 15) and higher Rotterdam CT scores (3 vs. 1). Good recovery (GOS-E Peds 1–2) at 90 days occurred in 9/13 (69.2%) SDH/contusion-associated patients and 25/27 (92.6%) EDH-predominant patients. The corresponding exact odds ratio for absence of good recovery was 5.28 (95% CI 0.63–68.02; p = 0.075), with an absolute risk difference of +23.4 percentage points (95% CI −0.8 to 50.8). Adjustment for admission GCS attenuated the association (OR 2.57, 95% CI 0.37–19.09). Continuous midline shift was similar between the CT-pattern groups and was not associated with 90-day status. Conclusions: CT-defined injury patterns identified children with different initial injury burdens, but the 90-day association was imprecise and partly tracked admission neurological severity. CT anatomy should therefore be interpreted together with the clinical examination rather than used as a stand-alone prognostic classifier.