{"id":97,"date":"2021-01-22T10:21:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T10:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lvo.hosting.dgu.uoc.gr\/gender-inequality-in-higher-education-persists\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T12:21:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:21:02","slug":"the-third-bionic-eye-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lvo.hosting.dgu.uoc.gr\/the-third-bionic-eye-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"THE THIRD BIONIC EYE SURGERY \u2013 PATIENT SERKAN \u00c7E\u00c7EN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u039c\u03b5\u03c4\u03ac\u03c6\u03c1\u03b1\u03c3\u03b7 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ac\u03c1\u03b8\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b1\u03b3\u03b3\u03bb\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>His friend taking hic lunch because of his blindness during his school time. Now he is &nbsp;35 years old and still hold on to his bread and eating his food in order not to lose it. With the Occasion of The Mayor of Istanbul Mr Kadir Topba\u015f the third bionic eye surgery performed to Serkan \u00c7e\u00e7en in D\u00fcnyag\u00f6z Hospital. Now he is excited for eating his meal easily and look forward to the days he can&nbsp; achieve qualified and sufficent work in his life. He is blind for the past 23 years. He lost his vision because of the retinitis pigmentosa disease also called the night-blindness across the community , in Turkey this disease sighted about in 20.000 people.Now with the bionic eye surgery he will be saying Hello to Life again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THEY WIN AGAINST THEIR BLIND FORTUNE IN DUNYAGOZ HOSPITAL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turkey\u2019s first ,D\u00fcnyag\u00f6z Hospitals life changing Bionic Eye surgery performed for the first time on July 2015 to Dilek \u00dcmran \u00d6zt\u00fcrk and Hatice \u0130nsel can now select objects and live a new life because they can do their daily work alone by theirselves..<br>The third Bionic eye surgery performed on Serkan \u00c7e\u00e7en .<br>With the surgery performed in D\u00fcnyag\u00f6z Hospital Etiler shows that the dreams are no longer dreams. Mr \u00c7e\u00e7en expressed that, &#8220;I want to hug my family and see my child. Those are like a miracle,&#8221; he said. He is blind until he is 12 YEARS old living in Istanbul and was born in 1980. \u0130n 12-year-old lost his eyesight due to disease, but he continued to cling to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When he came for an examination to D\u00fcnyag\u00f6z Hospitals he learnt the new eye technologies in July He learnt that he is suitable for ythe bionic eye surgery but because of his financial situation he can not be able to have the surgery. His chance returns with Mr Kadir Topba\u015f the Istanbul Mayor\u2019s Martry visit to his neighbors . Mr \u00c7e\u00e7en\u2019s big brother explained the matter and asked for help from the Istanbul Mayor Mr Kadir Topba\u015f . Upon on the call from the Mayor to the Board Chairman of D\u00fcnyag\u00f6z Hospitals Mr Eray Kap\u0131c\u0131oglu , the third bionic eye transacted. Mr \u00c7e\u00e7en also expressed that after 23 years the thought of me selecting and seeing the objects and be aware of them is a fascinating feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turkey&#8217;s first bionic eye surgery was performed in D\u00fcnyag\u00f6z Etiler. 44-year-old Dilek Umran \u00d6zt\u00fcrk, was brought to light after a full 20 years. Immediately after the success of this , the second bionic eye surgery &nbsp;performed to 46-year-old Turkish Cyprus borned Hatice Insel.<br>Dr. Fevzi Akkan informed about the surgery performed to Hatice \u0130nsel ; &#8220;the bionic eye surgery Mrs Hatice was not only recognize the light, but also yellow and orange colors. I can proudly say as a Turkish physicians that she is the most successful Bionics Eye case in the World.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs Hatice\u2019s vision after surgery is watching the level of 1-2%. This turnover rate is 3-4 times the other cases in the world with a high rate. Beside the discipline that Mrs Hatice&nbsp; shown by&nbsp; the treatment we foreseeing the process with the system rehabilitation experts and nurses to increase the level of her vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Project Coordinator &nbsp;Op. Dr. Nil\u00fcfer K\u00f6yl\u00fco\u011fiu \u00dcnal stated that till 10 years before there is nothing to do with helping these patients but from now on these bionic eye surgeriers will be increasing and the technology will be advanced cumulatively. Mrs Nil\u00fcfer \u00dcnal also expressed that with the bionic eye surgeriers my patients starting to see the light is an amazing sentiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Board member of D\u00fcnyag\u00f6z Hospitals Mrs G\u00fclferi Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m stated that this is a big happiness to bring light to the patients like Serkan \u00c7e\u00e7en and we will be lights for more patients like them is make us proud. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Retinitis pigmentosa patients who lost their eyesight due to disease and Bionic Eye surgery is a great hope for the relatives, this surgery have been performed in the USA and also in the leading European countries. Serkan \u00c7e\u00e7en got a really strong personality. We are excited to provide Light to much more peoples lifes like Mr Serkan. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HERE IS THAT TEAM OF DUNYAGOZ HOSPITALS ETILER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who performed the operation of Serkan \u00c7e\u00e7en ;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The operation actualised with the Directorship of Prof. Dr. loannis Pallikaris . In the operation ;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Op. Dr. Fevzi Akkan, Op Dr. Nil\u00fcfer K\u00f6yl\u00fco\u011fiu \u00dcnal, Do\u00e7. Dr. Nur Acar with the biomedical engineers , nurses , technicians , anesthetists and the rehabilitaion system experts, a big team take part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How is the system working ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bionic Eye system consist of two parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inner part of the eye surgery is put into the operation. The outer part is made from the patients eyeglasses and the video processing unit. From miniature camera on the glasses on the processed video images through the glasses of antenna processing unit placed in the eye retinal implant is sent wirelessly.<br>It is implanted stimulation got the instructions and communicates via an electrode array to the retina. Patients see in black and white, shadow and light perception is growing. Once again the patient perceives the images , the patients is given training to learn to see again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TO WHOM THIS CAN APPLY TO ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BIONIC eye surgery has reached particularly robust optic nerve and vision gradually lose moonblindness patients 25 years of age and at the same time, the light can be applied for those who feel a slight favorite. Many showing different genetic characteristics, moonblindness known as a rare disease that can cause blindness reasons such as illness of a consanguineous marriage is seen in 4 thousand people in Turkey.<br>Approximately 20 thousand people affected by this disease. In all these diseases in Europe is 167 thousand people. Moonblindness distorted over time, the light-sensitive cells in the retina disease. Accordingly, visual disturbances and blindness results keep coming.<br>Bionic eye surgery applied in chicken black eye, night blindness , this disease due to increasing upstart vision of people with shadow and light perception and obstacle detection level increases. It consists of three stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To choose the right patient , the examination results of the patient also the patients and the patients family\u2019ssupport and motivation plays an important part of the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof Ioannis Pallikaris also stating that the studies are conducting for other patients also beside the (retinitis pigmentosa disease )night blindness. He informed that &#8220;dry age related macular was held first in England in the degeneration-yellow spot disease. 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