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Yücel Doğruel, MD Neurosurgeon

A scientific approach to neurosurgery, planning specific to each patient.

Yücel Doğruel

Brain tumours · Skull base tumours · Cerebrovascular disease · Epilepsy surgery

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In brief

Yücel Doğruel speaking at a congress podium

I focus on developing surgical strategies specific to each patient's anatomy by integrating my background in surgical neuroanatomy with three-dimensional modelling and advanced imaging.

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Clinical interests

Skull base surgery

Cerebellopontine angle tumours, skull base meningiomas and deep-seated tumours by open microsurgical approaches.

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Cerebrovascular surgery

Aneurysm clipping, AVM and cavernoma surgery, bypass; I perform the diagnostic angiography myself.

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Cranial neuro-oncology

Gliomas, brain metastases and brainstem lesions, with awake craniotomy and neuromonitoring.

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Epilepsy surgery

Temporal lobe surgery for drug-resistant epilepsy, hemispherotomy in selected cases and vagus nerve stimulation.

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Publications selected for journal covers

Anatolian Journal of General Medical ResearchAugust 2026, 36(2)Surgical Management of Giant Intracranial Meningiomas: Key Considerations and Postoperative ResultsDoğruel Y, Gürses ME, Gökalp E et al.
Journal of NeurosurgeryJanuary 2024, 140(1)Preserving the cerebellar hemispheric tentorial bridging veins through a novel tentorial cut technique for supracerebellar approachesBerker BB, Doğruel Y, Güngör A et al.
Brain Structure and FunctionJanuary 2023, 228(1)The connectivity-based parcellation of the angular gyrus: fiber dissection and MR tractography studyYakar F, Çeltikçi P, Doğruel Y et al.

Selected publications

  1. Paramedian supracerebellar transtentorial approach for Yaşargil T2 tentorial incisura meningiomas

    Doğruel Y, Güngör A, Fidan S, Türe H, Türe U

    Neurosurgical Focus 2026; 61(3):E5 DOI

  2. Microsurgical and Tractographic Anatomy of the Anterior Thalamic Nucleus: Delineation of a Dorsal Anterior Thalamo-Temporal Projection and Its Relevance to Precision Neuromodulation

    Doğruel Y, Yakar F, Gökalp E, Berker BB, Egemen E, Coşkun ME, Pamir MN, Güngör A

    Applied Sciences 2026; 16(16):8239 DOI

  3. Sublabial transmaxillary approach to the inferior aspect of the orbit

    Doğruel Y, Güngör A, Türe H, Türe U

    Journal of Neurosurgery 2025; 142(2):517-528 DOI

  4. General-Purpose B-Mode Intraoperative Ultrasonography in Perirolandic Brain Metastasis Surgery: Practical Value and Limitations

    Doğruel Y, Babacan HO, Gündoğan D, Tabanlı A, Berker BB, Güngör A

    Brain Sciences 2026; 16(9):920 DOI

  5. Preserving the cerebellar hemispheric tentorial bridging veins through a novel tentorial cut technique for supracerebellar approaches

    Berker BB, Doğruel Y, Güngör A, Karataş Okumuş SY, Coşkun ME, Türe H, Türe U

    Journal of Neurosurgery 2024; 140(1):260-270 DOI

  6. The connectivity-based parcellation of the angular gyrus: fiber dissection and MR tractography study

    Yakar F, Çeltikçi P, Doğruel Y, Egemen E, Güngör A

    Brain Structure and Function 2022; 228(1):121-130 DOI

All publications (57)

Roles and memberships

Roles

  • Chair, Young Neurosurgeons Committee, Turkish Neurosurgical Society2025–2027
  • Scientific Publication Coordinator, Türk Nöroşirürji Dergisi
  • Head of the Neurosurgery Clinic, Tepecik Training and Research Hospitalsince 2024

Memberships

  • Turkish Neurosurgical Society (TND)
  • European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)
  • Nervous System Surgery Society