Op. Dr.
Mehmet ÇAKMAK

1. Dorterler ME, Gunendi T, Cakmak M, Shermatova S. Bezoar types in children and aetiological factors affecting bezoar formation: A single-centre retrospective study. Afr J Paediatr Surg. 2023 Jan-Mar;20(1):8-11. doi: 10.4103/ ajps.ajps_70_21. PMID: 36722563; PMCID: PMC10117012.

2. Kocaman O. H., Çakmak M., Günendi T., Shermatova S., Dörterler M.E., Boleken M.E. Esophageal Foreign Bodies in Children. Coc Cer Derg /Turkish J Ped Surg 2022;36(2): 44-49. doi: 10.29228/JTAPS.62807

3. Dörterler ME, Çakmak M, Günendi T, Kocaman OH, Boleken ME. Use of video-assisted thoracoscopy surgery in the removal of an intrathoracic bullet: A case report. Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci. 2020 Oct-Dec;10(4):213-215. doi: 10.4103/IJCIIS.IJCIIS_27_19. Epub 2020 Dec 29. PMID: 33850831; PMCID: PMC8033211.

4. Cakmak M, Akyel NG. Torsion of the Accessory Spleen in a Child With Acute Abdomen. Cureus. 2023 May 6;15(5):e38643. doi: 10.7759/cureus.38643. PMID: 37288173; PMCID: PMC10243378.

5. Cakmak M, Dorterler ME, Boleken ME. The problem of preventable public health: Evaluation of demographic characteristics of patients followed up and treated for corrosive esophagitis. J Clin Trials Exp Investig [Internet]. 2024 Jun. 28 [cited 2025 Jul. 17];3(2):31-40.

6. Cite this article as: Boleken ME, Kocaman OA, Demir A, Gunendi T, Cakmak M, Dere O, Dörterler ME. The evaluation of secondary pneumomediastinum in children: The experience of a pediatric surgery clinic. Ulus Trauma Emergency Surgery Journal 2024;30:802-807.

7. Kocaman O. H., Çakmak M., Günendi T., Dörterler M.E., & Boleken, M.E., A different method in coronal hypospadias repair. 10. National Pediatric Urology Congress, Samsun, Turkey

8. Erol M., Sengel A., Kaya F., Cakmak M. Comparison of intravenous paracetamol and caudal block in terms of analgesic effects in patients at pediatric surgery. Annals of Medical Research. 1. 10.5455/annalsmedres.2019.04.185.

9. Dörterler M.E., Çakmak M., Günendi T., Kocaman O.H., Boleken M.E. Treatment Approach to Complete Posterior Urethral Ruptures Single Center Experience . 10. National Pediatric Urology Congress, Samsun, Turkey

10. Çakmak M., Kocaman, O.H., Dörterler M.E., Günendi T. Esophageal injury with firearm. 37. National Pediatric Surgery Congress, Ankara, Turkey

11. Kocaman O.H., Günendi T., Dörterler M.E., Çakmak M., Boleken, M.E. Vaginal Foreign Bodies in Childhood. 9. National Pediatric Urology Congress, Adana, Turkey

12. Dörterler M.E, Çakmak M, Günendi T, Kocaman O.H., Boleken, M.E. Urethral Trauma in Children, Single center experience. 9. National Pediatric Urology Congress, Adana, Turkey

13. Boleken ME, Gunendi T, Cakmak M, Kaya V, Kocaman OH. Diagnostic confusion caused by tension gastrothorax – Case series. Turk J Emerg Med. 2024 Oct 1;24(4):252-254. doi: 10.4103/tjem.tjem_251_23. PMID: 39564437; PMCID: PMC11573175.

14. Azizoglu M., Klyuev S. and Cakmak M. “Receptor-interacting protein kinase-3 (RIPK3): A novel biomarker for necrotizing enterocolitis in premature infants”. Pediatr Surg Int 40 , 142 (2024).

15. Çakmak M, Şit TE, Saraç F. Commentary: ‘Risk factors of bowel perforation in neonates with Hirschsprung disease’. Pediatr Surg Int. 2025 May 12;41(1):134. doi: 10.1007/s00383-025-06044-4. PMID: 40350514.

16. Çakmak, M. (2022). Complications of primary repair of esophageal atresia in neonates and management of complications. Editor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serkan Arslan. Surgical Complications. 1. Print. Livre De Lyon. Lyon. ss: 365-373

17.Çakmak, M. Kuzdan, M.Ö. (2022). Congenital Malformations of the Lung. Editors Uzm. Dr. Büşra Tanyıldızı Uzm. Dr. Gizem Kurada Uzm. Prof. Dr. Elif Kaya Argadal Lecturer. See. Prof. Dr. Leman Gökçenur Aydın Lecturer. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Yılmaz Prof. Dr. Zahide Doğanay Clinical Assessment of Respiration. 1. Print. Livre De Lyon. Lyon. Ss: 293-300

18. Çakmak M., Kuzdan M.Ö. Dynamic Pressure Orthosis Treatment in Pectus Carinatum: A 2-Year Experience, 39. National Congress of Pediatric Surgery, Aydin, Turkey

1. Neonatal and infancy problems: Congenital abnormalities detected in the neonatal period (0-28 days)

• Respiratory system and lung anomalies

• Esophageal anomalies

• Abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract

• Abdominal wall formation anomalies

2. Problems detected in infancy (2-24 months):

• Congenital anomalies (respiratory system, gastrointestinal system, reproductive and urinary tract)

• Intestinal bleeding

• Intussusception (intestines becoming intertwined – knotted)

• Meckel’s diverticulum

• Pyloric stenosis (gastric outlet) stenosis

3. Common problems at any age: Surgical problems

• Inguinal hernia (inguinal hernia)

• Hydrocele

• Undescended testicle (cryptorchidism)

• Umbilical hernia (umbilical hernia)

• Appendicitis

• Intestinal obstructions

• Foreign bodies in the respiratory or gastrointestinal tract

  Non-surgical problems

• Constipation, tear in the anus (anal fissure)

• Recurrent urinary tract infections

• Fecal and urinary incontinence problems (encopresis, enuresis)

• Recurrent abdominal pain

• Vomiting

4. Specific problems Problems with the esophagus Problems with the gastrointestinal tract

• Stenosis of the gastric outlet (infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis)

• Gastric reflux (gastro-esophageal reflux)

• Small and large intestinal obstructions (intestinal obstruction)

• Hirschsprung’s disease (congenital aganglionic megacolon)

• Absence of anus (anal atresia)

  Problems with the liver and biliary tract

• Liver cysts (simple cysts, cysthidatic)

• Gallstones (Cholelithiasis)

  Problems with the kidneys and urinary tract

• Renal outlet stenosis (uretero-pelvic stenosis, UPD)

• Renal reflux (vesico-ureteral reflux, VUR)

• Stenosis of the urinary tract (ureterovesical stricture (UVD), posterior urethral valve (PUV))

• The urinary orifice is not in its normal place (prophet circumcision, hypospadias, epispadias)

  Problems specific to girls

• Ovarian cysts, ovarian rotation (ovarian cysts, ovarian torsion)

• Closed hymen (imperforate himen)

• Adhesions in the external genital organs (labial synechiae, labial fusion)

  Childhood tumors

• Kidney and adrenal gland tumors (Wilm’s tumor, Neuroblastoma)

• Lymph gland tumors (leukemia and lymphomas)

• Muscle tissue tumors (rhabdomyosarcoma), soft tissue tumors

• Surgical diseases of the thyroid gland

• Testicular (egg in boys) and ovarian (ovary in girls) tumors

• Collapsed chest wall (shoemaker’s chest, pectus excavatum)

• Outward protrusion of the chest wall (pigeon chest, pectus carinatum)

  Other problems

• Problems with the veins and lymphatic system (hemangiomas and lymphangiomas)

• Curvature of the neck (torticollis)

• Swallowing a foreign body (foreign body in the esophagus, stomach or intestines)

• Foreign bodies in the trachea (foreign bodies in the trachea or bronchi)

5. Childhood traumas

• Falls

• Accidents

• Blunt or penetrating trauma

  6. General transactions

• Circumcision

• Hypospadias (distal and proximal types)

• Structural disorders of the penis

• Ventral curvature (curvature of the penis forward)

• Lateral curvature (curvature of the penis to the left or right)

• Penile rotation (penis turned to the left or right)

• Endoscopies

• Endoscopy of the esophagus (esophagoscopy)

• Endoscopy of the rectum (rectoscopy)

• Endoscopy of the urinary tract (urethroscopy and cystoscopy)

• Laparoscopic surgery

• Laparoscopic appendectomy

• Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

• Laparoscopic testicular exploration

• Laparoscopic invagination treatment

• Laparoscopic splenectomy

• Laparoscopic approach to ovarian torsion and masses

• Laparoscopic organ biopsies